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OSCAR GRANT: WE HAD BETTER STRENGTHEN OURSELVES!!!
Do police departments view the fractured and internal hatred of ourselves as license to do anything; to just assault, shoot and kill our young men? I knew Oscar Grant's killing would be important and
THIS FATHERS DAY Share the Truth: Absent Fathers Hurt!!!
For many blacks, Fathers Day comes and goes with mixed feelings; there are ingredients of love, hatred, resentment, abandonment and disdain, all shaken together. But at the base of all of these emoti
WHERE IS THE MAN?
Where is the man? Where is he? More than 40 years ago, a man stood up against the forces of an entire nation; led a whole country against the evil that kept black citizens from participating in
LIGHT SKINNED AFRICAN AMERICAN WITH NO NEGRO DIALECT???
Here we go with a national discussion about superficial nonsense! Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid described Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign as having a real chance at winning the
BET'S CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL A SUCCESS: Puts spotlight on our cultural hypocrisy!!
BET'S Celebration of Gospel was another success. Taped at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, it's 10th anniversary show was hosted once again by Steve Harvey. There were uplifting performances
BLACKS KILLING BLACKS NO BIG NEWS ANYMORE
VOICES During holidays things went on as usual on the streets of big cities and small towns all over this America. And we think, if it's not on OUR local news, or does not make the CNN Headline News,
THE 911 CALL: HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
Homicide detectives have been assigned to the auto accident death of Cincinnati Bengals Wide Receiver, Chris Henry. The 26 died this morning. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Henry was wounded after h
MARK INGRAM, SR. "My son bears the same name, but he should not have to bear any shame because of the mistake
I know what it is like to bear shame because of a parent's mistake. When I was in elementary school, my father served about a year in Huntsville Prison in Texas for writing a hot check. Even at that y
HARTFORD POLICE AQUITTAL HARD!!!
We have got to be able to trust each other, because we can not always trust the outside!! In Hartford, Connecticut, In a peaceful call for justice, family members of two men shot by a city police det
ALICIA KEYS PUTS ON FREE STREAMING WORLD AIDS CONCERT TUESDAY DEC 1
The video is an in-dept look at the reasons black heterosexual women have become the face of HIV Aids in America!! Keys will be featured in "Alicia Keys Live! One Night...One Voice... One Life at a
GOOD DADDIES
BLACK FATHERS DOCUMENTARY by XUNE23 XUNE23 is doing a BLACK FATHERS DOCU. It's good it features some good everyday daddies. We need their example, with 6-7 out of 10 daddies not in the daily liv
BLACK MEN STOP!
In bookstores soon!!!This book addresses the problems that our culture has control over in our communities. If white men were doing to blacks what black men are doing to blacks today, there would be
BLACK FAMILY RENEWAL: REV RUN DMC
Watch this interview with Hip Hop Icon, Run DMC, on The Today Show, on family and his new book. The star of MTV's Emmy-winning, top-rated 'Run's House'-dubbed the new Cosby family-offers a vital resc
RACE IS in the race!
"Newsweek conducted a poll to measure a “Racial Resentment Index”. The poll was conducted to measure whether or not white Democratic voters would consider voting for the first serious Democratic black
WHITE CHRISTIANS PRAYING FOR RAIN ON OBAMAS CONVENTION!!
Watch the videos below. This is an example of a movement going on, just under the radar, on blogs, websites and in emails across the country. CNN is reporting that Dr. James Dobson is calling on hi
BLACK YOUTH VOTE
I just completed a big project. It was to conduct an online Presidential Mock Election for the youth that I volunteer with. (I'm in the black jacket. A much more recent photo than the one posted on
VOTE!!!
Just a reminder, no matter your leaning, register, then, get dressed, stand in that line and make your point!!
BARACK OBAMA
I like this man. He's an example of hope for so many little black boys in America.
CHICKEN WISDOM
This is a cartoon that I subscribe to. I find them funny, wise and human! www.savagechickens.com
ERIC SMALLWOOD II
This is my 20 year old son. He's approaching his 4th year at Morehouse College. He helps pay for the tuition, using a graphic design business he created and runs www.opmdesignlab.com I just think
FACE OFF 2K8 MOCK ELECTION
This is a photo taken during an on-line mock election for the youth group that I volunteer for. More than 800 youth voted on-line, Obama won. 91%. It gave us an opportunity to register unregistered
FACE OFF 2K8 MOCK ELECTION
This is a photo taken during an on-line mock election for the youth group that I volunteer for. More than 800 youth voted on-line, Obama won. 91%. It gave us an opportunity to register unregistered
WILL RISSI PALMER MAKE YOU LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC?
Watch this video: Originally recorded by Jordin Sparks and R&B singer Chris Brown, This is Country's Hottest Song right now. Will you buy Rissi Palmer's stuff?
MORGAN FREEMAN HOSPITALIZED: SERIOUS AFTER A CAR CRASH
Oscar winning actor, Morgan Freeman, was hospitalized in serious condition this morning, after the car he was driving careened off a rural highway in MIssissippi (his home state) and rolled over sev