Black boy shot in gated community by Neighborhood Watch and no one is arrested?
The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy ( Trayvon Martin ) shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a white Neighborhood Watch captain wants ...
Posted Saturday, March 10th 2012 at 9:48AM
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Pres. Obama explains what he means by higher education so even Rick Santorum can understand
During an address to the National Governor’s Association on Monday, President Obama explained what he means by higher education. With his higher educatio ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2012 at 8:27PM
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Tammie Fields: A news reporter who cares about missing black woman
Tonight I received a phone call from a news anchor at WTSP a CBS affiliate in Tampa Florida. Her name is Tammie Fields and she was calling to talk to me about the media's coverage ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2012 at 9:06PM
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Why Coors partnering with 100 Black Men bothers me
Now let me state for the record that I applaud 100 Black Men and believe that they do excellent work mentoring our your boys and men. That being said I have issues with a beer company, MillerCoors ...
Posted Monday, February 13th 2012 at 9:55PM
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Writer questions black republican ambassadors zeal for outeach to the Black Community
Aprill Shines a writer for Examiner.com listed as the Cobb County Republican Examiner recently wrote a piece about republican outreach to minorities. In the piec ...
Posted Sunday, February 12th 2012 at 9:21AM
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How gay activist hurt their cause with African Americans in the Roland Martin situation
Gay activist got their wish and CNN suspended for his just plain stupid tweets during Superbowl 46 ( Which my NY Giants won ). Many gay activist are pleased wi ...
Posted Thursday, February 9th 2012 at 6:02PM
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Black Teacher Calls Haitian Student “Little Chocolate Boy”
Leslie Ranier, a Black Broward County, Fla., high school teacher who was reportedly accused of pretending to throw holy water on an atheist colleague last May, now faces possible suspe ...
Posted Tuesday, February 7th 2012 at 4:46PM
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Brown University student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech
Malcolm Burnley a Brown University student has found a very rare recording of a speech Malcolm X gave in 1961 at Brown University. Read more here: http://aareports.com/2012/02/brown-universi ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2012 at 5:51PM
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Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'
http://aareports.com/2012/02/some-blacks-insist-im-not-african.html ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2012 at 8:09AM
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Black filmmaker wants to end Black History Month
Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His insightful and humorous journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an ent ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2012 at 4:42PM
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Do we need "black leaders"
I'm sure you have all noticed that whenever there is a issue on race the media seem to bring out the same "black leaders" over and over gain to discuss how African Americans feel on that particular issue. Do you feel tha ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2012 at 10:10AM
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A Philadelphia Charter School Makes ”Red Tails” Movie A Learning Experience
This is an idea that I hope many schools copy. Read the story here: http://aareports.com/2012/01/philadelphia-charter-school-makes-red.html ...
Posted Wednesday, January 25th 2012 at 7:53PM
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AAreports.com: Red Tails Review
I went to see the new movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails today and am now posting my review. http://aareports.com/2012/01/aareportscom-red-tails-review.html ...
Posted Saturday, January 21st 2012 at 7:38PM
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Tea Party leader wants to send blacks back to plantations
Yes you read right. Jesse Lee Peterson the founder of a black Tea Party group in L.A. thinks Newt Gingrich is right about the work ethic of poor people and minorities and his solution is to ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th 2012 at 8:05PM
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Soledad O'Brien, Jodi Kantor Clash Over 'The Obamas'
CNN's Soledad O'Brien had an extremely tense conversation on Friday's "Starting Point" with Jodi Kantor, the author of a controversial new book about the Obamas titled The Obamas Watch their dis ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 9:13AM
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Maryland fails to keep its promise to HBCUs
Maryland is attempting to renege on its obligation to provide sufficient funding to make its historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) comparable and competitive with other public universities ...
Posted Wednesday, December 28th 2011 at 7:45PM
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Kwanzaa begins tonight. Do you celebrate it?
Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival honoring African American culture and heritage starts tonight. Kwanzaa's focus is the “Nguzo Saba,” the Seven Principles -- unity, self determination, collective work ...
Posted Monday, December 26th 2011 at 6:45PM
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Does Florida Governor Rick Scott believe all HBCU students are poor?
FAMU ( Florida A&M University ) students protested the suspension of FAMU President Dr. James Ammons. During the protest students Florida Governor Rick Scott made a very surprisi ...
Posted Saturday, December 17th 2011 at 7:41AM
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O'Reilly: Will Obama's black outreach include appearance on Soul Train?
Bill O'Reilly wondered out loud on his TV show whether or not Obama's outreach to African Americans would include him going on Soul Train. A very ignorant statement but not su ...
Posted Sunday, December 11th 2011 at 10:21AM
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Why the world will end in 2012: The black president theory
Some believe that the Mayans predicted that in 2012 the world would come to an end. Many scoff at the theory but those that do obviously don't watch science fiction movies. You see in sci- ...
Posted Wednesday, December 7th 2011 at 8:39PM
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Interview with bodybuilder and IFBB Pro, Candice Carr-Archer
Hi this is George Cook at AAreports.com. Every once in awhile I like to feature someone who does something a little different or unique. I was lucky enough to get an interview with bodyb ...
Posted Tuesday, November 29th 2011 at 7:05PM
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Check out poems from my new book of poetry, LOVE
Hi this George Cook. I have written a new Kindle Book titled LOVE. It's a collection of poems about love, relationships and heartache. There are poems here about love of a spouse or partner, love of ...
Posted Thursday, November 24th 2011 at 12:16PM
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Barack Obama 1991 TBS Black History Minute Video
Check out this 1991 video of a young Barack Obama doing a Black History Month spot for TBS. Who knew this guy would become president one day? watch here: http://aareports.com/2011/11/barack-obama-19 ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2011 at 9:15PM
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NBA stars to play in Obama's basketball campaign fundraiser
A number of NBA stars including Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard have committed to play in an exhibition game to raise money for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Read more ...
Posted Saturday, November 19th 2011 at 10:27AM
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