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Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. discussed black genealogy and ancestry to an audience of students, faculty and community members on Thursday at the Ryan Family Auditorium in Tech. Gates, a

The media and the fans are repeatedly revolted due to the Beyonce skin bleaching rumors. It seems that the r'n'b diva managed to shock the world with her lighter complexion shade which is visible in t

NEW ORLEANS--Leon Waters was a boy when he first heard stories from his 91-year old cousin, Clara “Kizzie” Duncan, about a slave revolt in southeast Louisiana. Duncan, the daughter of slaves, helped t

From ChicagoTribune.com February 17, 2011 Well, they’ve done it again. Urban Prep Academy of Chicago, an all-male charter school with kids from the “worst” parts of Chicago, is sending 100% of its

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in their bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee

Newsweek.com--The two weeks of protest in Egypt seemed to be settling into a pattern, and the press, ever impatient, began to turn away. Then, in two days, protest turned to revolution and coverage of

 

In a surprise development, which analysts are at a loss to explain, African Americans are starting their own businesses at a record-setting pace. According to a report last week from the U.S. Censu

YOUR BALANCE By Sister Siebra Muhammad I am inside every Man, woman and child Sometimes I am heated And others I am mild I moan, I howl, I Turn and twist No matter how hard you Tr

The following text is excerpted from a speech delivered by the Honorable Louis Farrakhan June 9, 1996 at Mosque Maryam in Chicago. THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN: I have chosen as a subj

William DeHart Hubbard (born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 25, 1903 - June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual ev

February is Black History month, a time when educators and students across the United States take time to learn about African American history. On the campus of University of Missouri, this time of ye

OXFORD, OH – A new study says Miami University and The Ohio State University favor African American students over Caucasian students when it's a close call. The study focused on race, grade point a

Conservative activist and blogger Andrew Breitbart's weekend in Washington at the Conservative Political Action Conference was interrupted when he was served with a lawsuit filed by the subject of one

In his eloquent autobiographies, abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass described the cruelty he experienced as an African-American slave in Maryland during the early 19th century. But Douglass' descr

Most people are rightly horrified about the case of a first-grade teacher at a Silver Spring elementary school who was recently charged with several counts of assault after being accused of choking an

Dedicated to all my family!!! HEART 4 U Me and you is friends You smile, I smile... You hurt, I hurt... You cry, I cry... You jump off a bridge... I'm gonna miss your blogs. The mo

1. Your kids are becoming you...and you don't like them...but your grandchildren are perfect! 2. GOING OUT is good. COMING HOME is better! 3. When people say you look "Great"...They add "for you

Born in the South, Edwin Leonard was one of many black men who wanted to fight for his freedom and his country during the Civil War. Leonard enlisted with the Union Army as a corporal in the 54th M

ARLINGTON,TX -- An African-American man who planned to use his bus to encourage children to resist bullies says he is being bullied by the National Football League. Eric Williams is representing hi

(CNN) -- At least 17 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum of Cairo are missing following a break-in, the country's minister of antiquities said Sunday. The missing objects include a gilded wood statu

Redistricting and gerrymandering are once again the focus of high-stakes politics in Louisiana, and across the country. This is the once-a-decade process during which political incumbents selectively