The origins of Pan-Africanism
Lee Sustar explains the roots of Black nationalist ideas that won a mass following.
October 5, 2012
WITH BLACK politics typically associated with Black elected officials and participation in the mainstream syst ...
Posted Friday, October 5th 2012 at 12:00PM
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Melbourne: Dr Conrad Murray, who is currently serving a four-year sentence after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Michael Jackson’s death, could reportedly be released from jail in months.
The former physician is apparently telling ...
Posted Friday, October 5th 2012 at 11:37AM
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The Huffington Post | By Julee Wilson Posted: 10/05/2012 7:52 am EDT Updated: 10/05/2012 9:31 am EDT
Remember the Kenya dolls from the 90s that captured nearly every little brown girl's heart? Well, they're back!
Kenya first hit shelves in 1992 and became an overnight success -- consistentl ...
Posted Friday, October 5th 2012 at 11:18AM
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LOUISIANA--Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan urged a large audience at Southern University Wednesday night to educate themselves, be good Samaritans and to take care of their communities.
Farrakhan’s speaking engagement was organized ...
Posted Thursday, October 4th 2012 at 1:06PM
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By John Yemma, Editor / September 28, 2012
Carl Ernst has read, parsed, and puzzled over the Quran since graduate school in 1975. As in the Bible, some passages are mild, some blistering. Later ones appear to cancel out earlier ones. Which has pr ...
Posted Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 at 12:22PM
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WASHINGTON--If a pet turtle shows up at your home, do not take him in. He is considered armed and dangerous. No joke.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of Salmonella cases linked to tiny breeds of the a ...
Posted Monday, October 1st 2012 at 5:32PM
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FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE
I was once told only in dreams
Do dreams come true.
But I'm to tell, here and now,
Your dreams are up to you.
Like The Rose,
we may pass through life
Not Understood.
And maybe we won't
make all the friends we should ...
Posted Monday, October 1st 2012 at 4:14PM
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ALASKA--A nine-year-old boy was shot and killed by his fourth-grade classmate after they got into an argument over the winner of 'student of the week', police believe.
Alaska State Troopers say Spencer Polty was killed by a shot to his chest from ...
Posted Monday, October 1st 2012 at 3:27PM
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USAToday.com--Former world heavyweight champion Ken Norton is in a 'delicate condition' in hospital after suffering a heart attack in Las Vegas.
The 69-year-old memorably inflicted the second defeat in Muhammad Ali's career in 1973 earning a 12t ...
Posted Monday, October 1st 2012 at 3:17PM
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FLORIDA--A pregnant fourteen-year-old girl secretly delivered her baby with a pair of scissors in the family bathroom before throttling the boy to death and hiding the body in a shoe box.
Cassidy Goodison, 14, has been charged as an adult with fi ...
Posted Sunday, September 30th 2012 at 5:28PM
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MONTANA--An ice cream maker out of Livingston, Montana, is facing boycott threats after the company's president responded insensitively to a Muslim customer's Facebook question about the contents of their product.
Wilcoxson's has been serving its ...
Posted Saturday, September 29th 2012 at 6:00PM
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September 29, 2012 01:35 PM EDT
A St. Louis teen who authorities say is a member of a gang called the "Obama Boyz" has been charged with two shootings on Saturday.
Anthony Jamal Lee, 18, fired at a group of people from the window of a Grand Pr ...
Posted Saturday, September 29th 2012 at 4:40PM
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Invisible Men, Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress
Becky Pettit
Publication Date June 2012
ISBN-13 / ISBN-10 978-1-61044-778-2
156 pages
For African American men without a high school diploma, being in prison or jail is m ...
Posted Friday, September 28th 2012 at 11:49AM
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(TheGrio.com) Nestled in the Castleberry Hill section of Atlanta is a quaint neighborhood divided between yesteryear and today. Among the new additions to the area is a bright, modern corner store that sells all-natural produce and products for resid ...
Posted Wednesday, September 26th 2012 at 12:29PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)--Lana Michele “MC Lyte” Moorer burst on the rap scene in the late 1980s, and immediately established herself as one of the best female emcees in the game and one of the most popular. She was the first female rap artist to rele ...
Posted Wednesday, September 26th 2012 at 11:29AM
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The Holy Day of Atonement 2012
17th Anniversary of the Million Man March
Please join The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on October 14, 2012 at Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC to celebrate the Holy Day of Atonement 17th Anniversary of the M ...
Posted Wednesday, September 26th 2012 at 11:25AM
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