(thuglifearmy.com) Hip Hop’s self proclaimed ‘bible of hip hop’, The Source Magazine, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after deceitful business practices by former management caused the hip-hop publications advertisers to flee, according to court papers in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. (more…) #
(CBS4) PORT AU PRINCE Hundreds of Haitian’s who were rescued at sea last week were returned to their homeland. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returned 366 Haitian migrants to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on Monday. While conducting law enforcement operations on April 27, the Cutter Resolute came upon a dangerously overloaded 50-foot Haitian freighter […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(wwl.com) Democratic Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Bill Richardson will all be in Baton Rouge for a national conference of black mayors that starts Wednesday. Analysts say it’s another sign that Katrina will play a big role in the upcoming presidential campaign. [...] “There’s going to be an awful lot of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(nytimes.com) An academic study of the National Basketball Association, whose playoffs continue tonight, suggests that a racial bias found in other parts of American society has existed on the basketball court as well. A coming paper by a University of Pennsylvania professor and a Cornell University graduate student says that, during the 13 seasons from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What really ticks me off at times is while many of our children (and adults for that matter) can easily bring up “400 years of slavery”, too few of us are willing to take the time to unearth the many great things Blacks accomplished in this country directly after the post-slavery era (the establishment of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inspired by the book “The Covenant with Black America,” some of the Black citizens of Omaha, Nebraska have come together to BE the answer. (Omaha.com) Black Omahans have the intellectual and financial resources to take the lead in solving problems such as poverty and the educational achievement gap. That was the message today from a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out this link of doctors that have made outstanding contributions in the medical field. [link]
So concludes Carol Swain, Professor of law and political science at Vanderbilt University. “New research by a Vanderbilt professor of law and political science found that illegal immigration is hurting African Americans and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is not doing enough about it. In a new book of essays called Debating Immigration, which Carol […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just found out the other day that my 101 year old great-grandma passed away. While the family is sad to see her go, I am just happy that my children had the chance to see her last summer. Although her mind was not as sharp as it once was, the moment my family and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(nydailynews.com) “For the millions of Americans who’ve struggled the past several years to become their own boss, few could imagine chatting on national television with Oprah Winfrey and promoting their product. But Lisa Price, the Brooklyn-bred founder of the Carol’s Daughter beauty line, got to relish that thrill, and more. Winfrey had watched a video […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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