You might think African-Americans might be more pessimistic about their lives. The housing crisis decimated pockets of Black wealth. The Black unemployment rate has been nearly double the national average for several years. But according to findings ...
Posted Sunday, June 9th 2013 at 6:52PM
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This is the twenty-seventh time I have been arrested and I ain’t going to jail no more! The only way we gonna stop them White men from whuppin’ us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin’ now is Black Power !
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Posted Sunday, June 9th 2013 at 12:39PM
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By: Randy R. Miller, MPA
High School Teacher and Author
When it comes to my job as a teacher in an inner-city, there are very few things that bother me. However, the one thing that does is the reality that within my school district, I am t ...
Posted Sunday, June 9th 2013 at 12:23PM
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AFRICANGLOBE – For those of you who heard of it, this is an article Dee Lee was reading on a New York radio station. For those of you who didn’t hear it, this is very deep. This is a heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.
“They Are Still Our Slaves ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 4:09PM
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Prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., following his guilty plea this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.
The government suggeste ...
Posted Friday, June 7th 2013 at 7:43PM
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We might not totally agree today with MLK, Jr.'s nonviolent philosophy, but we must agree it might have been painful, but it change the foundation of this nation, how can we produce similar results without losing our cool, losing our lives, ending ...
Posted Friday, June 7th 2013 at 4:42PM
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We know the obstacles our nation faces today, yet we continue to lay dormant while our nation is being catapulted into the past, how do we awaken a sleeping giant and break the mental chains holding them hostage, thoughts anyone? ...
Posted Friday, June 7th 2013 at 4:38PM
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Communication is key. That is the belief of this generation. In fact, communication is a major economic commodity. Being connected is so important that almost every new electronic device boasts about internet connectivity. It seems that reaching othe ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 5:20PM
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Whether or not you love Oprah, there is no doubt that she often drops life-altering pearls of wisdom. For those of us who came late to the “love yourself first” arena, here is a great perspective about men (in my humble opinion).
If a man wants y ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 4:18PM
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Sharanda Jones has been in prison for the last 13 years. She was given a sentence of life in prison with no chance for parole in an alleged conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. The 45-year old mother and her family are pleading for the public’s ...
Posted Saturday, June 1st 2013 at 2:06AM
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the great March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there, at one of the largest rallies for human rights, that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
On Aug. 28, 196 ...
Posted Saturday, June 1st 2013 at 12:22AM
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