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John Hope Franklin is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History, and for seven years was Professor of Legal History in the Law School at Duke University. He is a native of Oklahoma and a graduate of Fisk University. He received the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Harvard University. He has taught at a number of institutions, including Fisk University, St. Augustine's College, North Carolina Central University, ...More

12 Cabinet Ministers HIV Positive Twelve ministers in Zimbabwe's 22-member cabinet are receiving treatment for HIV, zimdaily can reveal. Investigations by the newspaper revealed that twelve of More

Parents worry that schools go too far with diagnoses By Anne B. Jolis More and more students go to school for an education and come home with a referral to a doctor's office. While some education experts say this is a good thing, an indicator that teachers and child study teams are becoming more adept at detecting such neurological disorders as attention deficit disorder (ADD), many parents feel the school system is overstepping ...More

From: businessday.co.za (...) "Hilary Benn, Britain’s international development secretary, said: “If Africa is to achieve the 7% growth necessary to meet the key Millennium Development Goals of halving the number of people in poverty by 2015, the business environment must improve.” More

from cnet.com {Excerpted} Net telephone service Skype Technologies is set to make its first appearance in a U.S. retail store. The Luxembourg-based Net telephony company, founded by the people behind the Kazaa peer-to-peer service, is expected to announce on Monday that it has struck a partnership with consumer electronics chain RadioShack. More

by Alorie Gilbert for news.com.com {excerpted} "High-tech stamps containing radio frequency identification (RFID) chips are likely to replace the barcodes postal services print on letters and packages to sort and process mail, according to a recent report from IDTechEx. Although it may take a decade or so to happen." More

Shay Riley of the great website BookerRising recently commented on the recent printed story regarding the deteriorating cconditions of the Martin Luther King Jr. house in Atlanta, Georgia and its historical community that surrounds Auburn Avenue (a street that at one time used to be home to some of the most successful black businesses in the city). Notice I say "used to be" because today More

First, the news... 18 blacks would lose jobs under plan (Suntines.com) Mayor Daley's plan to professionalize a department designed to create "one-stop shopping" for Chicago businesses ran into a buzz-saw of opposition Friday from aldermen furious that the upgrade will cost 18 black women their jobs. More