Imagine everyone's surprise both black and white when a PA announcement at Walmart store ask all black customers to leave. Read the entire story by using the link below:
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Posted Wednesday, March 17th 2010 at 3:12PM
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NAACP Pres ask for all to participate in the 2010 Census. Read his email to NAACP members:
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Posted Tuesday, March 16th 2010 at 4:18PM
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More black donors are need for bone marrow list. Many African Americans sre dying from lack of a match. You can help.
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Posted Monday, March 15th 2010 at 6:49PM
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Jelesa Reynolds of North Carolina was reported missing by her family Feb. 23 after she didn’t return from a trip to the library the previous day.
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Posted Sunday, March 14th 2010 at 3:26PM
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President Obama calls for education overhaul. The Obama administration on 03/13/10 called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind law. Watch the presidents's statements below:
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Posted Sunday, March 14th 2010 at 7:57AM
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In many communities where the school budget is voted on many districts are in danger of those budgets not being passed. Host George Cook discusses why it’s important that we and especially parents support those budgets and sacrifice now so that our ...
Posted Saturday, March 13th 2010 at 10:03PM
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Congressional Black Caucus member discusses meeting with President Obama.
At President Obama's invitation the CBC meet with him on March 11. Hear a statement for CBC chair Barbara Lee and from Yvette Clarke a CBC member that was at the meeting by ...
Posted Saturday, March 13th 2010 at 9:01AM
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Walmart caught selling black version of doll for 50% less than white version:
A Walmart store has been selling a black version of a Barbie Doll for 50% less than the white version of the same exact doll. Read more by using the link below:
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Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 4:27PM
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Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has bitterly criticized the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon as having "let us down," prompting outrage Wednesday in South Africa.
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Posted Wednesday, March 10th 2010 at 3:56PM
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Entire senior class of all black boys high school headed to college!
Chicago's only public all male, all African-American high school reached an extraordinary accomplishment-- getting all 107 seniors accepted to four-year colleges. The students we ...
Posted Tuesday, March 9th 2010 at 3:32PM
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Hi this is George Cook and I wanted to share with everyone this article I read by Taylor Trammell. She is a senior in High school at Detroits Mumford High School. The article deals with how it feels to be told that you "speak white" and what this one ...
Posted Sunday, March 7th 2010 at 9:24AM
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Does President Obama need a "Black Agenda"
George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com discusses whether or not President Obama should have a black agenda and if so who gets to decide what's on it?
Listen to his 2 minute commentary and leave your opi ...
Posted Saturday, March 6th 2010 at 11:39AM
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Stylish. Comfortable. Warm. We love the hoodie. But over the last few years, the wardrobe staple has gotten a bad rap.
Hooded sweats are now so linked to all things nefarious that last week, retired federal judge James T. Giles recommended banning ...
Posted Saturday, March 6th 2010 at 8:44AM
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Three white Los Angeles elementary school teachers portayed O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul as role models and heros during Black History Month.
You can't make this stuff up. Watch the video here:
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Posted Thursday, March 4th 2010 at 4:57PM
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If you haven't heard it here's the revealing & heated exchange between Tavis Smiley & Al Sharpton: http://bit.ly/a8vTO ...
Posted Thursday, March 4th 2010 at 12:35PM
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Two months after ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, Tavis Smiley is gathering African-American advocates to press the case for a "black agenda."
The decision was motivated by what Smiley called recent statements from some black ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:16PM
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Video: President Obama's speech on HBCUs:
Watch President Obama's speech on HBCUs and as he signs an executive order to strengthen the capacity of and increase access to Federal funding for the Nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universiti ...
Posted Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 at 7:23PM
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Michael Jordan's drive and immense physical talent made him an NBA superstar. His stardom and shrewdness helped him make millions in business.
His latest venture will test his talents and skills like no other.
He is now owner of the Charlotte B ...
Posted Sunday, February 28th 2010 at 8:18AM
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Precious, the heart-wrenching tale of an illiterate and abused teen who finds hope in a Harlem classroom was named outstanding motion picture and outstanding independent film at Friday's ceremony. Stars Mo'Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, screenwriter Geof ...
Posted Saturday, February 27th 2010 at 12:45PM
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White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down three months after an uninvited couple crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner and she was heavily criticized for her role in allowing the embarrassing episode to happen.
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Posted Friday, February 26th 2010 at 8:15PM
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Read my new eBook Nappy for free. Nappy lets black girls know how beautiful they & their hair is. After much thought I decided to make the eBook free in the hopes that it's message would reach more of our young black girls. Read the book and leave yo ...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 9:11PM
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Van Jones, the former White House "green jobs czar" who resigned last year after facing criticism from conservative groups has been appointed a distinguished visiting fellow at Princeton University.
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Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 6:45PM
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Missing Black Woman Alert: Merrell Stewart of Louisiana a 26-year-old woman missing since Thursday night, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office. Read more and see her picture by using the link below:
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Posted Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 at 9:26PM
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A new study finds African-American women may be especially vulnerable to being evicted from their homes. It shows that women in black neighborhoods are twice as likely as male tenants to be kicked out of their homes. Listen to the reasons why this is ...
Posted Monday, February 22nd 2010 at 3:38PM
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Meet the NAACP's new chairman. Roslyn M. Brock.
The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation's oldest civil rights organization. Hear what her view is for the future of ...
Posted Sunday, February 21st 2010 at 8:02AM
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