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Peace, This is not an Islamic-based post per se or limited to any one school of thought. However, there are some people on this very forum that this post very much applies to. In the Qur'an, God

NEW ORLEANS--Ever since the release of her debut album in 2000, neo-soul singer Jill Scott has elaborated on the question posed by its title: "Who Is Jill Scott?" In brief, she's a singer, songwriter,

"What To The American Slave Is Your '4th of July?'" FREDERICK DOUGLASS SPEECH July 5, 1852 Independence Day Speech at Rochester, NY (excerpt) Fellow citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask,

NEWARK, N.J. - Police in Newark, N.J. are trying to identify potential witnesses after a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed, just days after she graduated high school, reports CBS New York. Inves

Peace, I would like to take the time out to wish everyone, not only the Muslims who follow the Holy Quran, but to all who submit to God via all the Prophets and Messengers sent to them who also pre

DETROIT, MI -- It's an unresolved mystery. Detroit police, hours after saying evidence in the case of missing 12-year-old Charlie Bothuell V suggested he might be the victim of homicide, found the

(BlackMediaScoop) Houston father is surrendering himself Tuesday morning to spend the next six months in jail, because of mistake his employer made over child support payments. Clifford Hall recounted

I want to share a testimony from a Navajo sister that has embraced Islam, which is very rare in Native America. We in the Nation of Islam, didn’t have to shove Bean Pies and The Final Call down her th

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, in a desperate search for sleep as he prepared for a comeback tour that he hoped would pull him out of deep debt and restore his reputation

The original story was that an officer told Denzell to kneel down, and several witnesses say he was then shot in the back. The police have now come out and said, Denzell was shot in the head, not i

NEW YORK--Spike Lee's new one has bite. Brooklyn's best known independent filmmaker was in attendance Sunday at New York's SVA Theater in Chelsea, wearing a summer straw hat and Team USA World Cup

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23, 2014 Malaysia’s top court on Monday upheld a government ban forbidding non-Muslims from using “Allah” to refer to God. The government says Allah should be reserved exclus

AUSTIN--The number of black-owned businesses in Texas is growing but the firms remain small in comparison to other Texas businesses, and their owners face barriers to growth and profitability, accordi

A rare oil painting of an African slave from circa 1733 has been acquired by Virginia’s Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, which runs the history museums at the Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory C

VIRGINIA--At 111-years-old Lela Babb Burden has proven that it’s never too late to get your education. Burden was awarded an honorary high school diploma from Booker T. Washington High School. Norfolk

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From theguardian.com Thursday 19 June 2014 Speaking at a burial ground for hundreds African slaves in New York in commemoration of Juneteenth – the day in 1865 when Texas learned that the civil w

TEXAS--The activist Dallas group Mothers Against Police Brutality slammed officers’ fatal shooting of a mentally ill man during the weekend. Police said Saturday that Jason Harrison, 38, charged at

JACKSONVILLE--It took them a while to get with the times. Now they're paying the price. A Florida school that has long been named after a Confederate general who was the first grand wizard of the K

By Richard B. Muhammad Jun 17, 2014 Since the 1960s and 1970s in what would today be called urban novels and movies, the persona of the pimp was presented as a model for Black males in the ghetto

June 16, 2014 As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You) Another great one has passed into the pantheon of our ancestry. It is with great sorrow that we mourn the loss of Ruby Dee, a woman who was passionately concerned about the condition of her people and the condition of the world. Although she