Peace,
President Obama should be praised for wanting to RIGHT the WRONG that Bush did while he was in office. However, during John Kennedy's short tenure as president, he faced a similar situation regarding how to address South East Asia and the t ...
Posted Wednesday, January 25th 2012 at 12:04PM
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Peace,
If we are ever ready, willing and able to study the Transatlantic Slave trade from an analytical, logical, unemotional standpoint, there may be great benefit for us as individual ,ethnic groups, a nation and the whole world community.
I ...
Posted Wednesday, January 25th 2012 at 11:48AM
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kate Beckinsale is back with a vengeance, with her latest "Underworld" movie opening at No. 1 this weekend.
"Underworld Awakening" made an estimated $25.4, distributor Sony Screen Gems reported Sunday.
This is the fourth fil ...
Posted Wednesday, January 25th 2012 at 11:40AM
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MSNBC.com--President Barack Obama will make the domestic economy the centerpiece of his last State of the Union address before he seeks re-election in November.
The speech is expected to call for sweeping initiatives to bolster the U.S. manufactur ...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2012 at 12:53PM
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TENNESSEE--Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky and son of presidential hopeful Ron Paul, was detained by TSA agents in Nashville, Tennessee Monday morning, according to social media updates made by both libertarian lawmakers.
Just after 1 ...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2012 at 12:06PM
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By Fredda Sacharow
January 23, 2012
Environmental factors in many predominantly African-American communities – neighborhoods fortified with bullet-proof glass and barbed wire, for example, and bus ads aggressively pushing the glories of alcohol - ...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2012 at 12:02PM
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From GlobalResearch.com
January 23, 2012
On December 7, following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to consider the Philadelphia District Attorney's final avenue of appeal, current DA Seth Williams announced that he would no longer be seeking a de ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2012 at 1:21PM
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USAToday.com--Last month, teachers in Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, a middle-class school district in Wayne County, Michigan, were told to remove Graham Swift’s “Waterland” and Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer-winning “Beloved,” after complaints from tw ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2012 at 4:29PM
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By Latonya Steames
January 21, 2012
I once trusted the Birmingham Public Schools. I sent my children to school thinking they were safe and protected. I found out different.
My 17-year old-daughter Gloria was sprayed in the face with pepper spr ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2012 at 3:39PM
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ATLANTA--Andrew Adler, the owner of local publication the Atlanta Jewish Times, has apologized after suggesting that assassinating President Barack Obama is an option that should be considered by the Israeli government.
As reported by Gawker, Adle ...
Posted Saturday, January 21st 2012 at 6:00PM
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CNN.com--Regions Bank is offering high school seniors an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of African-Americans, past and present, and earn $5,000 to attend college.
Regions will award 25 Riding Forward Scholarships based on a competitive ...
Posted Thursday, January 19th 2012 at 11:42AM
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From The Washington Post
January 16, 2012
The war is still on to be fought – the war for freedom, justice and equality for all.
And fighting it requires leaning on the word of God, according to the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th 2012 at 1:00PM
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KALAMAZOO — Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered in 2012 as a hero, but toward the end of his life the civil rights leader certainly was not treated as one, an award-winning author told a crowd in Kalamazoo on Sunday.
”Dr. King was seen as a pest, ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th 2012 at 12:50PM
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CHICAGO--In a reversal of fortunes Rahm's bullying and union busting tactics have not only been uncovered, but challenged by state officials on the Chicago Facilities Task Force Force.
What was established by evidence and eyewitness testimony in ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th 2012 at 12:38PM
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DRUMMONDS, TENNESSEE-- An African-American family returned home from a grocery store run on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to find “KKK” markings on their driveway and mailbox.
Dorothy Campbell said she was gone for about three hours and found the gra ...
Posted Tuesday, January 17th 2012 at 12:49PM
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Happy Birthday to our first lady Michelle Obama! The lovely leader turned 48 today!
Check out some unknown facts about the beauty:
1. Her nickname is “Miche” (pronounced “Meesh”).
2. Her husband calls her “My Rock”
3. Her father worked th ...
Posted Tuesday, January 17th 2012 at 12:33PM
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COLUMBIA, SC -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was forced to answer tough questions and clarify his past statements on race before members of an African American congregation Saturday evening.
At the Jones Memorial African Methodist Episcopal ...
Posted Sunday, January 15th 2012 at 3:52PM
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