Archive for ‘March, 2006’

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Mar01

“We SHALL overcome”: The gospel of never-ending struggle

by Duane on March 1st, 2006 at 2:34 am
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Just last week, I posted a widely distributed press release that was made available to the general public. The headline read “Increasingly Affluent African American Market Set to Reach $981 Billion by 2010“. Seeing this as a time to at least celebrate the fact that our community has yet another tangible sign that we are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar01

Smithsonian Museum Plans Hip-Hop Exhibit (AP)

by Duane on March 1st, 2006 at 2:18 am
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Standing at a podium, legendary hip-hop artist Grandmaster Flash, a bright orange hoodie sprouting from under his white leather jacket, shared the story of how he fell in love with vinyl records and turntables while growing up in the Bronx. His father, a railroad worker and serious collector of vinyl records, wouldn’t let him go […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar01

Coming up next, the 8-terabyte desktop system

by Duane on March 1st, 2006 at 2:12 am
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From: CNET.com The gamer PC specialist later this year will launch a desktop PC with 16 hard drives, according to Raul Sood, VoodooPC president. In all, the system will be capable of holding eight terabytes of data. That’s the same amount of information you could store on the paper from 400,000 trees, according to a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar01

Chef Jeff

by Duane on March 1st, 2006 at 2:08 am
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Known as Chef Jeff, Henderson—born in southern California’s Watts and raised by a single mother—says he earned as much as $35,000 a week dealing cocaine in San Diego. He wound up in prison in 1988: “People say I got arrested. No, I got rescued,” he says. At the time, he likes to say, the only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar01

African-American Publishers & Authors Association

by Duane on March 1st, 2006 at 2:03 am
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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 28, 2006 — Felicia Hurst, President of Black Pearl Books, one of the nation’s leading publishers of African-American urban fiction books announced plans to launch an association in March 2006 that will aid African-American Publishers & Authors to navigate their way successfully in the literary industry. The organization will be named […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar01

The Black People’s Home Page Launched

by Duane on March 1st, 2006 at 2:03 am
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–Pixel Ads Target the African American Advertiser The Black People’s Home Page is based on the same principles as Alex Tew’s Million Dollar Home Page. It is one of the 1st of its kind that target’s the Black, African American community, black businesses and organizations. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) March 1, 2006 — The prime objective […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar01

Taking a closer look at the CBC:Julia Carson (D – IN)

by Duane on March 1st, 2006 at 12:15 am
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The Honorable Julia Carson Indiana, 7th District U.S. House of Representatives 1535 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC  20515 Ph: 202-225-4011 Follow the Money data Opensecrets.org data  Project Vote Smart data (excerpted below–click here for full list) Abortion Issues 2005  Representative Carson supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2005. 2004  Representative Carson […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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