Donald Trump lied about the Congressional Black Caucus not reaching out to him during his epic rant/meltdown at a press conference on February 16, 2017. He asked American Urban Reports reporter April Ryan if she could set up a meeting with the CBC si ...
Posted Saturday, February 18th 2017 at 10:03AM
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GOP lawmakers are planning to meet with the presidents of several HBCUs to discuss what these schools need and how they can help them survive. Now instead of just touting how they plan to help black students, Conservatives/Republicans have used this ...
Posted Thursday, February 9th 2017 at 6:59AM
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Why Black History Month is important for black children: http://www.africanamericanreports.com/2017/02/why-black-history-month-is-important-to.html ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2017 at 6:34PM
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While most of us may have heard that both Keith Ellison and Thomas Perez are vying to become DNC chairman, many more of us aren't aware of other candidates running for that position. One such candidate is South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Jaime H ...
Posted Monday, January 30th 2017 at 5:07PM
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In a move that surprised many Steve Harvey has met with Donald Trump to discuss issues in the black community. I believe Trump plans to use Steve Harvey to legitimize Ben Carson in the black community. Harvey may believe he is doing the right thing a ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th 2017 at 7:50PM
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Today on the day we honor Dr. Martin Luther King his son went to meet with Donald Trump. I'm not so disappointed that he went but I'm not happy about when he went. Hear that reason here: http://www.africanamericanreports.com/2017/01/the-reason-im-dis ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th 2017 at 7:48PM
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Talladega College's marching band was able to raise over $500,000 to go to Donald Trump's inauguration from donations by Fox News viewers. Conservatives flocked to the band's GoFundMe page after school's president appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor" to ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th 2017 at 7:46PM
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The Talladega Marching Tornadoes will participate in the 58th Presidential Inaugural Parade, Talladega College President Billy Hawkins announced Thursday. http://www.africanamericanreports.com/2017/01/talladega-college-marching-band-will.html ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 11:12AM
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The marching band of Alabama's oldest private, Talladega College an historically black liberal arts college has accepted an invitation to perform at President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade. Read more: http://www.africanamericanreports.com/20 ...
Posted Monday, January 2nd 2017 at 9:02PM
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Donald Trump has been talking to white crowds about how he would help the African American community while actually insulting black people. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, has taken the time to devise plans to help African Americans. One of those ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2016 at 9:21AM
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In this timely and important collection of personal essays, black men from all walks of life share their inspiring stories and ultimately how each, in his own way, became a source of hope for his community and country. - See more at: http://www.afric ...
Posted Friday, March 13th 2015 at 8:58AM
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If you are like me you have a great respect for the Tuskegee Airmen. You can make the argument that without them there is no Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, they broke down barriers and showed the true strength and courage of black men.
But they are not ...
Posted Sunday, February 15th 2015 at 9:45AM
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Why Pres. Obama may be better off with republicans in control of the House and Senate.
After giving democrats, a whupping of epic proportions in Tuesday's election republicans will have control of both the House and the Senate starting in 2015. Pr ...
Posted Thursday, November 6th 2014 at 5:24PM
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Let's be honest here. If democrats want to hold onto the Senate, they need to win the black vote overwhelmingly. While many pundits and talking heads have focused on this, they have not mentioned the fact that black voters in some states are making a ...
Posted Sunday, November 2nd 2014 at 4:38PM
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Although the shooting of Michael Brown is recent we have seen and heard this script before. Whenever there is an issue of race and the killing of a young black man by police we hear of the rights sudden "concern" on the issue of black on black crime. ...
Posted Thursday, August 21st 2014 at 5:20AM
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Black people don't need Al Sharpton to tell them to get angry
Whenever there is a tragic shooting of a young black man Al Sharpton inevitably shows up. Some conservatives instantly criticize him and say he is a race baiter, publicity hound, or cam ...
Posted Saturday, August 16th 2014 at 5:08PM
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Ferguson, Missouri a perfect example of what happens when blacks don't vote.
When I first started blogging I had a blog titled Let's Talk Honestly and I think it's time to talk honestly about the town of Ferguson Missouri. First I want to give my ...
Posted Thursday, August 14th 2014 at 6:00PM
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Quai Jefferson is a 17 year old starting wide receiver for St. Joseph of Montvale ( NJ ), the number one ranked team in the state. He's blessed with all the markings of a star athlete who has a bright future. But when school and football end each d ...
Posted Thursday, November 28th 2013 at 11:38AM
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Nappy, a new book for young black girls
My new children's book,Nappy. Nappy is a short picture book letting young black girls know how beautiful both they and their hair are. Now available for Kindle! $1.50 http://www.amazon.com/Nappy-ebook/dp/B00 ...
Posted Monday, September 30th 2013 at 7:36PM
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This is an uncomforatble topic but one that is out there whether I write about it or not. Rachel Jeantel a friend of Trayvon Martin's and a witness in George Zimmerman's trial is taking a beating online after her two days of testimony. there have bee ...
Posted Thursday, June 27th 2013 at 9:23PM
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Do black celebrities have a responsibility to give back financially?
Dr Dre's recent 35 million dollar donation to USC had sparked a bit of a controversy. Many believe that the 35 million could have done more good at HBCU's. I'm not one to tell an ...
Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 5:13PM
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Do African Americans care about the gay marriage issue?
In the past week we have been slammed over the heads with coverage of The Supreme Court taking up a case involving DOMA. Now I personally don't care who one marries. As I tell my gay friends, ...
Posted Saturday, March 30th 2013 at 9:44AM
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Support a struggling author (me) and a book featuring a strong African American hero, the Dead War Series Book One. Now at Smashwords for 99 cents with this coupon code, REW50 until Saturday.
Can be purchased for a variety of devices, Kindle, No ...
Posted Tuesday, March 5th 2013 at 8:27PM
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Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan And Blair Underwood to star in all black film version of Macbeth
Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan and Blair Underwood are all set to star in a new film version of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, set to start pre-productio ...
Posted Tuesday, March 5th 2013 at 8:12PM
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