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*Finances are an extremely important part of our lives. When you are working, many will tell you to pay yourself first which means to take money from your check and put it into savings. Unfortunately, many people don’t do that. That’s why we have partner site MadameNoire who has provided us with 8 ways to [...]
Los Angeles, CA – Thomas Jefferson High School administration, teachers, and students gathered at the California African American Museum May 4 to celebrate the first annual awards banquet for its student groups Sister Circle and Jefferson African American Male Academy of Leadership (JAAMAL). Among this year’s honorees was Jefferson High School senior Nikki Scott, who [...]
*Skyy Fisher, the knucklehead who referred to Trayvon Martin as “that faggot black dude in Florida,” is having second and third thoughts about the comment. Fisher, 28, a member of the Compton Unified School District’s School Board in California recently issued the following statement regarding his controversial utterance and others on a local Internet radio [...]
*One of the most popular trends in Hollywood amongst the female in-crowd are fake lashes. The fake lids, which are now being worn across the country by daughters and mothers, was made popular by the likes of Kim Kardashian and LaLa Vasquez to name a few. But while many may be interested in imitating their [...]
*A hanging effigy that looked suspiciously like President Obama on a flatbed truck in New York City and the sign on the Peach Oyster Bar in Unincorporated Draketown, Georgia “I do not support the N… in the White House” normally could be chalked off as the by now pro forma crackpot bigotry of the professional [...]
*Saving money is extremely important and a huge issue in an African American community where individuals are quicker to spend their bucks than save them for a rainy day. Putting away money will not only help you protect against an unsuspected situation that can cause you to spend, but it can also lead to a [...]
*(Via Washington Post) – Howard University’s School of Business has long offered courses in starting, running and managing a company. Many of its students have taken advantage of the school’s certificate program in entrepreneurship, while others have tapped the resources available through the department’s small business development center. But in recent years, faculty and administrators [...]
*Is there a natural hair renaissance? The cosmetology industry trends show that more and more women are veering from harsh chemically treated styles in favor of a multiplicity of beauty statements achieved with virgin hair. Atlanta based Bronner Bros™ products have taken note of the increase in natural hair trends and have presented to the [...]
The following article by Al Martinez appeared in California’s San Fernando Valley Daily News on Monday April 23, 2012. Used by permission The legacy of Alex Haley took another hit the other day on Facebook. I guess I started it all when I noticed an ad for “Roots” and wrote about how much the book [...]
*(New York, NY) Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network have launched a Youth Move page on the national website of the organization as youth involvement in the NAN continues to increase. Many of the youth are being drawn in as part of an effort by Tamika D. Mallory, NAN’s National Executive Director, who is [...]
Scene depicting Williams dancing over hurt Reginald Denny in 1992 *LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – Damien “Football” Williams, 38, the infamous member of the L.A. Four and the most recognized participant of L.A. riots due to the live news broadcast of his attack on white truck driver Reginald Denny and because of his memorable nickname which was repeated frequently [...]
*According to the Washington Post, a sista who’s also a top ranking member of the Secret Service, was responsible for sending 11 agents back home to the US from Colombia after they allegedly solicited prostitutes while preparing for the President’s arrival in Cartagena earlier this month. But despite supervisor Paula Reid’s best efforts to contain [...]
*7-year-old entertainment reporter Harmony Love Bailey asked Rev. Al Sharpton, at LA’s First African Methodist Episcopal Church, why is it important to have a Los Angeles uprising (riots) 20 Year anniversary & about how Rodney King has forgiven the LAPD officers who beat him back in 1992.
*This past Thursday’s groundbreaking judgment in the case of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor represents a milestone for both international justice and gender justice. The former president of Liberia was convicted by the special court for sierra Leone of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity, including rape and [...]
*Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won’t allow him to forget it, reports the Associated Press. It was a day that marked the beginning of one of the deadliest, most destructive race riots in the nation’s history, and one in which Watson’s spur-of-the-moment decision to take [...]
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