Tuesday afternoon, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross is holding a news conference to announce yet another celebrity addition to the team; actually celebrity additions. Tennis-playing sisters Venus and Serena Williams will reportedly become the lat ...
Posted Tuesday, August 25th 2009 at 4:38PM
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Michael and Steven Roberts didn't have two quarters to rub together a couple of decades ago. Now, the two African-American business leaders estimate their holdings -- from hotels to TV stations -- are worth $1 billion. One St. Louis hotel they own on ...
Posted Monday, August 24th 2009 at 4:56PM
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Let's Talk Honestly: One Black Man's Thoughts ( Kindle Edition ) just $1.50
An eBook collection of poems and essays by George L. Cook III. These writings are inspired by Mr. Cook's experience's as a soldier, community activist, time in politics, c ...
Posted Sunday, August 23rd 2009 at 9:05PM
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George Cook of Let's Talk Honestly Interviews reporter Mike Hixenbaugh of the Rocky Mount Telegram, the reporter covering the case of missing and murdered black women in Rocky Mount for the local paper. They discuss:
*How the police are handling ...
Posted Saturday, August 15th 2009 at 4:22PM
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Is a serial killer murdering black women in Rocky Mountain North Carolina. Six bodies have been found and three women are currently missing.
The bodies of,Tahara Sheniece Nicholson, 28, Jackie Thorpe 35, Jarniece Latonya Hargrove, 31; Ernestine ...
Posted Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 7:30PM
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BET News ( please resist urge to ask when did BET get a news department ) Travels to the Frontline of the Issues Devastating the African American Community with 'HEART OF THE CITY' Premiering Saturday, September 12, at 10:00 p.m.* Learn more by click ...
Posted Friday, July 31st 2009 at 5:05PM
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George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com discusses his dealings with racial profiling and how it is destroying relations between the Black Community and police.
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Posted Thursday, July 30th 2009 at 8:55PM
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A Fox News contributor Judge Andrew Napolitano believes that the arrest of Henry Louis Gates was improper. That's right someone on Fox News which likes black people as much as the KKK does has studied the case and came to the conclusion the arrest wa ...
Posted Monday, July 27th 2009 at 4:01PM
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As many African American men move up the economic ladder they are faced with a real dilemna when it comes to racial profiling.
Many of these men have moved to more afflurnt town which are predominantly white and although they may be doctors, lawy ...
Posted Saturday, July 25th 2009 at 4:16PM
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Hi this is George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com . Many of you may or may not know who Regina N. Kelly is. She is a African American woman falsely arrested on drug charges who refused to take a plea deal and fought back. Her story is the basis of t ...
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 at 5:49PM
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George Cook the owner of the African American web site www.letstalkhonestly.com , proud BlackPlaner member, and community activist has been appointed to the school board of Hillside NJ. Click the link below to read a great article about this:
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Posted Tuesday, July 21st 2009 at 3:38PM
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Boston mayor Tom Menino has offered to help the struggling African American Newspaper The Bay State Banner by offering them access to a $200,000 loan. The loan would be from the Boston Local Development Corp., a private nonprofit administered by the ...
Posted Monday, July 20th 2009 at 8:20PM
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83 year old Emma Carroll of Pembroke Georgia has been missing since July 18. Learn more about her and the overwhelming response the community has given to helping find "Miss Emma" by clicking the link below:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/missing ...
Posted Monday, July 20th 2009 at 5:30PM
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Don’t forget. Prom night in Mississippi adocumentary about segregated proms in Morgan Freeman’s home town airs on HBO 07/20 at 9PM Eastern Time. Learn more and see some clips by using the link below:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsbl ...
Posted Sunday, July 19th 2009 at 11:02AM
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It was an amazing visual to see the a black president addressing the 100 NAACP Convention.
I love the fact that he not only exposed self responsibilty and said that there were no more excuses but that he did so from a position of love not superior ...
Posted Friday, July 17th 2009 at 5:15AM
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A bill introduced by Rep. Gary Ackerman and Rep Charlie Rangel of New York would have a statue of the "Unkown Slave added to the Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center. Read more about this and read the proposal by using the link below:
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Posted Wednesday, July 15th 2009 at 8:48PM
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Hi my name is George Cook. I am an African American writer and blogger. I am also the author of a new eBook for the Amazon Kindle Talk Honestly: One Black Man's Thoughts available here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002E19JKU
I have ran in elections ...
Posted Sunday, July 5th 2009 at 9:48AM
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ESPN has confirmed that former Tennessee Titans QB Steve McNair has been found shot to death. Read entire story by using the link below:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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Posted Saturday, July 4th 2009 at 5:25PM
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In Detroit four summer school students have been shot while waiting a bus stop. Two are in critical condition. Watch video of the story below:
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Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 4:36PM
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I wrote this poem after seeing another story about a black man being shot by police. While the outrage was justified I wondered why we don't see the same level of outrage when one young black man kills another.
While police shootings and brutality ...
Posted Sunday, June 28th 2009 at 11:35AM
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There is alot that will be said about Micheal Jackson in the upcoming days. Some bad and some good but the video of his performance of Billie Jean at Motown 25 is how I will remember Micheal Jackson.
Watch the video by clicking the link below:
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Posted Thursday, June 25th 2009 at 7:15PM
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Monica Weeks has met many men, but at age 51 she says she still hasn't found her "Barack."
Among Weeks and her friends, President Barack Obama's name has become shorthand for a black man with integrity, character and spirituality, one who loves an ...
Posted Wednesday, June 24th 2009 at 4:56PM
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Let's Talk Honestly: One Black Man's Thoughts just $2.50
An eBook collection of poems and essays by George L. Cook III. These writings are inspired by Mr. Cook's experience's as a soldier, community activist, time in politics, coach, husband, an ...
Posted Saturday, June 20th 2009 at 2:15PM
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Check out this weeks Let’s Talk Honestly Show where show host George Cook discusses the three most popular news stories on his Black News , Black Views page at www.letstalkhonestly.com
This week George Cook discusses:
The tragic death of Step ...
Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 8:48PM
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Great news. Many of you may know the story of Jasmina Anema who is suffering from a svere form of leukemia. After thousands of New Yorkers turned out to help little Jasmina Anema a match was found for a much needed bone marrow transplant. Doctors fou ...
Posted Saturday, June 13th 2009 at 8:03AM
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