An email popped up a few days ago that caught my eye.
The subject line carried this entry: “What black parents must do this summer.”
I immediately opened it and noticed that it had a lot of helpful information from Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, an autho ...
Posted Sunday, July 7th 2013 at 4:58PM
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Conservative radio host Michael Savage told his audience on Tuesday that the 911 call made by George Zimmerman on the night he shot and killed Florida teen Trayvon Martin proves that he should not be acquitted. Further, Savage said that the state of ...
Posted Saturday, July 6th 2013 at 4:03PM
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AP--Two leading South Africans have called for an end to a bitter row among members of Nelson Mandela's family over the reburial of three of his children.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said he hoped the public dispute could be resolved in a " ...
Posted Saturday, July 6th 2013 at 3:27PM
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According to recent data from the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Survey, American wives were nearly 40 percent more likely to be cheating on their spouses in 2010 than in 1990. The number of husbands reporting infidelity, meanw ...
Posted Saturday, July 6th 2013 at 2:40PM
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NEW ORLEANS--The sound of Frankie Beverly & Maze's "Before I Let Go" could be heard from Canal Street as Essence Fest 2013 got under way Thursday at Woldenberg Park during the 19th annual event's first-ever Family Reunion Day on the riverfront.
G ...
Posted Friday, July 5th 2013 at 11:59AM
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Paula Deen is still bleeding money from lost endorsement deals after the racist comments she made to an employee but, if it’s any consolation, she still has people rooting for her. One of them is the controversial O.J. Simpson, now serving time behin ...
Posted Friday, July 5th 2013 at 11:40AM
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4 July 2013
By Ray Blount
I am an African American male and recent high school graduate. Throughout the duration of my high school career, I gained a great deal of knowledge as to what the key factors are that drag us to the depths of society.
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Posted Friday, July 5th 2013 at 11:30AM
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CLINGMAN: Stop Spending and Start Producing
James Clingman | 7/2/2013
“Stop that! I’m not going to tell you again.” I am sure many of you have heard your parents say those words more than once. Why? Because you always repeated what they told you ...
Posted Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 at 11:03AM
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(The Root) -- When Coming to America premiered 25 years ago, on June 29, 1988, it was an instant classic -- and the third-highest-grossing film of the year. The Eddie Murphy comedy, about a prince from a fictional African country who comes to the U.S ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2013 at 12:45PM
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CAPE TOWN — In the foreword to Nelson Mandela’s 2010 book of letters, President Obama wrote that “even when little sunlight shined into that Robben Island cell, he could see a better future — one worthy of sacrifice.”
On Sunday, Mr. Obama stood i ...
Posted Sunday, June 30th 2013 at 5:25PM
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Farrakhan: ‘We are not perfect,’ support Jackson family
BY JAMES SCALZITTI Staff Reporter/jscaliztti@suntimes.com
June 29, 2013 12:00PM
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan made a public show of support for Jesse Jackson Jr., his wife Sandi ...
Posted Sunday, June 30th 2013 at 5:01PM
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From the author of The Everything Pages, The Everything Else Pages, The Everything Page, The Everything Clips, The Chemtrails Questionnaire and The Waiting Game.
America’s Most Shocking Film Ever! This is the last documentary you’ll ever need to ...
Posted Friday, June 28th 2013 at 7:46PM
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Are private schools benefiting African American children?
By Admiria Cooper
June 26, 2013
Recent visits from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nephew Dr. Derek King have many Fort Wayne residents thinking about justice and racial equality in Fort Wa ...
Posted Friday, June 28th 2013 at 11:32AM
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Scene One -- Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods and "fried chicken":
The 33-year-old, white, Spanish pro-golfer Garcia was on stage at the European Tour awards dinner in late May. In the midst of what has been called "an ongoing spat" with Tiger Woods, w ...
Posted Thursday, June 27th 2013 at 12:30PM
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(CNN) -- A 5-year-old girl in New Orleans died Sunday after, police believe, she accidentally shot herself in the head.
The case will be reviewed by the district attorney's office and charges may be forthcoming, the New Orleans Police Department s ...
Posted Monday, June 24th 2013 at 2:31PM
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A San Fernando Valley elementary school will soon be renamed after First Lady Michelle Obama.
Los Angeles Unified board members voted unanimously Tuesday to name Valley Region Elementary School No. 13 after Mrs. Obama.
The $23 million campus in ...
Posted Monday, June 24th 2013 at 2:21PM
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This Paula Deen parody is funny (BUT REALLY RIGHT). You’ll know why you’re laughing, and you’ll hate yourself for it. ...
Posted Monday, June 24th 2013 at 2:16PM
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Watch the video below. It’s only seven seconds long, and it appears to show a police officer in Philadelphia punching a man across the head while the man is on the ground and in a defensive position at a SEPTA station.
Based on the description, th ...
Posted Sunday, June 23rd 2013 at 4:06PM
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