From The Atlanta Post
April 29, 2011
“Soul, which means essence of…Jah, which means God…Bring out the essence of God in us.” For 20 years, activist and author Sister Souljah, who in a recent interview broke down the meaning of her name, has been ...
Posted Sunday, May 1st 2011 at 3:00PM
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BIRMINGHAM--The Seaholm community is asking questions after a string of racial incidents that began Wednesday, April 20 and continued through the week of April 24.
Seaholm administrators and Birmingham Police are investigating four different event ...
Posted Sunday, May 1st 2011 at 2:48PM
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NEW ORLEANS -- Two bodies pulled from Lake Pontchartrain this week are the 13-year-old brothers who went missing on Easter Sunday, according to a family member.
Family members said Aaronne Mitchell and Aaronne Russell were identified as the bodi ...
Posted Saturday, April 30th 2011 at 7:27PM
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TAMPA, Florida – A US Muslim advocacy group has called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to add hate crime charges to a man who ran down a Florida road worker with a Middle Eastern complexion.
"Because of the apparent bias motive in ...
Posted Saturday, April 30th 2011 at 3:45PM
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As part of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative to get kids of all ages in better shape through fun activities, Beyonce has turned her hit song “Get Me Bodied” into a catchy “Move Your Body” campaign video.
In this four minute production, ...
Posted Saturday, April 30th 2011 at 3:39PM
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BET.com--After speaking against the claims made in the book soon after its release, Malcolm's third daughter Ilyasah Shabazz resurfaced on NPR to further dispute accusations of infidelity between her parents and Malcolm's supposed bisexuality. In an ...
Posted Friday, April 29th 2011 at 1:39PM
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Gas station lines, looting and the discovery of smashed heirlooms sapped survivors' energy Friday around cities shattered by the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly four decades. President Barack Obama arrived in devastated Alabam ...
Posted Friday, April 29th 2011 at 1:23PM
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), who admits to owning an iPad, blames the Apple Inc. product for "eliminating thousands of American jobs." ...
Posted Thursday, April 28th 2011 at 5:39PM
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The following article contains edited excerpts from a message delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan at Muhammad Mosque No. 7 in Manhattan, New York on November 4, 1981.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
Brothers and Sisters ...
Posted Thursday, April 28th 2011 at 12:29PM
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RUSHVILLE, Ind. -- Fliers that some claim were distributed by members of the Ku Klux Klan were found in a small Indiana community that has its first African-American candidate for mayor.
Rushville residents said they are curious about whether the ...
Posted Thursday, April 28th 2011 at 12:24PM
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WASHINGTON — A US appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing Tuesday death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, without overturning the guilty verdict of the man who has become a cause celebre for death penalty opponents.
The court in Pennsylvania rule ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2011 at 12:46PM
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GERMANTOWN, Md -- An interdenominational group of African-American pastors has united to ignite a movement to renew marriage and fatherhood in the African-American community.
The movement, led by 10 pastors in partnership with National Fatherhood ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2011 at 12:43PM
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This was sent several members of the African Union, on April 6, 2011.
April 3, 2011
African Union
Greetings His Excellency,
May this message find you in the best of health and spirit!
My given birth name is Lisa Brown. I am your ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2011 at 7:03PM
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MISSISSIPPI--More than half a century after he first moved to desegregate higher education in the Magnolia State, James Meredith is calling for another revolution.
"There is desperation in Mississippi, particularly in the Mississippi Delta," said ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2011 at 6:53PM
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Relocating to a different country to live can be a bag of blessings mixed with struggles and the Lujwangana family from Tanzania are showcasing that dilemma in their new reality show Growing Up African. The show centers on five siblings—John ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2011 at 5:24PM
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Local residents and others are seeking financial assistance for the legal defense of a Paris, Texas man accused of sexual assault in a case civil rights activists state is one of several that illustrates racism within the town’s criminal justice syst ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2011 at 4:51PM
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By Aaron Keck
(Additional reporting from Carolina Connection)
The State House of Representatives has proposed a 15.5 percent budget cut for the UNC system. That’s an attention-grabbing number, but students on campus, particularly minority student ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2011 at 4:46PM
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USATODAY.com--A quote by the man who discovered gravity resonates with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
“If I have seen further than others,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton, “it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”
Obviously, the former Lakers and Bruins gr ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2011 at 4:43PM
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CHICAGO — A Texas anti-abortion group on Saturday defended its billboard campaign on Chicago’s South Side that uses an image of President Barack Obama, while community groups said they hope to encourage residents to talk frankly about women’s health ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2011 at 4:40PM
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by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World – Scholarship in Action
The black political grapevine recently informed me that respected political strategist Donna Brazile plans to meet with Professor Cornel West at Princeton University. The meeting was ...
Posted Sunday, April 24th 2011 at 11:06AM
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