I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proc ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 10:24PM
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The way hypermasculinity is referred to in academia and the media, it seems to put men in a limited box. For example, either they are aggressive and overtly sexual, or they are possibly looked at as being feminine or homosexual. What’s the consequenc ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 5:09PM
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Teen pregnancy is a big problem in Memphis and Shelby County, where the population is predominantly black and poor.
Sixteen-year-old Terrika Sutton (pictured above) is one of the Frayser students who became pregnant. Sutton, who has a 2-month-old ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 4:29PM
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The saying goes "love is blind," and it is obviously true after seeing these guys with some of the best looking women in the world wrapped around their arm.
in the pic is robert powells baby's mama !
Although it's never good to judge someo ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 3:57PM
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Columbus Short meets with Freeway Rick Ross In L.A.
Actor Columbus Short may be the man to portray the real boss of LA's crack cocaine trade in the 1980's, Donnell "Freeway” Ricky Ross.
Short, known for his roles in Stomp The Yard and Armoured ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 3:44PM
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Rush Limbaugh is facing harsh criticism for a billboard in Tucson, Arizona near the site of Saturday's fatal shooting.
The billboard, which has been in place for months, says “Rush Limbaugh: Straight Shooter” and appears to be riddled with bullets ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 3:16PM
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The blogs and social networking sites are abuzz about a flier that promotes a "Light Skin vs. Dark Skin" party in Ohio – right around the time of the MLK holiday, no less.
Many found the party’s theme in bad taste, feeling that it continues to enc ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 2:59PM
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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 1:49AM
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Everyone who has contributed to this community has invested a part of themselves in it. You have put some bricks in this cyber-institution’s foundation. You have helped create something original, something that has not ever existed before in the know ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 1:41AM
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African Man and Woman: "And Ye Shall Know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make You Free." Holy Bible-John 8 : 32. According to a Ghanaian writer and researcher based in the United States of America (USA), Nana Banchie Darkwah, Ph.D., emphatically stat ...
Posted Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 1:17AM
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America's Next Chapter will broadcast LIVE on C-SPAN Thursday, January 13. The conversation will rebroadcast for three nights on Tavis Smiley on PBS,Tuesday, January 18 through Thursday, January 20. The conversation will continue during The Tavis Smi ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 11:51PM
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Thoughts that Enslave Minds
Tortured souls. Human beings whose self-confidence and peace of mind have been torn to shreds by invisible darts—the evil thoughts of others. Can envy, hate and jealousy be projected through space from the mind of ano ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 10:15PM
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How did the ancient Egyptians see themselves? (ancestor
Into which ethnic category did they put themselves? What did they call themselves? The language and literature left to us by the Egyptians of th ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 9:37PM
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This weekend our nation will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the national holiday commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. He would have been 82 years of age had he lived beyond April 4th, 1968, the date of his assassination in Memphis ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 5:36PM
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spars with reporters daily on variety of topics, such as the administration's strategy for the economy and the Pentagon's progress (or lack thereof) in waging two wars. But Gibbs, who'll leave his spot at the ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 3:42PM
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President Obama won nearly universal praise from leading political pundits and writers after Wednesday night's speech at the Arizona memorial for victims of the Tucson shooting, with several pointing out the contrast between it and Sarah Palin's vide ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 3:37PM
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The most difficult things in life to face are the things you do not like about yourself. Not your ears, legs, hair or those habits and abilities you feel are not up to par. It is the ugly things you know about yourself that need a good long lo ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 4:34AM
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No jail for LT; Hall of Fame linebacker gets probation in plea deal
By Chris Chase
NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor avoided jail on Thursday by pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges stemming from a May arrest on rape and prostitution char ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 2:57AM
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I WATCHED THES AND IT IS A HOUR LONG PROGRAM WHER YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE TROUBLE SOME VISIT THE INSIDE OF A PRISON WHERE HARD CORE PRISIONERS BEAKE THE SPIRIT AND THEN TEACH THEM NOT TO BE LIKE THEM,,!
ONE LIL GIRL WAS FACE TO FACE WITH HER MOTHER AND ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 2:25AM
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The F-35 fighter jet, set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet, has become the most expensive weapons program ever, drawing increased scrutiny at a time of tight public finances.
Following a series of cost overruns a ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 2:15AM
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In his Tucson speech, President Obama said: “If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let’s make sure it’s worthy of those we have lost. Let’s make sure it’s not on the usual plane of politics and point scoring and pettiness.”
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Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 2:09AM
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