On October 16th, 1995 close to two million Black men answered the call of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to be present at the Million Man March in Washington D.C. The purpose of this monumental event was for Black men to:
1.Recommit themselves to being better fathers, husbands, brothers, so ...
Posted Thursday, September 11th 2014 at 11:37AM
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Birmingham, Ala.--U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told a group of African-American students Tuesday that adults are letting them down and asked what he and President Barack Obama can do to provide better support systems and help them achieve ...
Posted Wednesday, September 10th 2014 at 10:47AM
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At least one person seems to think Ray Rice is getting a raw deal.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. told reporters on Tuesday that the NFL should've stuck to the initial two-game ban that was announced after the Baltimore Ravens running back was arrest ...
Posted Wednesday, September 10th 2014 at 10:16AM
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Cowboys and Indians? Not hardly. The Cowboys, actually, came on the scene very late. The First Americans, as seen on the cover of this book, will be thoroughly covered. The picture was taken by the crew of The HMS Challenger Expedition, 1872-1876 A.D ...
Posted Wednesday, September 10th 2014 at 2:02AM
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THE BIBLE SHOW DOWN !
No one has the slightest physical evidence to support a historical Jesus; no artifacts, dwelling,works of carpentry, or self-written manuscripts. All claims about Jesus derive from writings of other people. There occurs no cont ...
Posted Saturday, September 6th 2014 at 9:52PM
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MILWAUKEE - A local woman has accused Police Chief Ed Flynn of pushing her down to the ground, and causing injury to her arm. It's an allegation that stems from an ugly confrontation between police officers and supporters of Dontre Hamilton. But the ...
Posted Saturday, September 6th 2014 at 9:15PM
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I am the greatest. I said that before I even knew I was.” – Muhammad Ali
Here’s your first look at the upcoming film, I AM ALI. From director Clare Lewins and the producers of the award-winning SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN comes an intimate an ...
Posted Friday, September 5th 2014 at 6:54PM
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(Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Newspaper) — The United States has never had a Black female as the governor of a state-level jurisdiction but that could change in the November general election. U.S. Virgin Islands Del. Donna Christensen ...
Posted Friday, September 5th 2014 at 6:42PM
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The Tennessee woman who was on vacation with her five children, when she became the subject of a wild pursuit that ended with an officer firing upon her minivan, has broken her silence.
"I was just feeling more and more unsafe," Oriana Ferrell tol ...
Posted Friday, September 5th 2014 at 6:31PM
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