VIRGINIA--Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni urged the older generation at Lynchburg College’s annual Conference on Aging to “write your story down.”
“We should not have to be apologizing for our age,” said 68-year-old Giovanni Tuesday afternoon to ...
Posted Tuesday, May 29th 2012 at 12:28PM
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT)- Boston University researchers found that sarcoidosis accounts for 25 percent of deaths among women in the Black Women’s Health Study who have the disease.
Sarcoidosis causes inflammation in the lungs, lymph nodes, liver, ...
Posted Tuesday, May 29th 2012 at 12:18PM
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TheRoot.com--Three years before the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic called on Union veterans’ organizations to decorate the graves of dead soldiers, blacks in Charleston, South Carolina in 1865 launched the first Decoration Day i ...
Posted Monday, May 28th 2012 at 5:20PM
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From Global Research.com
May 27, 2012
They came as slaves; vast human cargo transported on tall British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children.
W ...
Posted Monday, May 28th 2012 at 4:49PM
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Give it up for our sister Sakeena Powers from Poughkeepsie, NY, who received her Hospital and Healthcare Degree from Dutchess Community College on May 25, 2012.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LOVELY MUSLIM SISTER!!!
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Posted Sunday, May 27th 2012 at 5:18PM
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Peace,
The following article appeared in a Jamaican Newspaper this week. A copy of this letter was forwarded to my inbox this morning. Two words: MISEDUCATION and SELF HATRED. Read on:
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Sir:
Afrocentrism is a radical b ...
Posted Saturday, May 26th 2012 at 6:21PM
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LOS ANGELES--Brian Banks logged onto Facebook last year, and a new friend request startled him.
It was the woman who, nearly a decade ago, accused him of rape when they were both students at Long Beach Poly High School.
Banks had recently ended ...
Posted Friday, May 25th 2012 at 12:16PM
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Coming Soon in Print - The explosive movie script based on the life of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan, The Movie is now playing In Print. Go to Amazon.com for an Ebook or Paperback copy. ...
Posted Thursday, May 24th 2012 at 12:40PM
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LAS VEGAS--O.J. Simpson wants out of prison.
The former football star hired a new lawyer, who filed an appeal for a new trial this week, on the grounds that Simpson was misrepresented by his previous legal counsel. Simpson, has been incarcerated ...
Posted Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 at 12:25PM
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Chicago Sun Times--Chicago Police in riot gear battled with angry “Black Bloc” protesters at Michigan and Cermak on Sunday, with officers raining down baton blows, pushing taunting protesters back and leaving some bloody.
A sea of blue-helmeted po ...
Posted Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 at 12:50PM
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TheLookout.com--What if it cost $17 to make a 15-minute phone call in the U.S.? How often would you call home?
That's the dilemma facing many inmates who must rely on the prison phone service and pay sky-high rates.
A bipartisan group of prison ...
Posted Sunday, May 20th 2012 at 4:29PM
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From WorldSocialist.com
May 16, 2012
The number of homeless people living on the streets of New York City increased by 23 percent in one year according to an annual survey conducted by the city’s Department of Homeless Services.
On January 30, ...
Posted Thursday, May 17th 2012 at 12:25PM
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By Michelle Crouch From The Funeral Consumers Alliance
May 15, 2012
1. Go ahead and plan your funeral, but think twice before paying in advance. You risk losing everything if the funeral home goes out of business. Instead, keep your money in a pa ...
Posted Wednesday, May 16th 2012 at 12:52PM
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Washington (CNN) -- William Henderson Foote was a lawman of the highest order in his small town of Yazoo City, Mississippi, when he died in the line of duty more than a century ago.
He'd once been the town's constable, town marshal and circuit cle ...
Posted Wednesday, May 16th 2012 at 12:47PM
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Albuquerque, NM – New Mexico's prisons are seeing a rise in white supremacist gang memberships as some white inmates seek protection from largely Latino gangs, state officials say.
Membership in white supremacist gangs has nearly doubled in state ...
Posted Tuesday, May 15th 2012 at 12:24PM
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by Kris Balderston
May 10, 2012
Kris M. Balderston serves as the Special Representative for Global Partnerships.
In the last week, I've travelled from Johannesburg to Cape Town to Addis Ababa. Along the way, I've been struck over and over aga ...
Posted Tuesday, May 15th 2012 at 12:10PM
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Nationwide (May 14, 2012) -- Professional racecar driver Tia Norfleet has visions of giving to a community that supports her. As the first, youngest and only African-American female driver on the NASCAR circuit, Tia Norfleet has set the stage to open ...
Posted Monday, May 14th 2012 at 1:28PM
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