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  • Moggies, then and now


    Frogdog Blog - A French Bulldog Breeder's BlogAuthority Authority: 466
    A "Moggie" road sign - cats live here? I’ve spent the last six and a half months taking the same drive to work almost every day. It’s picturesque – a winding back road, past creeks, over rivers, and through landscape that ranges from stark cedars on bare rock to lush pastures with contentedly grazing cows. ...
    1 day ago
  • Judge Glenda Hatchett Finds Her Roots [VIDEO]


    on the black hand sideAuthority Authority: 92
    From You Tube: Watch Judge Hatchett find her African roots while helping a troubled youth change his criminal ways. To trace your DNA and find your roots, visit www.africanancestry.com .      
    3 days ago
  • Is racism a thing of the past? Former Segregated Class of 1959 unites


    AlumniRoundup.comAuthority Authority: 121
    It was a one-of-a-kind 50th high school gathering. In Macon, Georgia, the classes of 1959 -- once segregated by race as well as gender -- recently sat down together for the first time in history.
    4 days ago
  • SHERO: Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (Doctor)


    Teen Diaries BlogAuthority Authority: 141
    In 1831, Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born in Delaware and raised by an aunt who was dedicated to caring for sick neighbors and friends. At the age of 21, young Rebecca moved to Charleston, Massachusetts, to work as a nurse for the next eight years. The first formal nursing school wouldn’t open for another 20 years, ...
    5 days ago
  • M!C Check: Malcolm X Marks the Spot That is NOT Reserved for the Kids


    ChecktheChatter.comAuthority Authority: 99
    So, I like to stay abreast, a leg, & a thigh of current issues as well as my history...even if mainstream media & BET are bent on making me believe that slavery happened, Martin had some dreams, and now Frankie & Neffie are the great American Dream that yielded civil rights & ish. ...
    6 days ago
  • Bright & Early: Wait-Listed Edition


    NashvillestAuthority Authority: 476
    Good morning, Nashville. Tennessee’s drug assistance program for people with HIV/AIDS now has a waiting list thanks to folks losing jobs and insurance, along with an increase in the number of people living with the disease . Those overseeing the program hope that their own services can be supplemented with federal ...
    6 days ago
  • Happy Birthday: Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)


    BDPA FoundationAuthority Authority: 132
    Benjamin Banneker was born on this date in 1731. He was a self-taught, Black astronomer and mathematician. He was born in Ellicott, MD. At the age of 22, Benjamin Banneker created a working clock from wood after studying the watch of a friend. It took him two years to finish the clock, which kept accurate time in ...
    6 days ago
  • Black People : Yaa Asantewaa


    Black People | African Americans | DesteeAuthority Authority: 157
    Yaa Asantewaa Yaa Asantewaa in an undated photograph.Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840 – October 17, 1921) (pronounced YAAH ah-SAN-te-wah) was appointed Queen Mother of Ejisu (Asante Confederacy)—now part of modern-day Ghana—by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene (ruler of Ejisu). In 1900 she led the ...
    1 week ago
  • Inspired by Avedon


    Tafari's Mind Spill: Life Through Ebony Colored LensesAuthority Authority: 115
    I visited the Richard Avedon exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts today & Im totally inspired by his work. The pieces displayed at the DIA give a glimpse into his extensive career as a trendsetting photographer & his commitment to diversity.His creative passion & technical expertise are clearly evident ...
    1 week ago
  • This is a Small World!


    Change the WindAuthority Authority: 425
    This great clip of a portion of a sermon by Dr. S.M. Lockridge (1913-2000) has resurfaced over the past week. It is a thrilling conclusion by one of the masters of preaching. Lockridge, who pastored Calvary Baptist Church for 40 years (1953-1993), was also the first President of the National Missionary Baptist ...
    1 week ago
  • Suspicion of Hatred


    brotherpeacemakerAuthority Authority: 126
    I find it frustrating to be constantly accused of being a person who hates white people. While it is true that I don’t care for people who are blatantly racist or people who may collaborate in the subjugation of black people, I hardly think that I can be summarized as someone who simply goes [...]
    1 week ago
  • Black People : The Great Zimbabwe


    Black People | African Americans | DesteeAuthority Authority: 157
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBbMxJuAQY0 Are there any good books that primarily focus on the Great Zimbabwe?
    1 week ago
  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT…


    Jacky Jasper's Diary of a Hollywood Street KingAuthority Authority: 145
    Tweet This Story! Hip Hop & Freemasonry: The New Age & Military Agenda Brought to you by The Human Condition Forum: This video examines the various agendas that are CURRENTLY being pushed through Hip Hop and the direction they are moving … Other Articles by Jacky: ARE BLACK REPORTERS ...
    1 week ago
  • Black People : Oldest Civilization In The World,


    Black People | African Americans | DesteeAuthority Authority: 157
    This archaeological finding may be the oldest in the world of human civilization found on earth, just thought I would share too help build our knowledge of how far our history goes back -hotep. http://www.viewzone.com/adamscalendar.html
    1 week ago
  • November 4, 2008


    TransGriotAuthority Authority: 572
    Its one time I will happily say (and will write the post on November 5 if it plays out) I was wrong about an issue. Ive always told friends that I believed the United States was too obstinately racist to ever put in my lifetime an African-American man in the Oval Office. Ive always believed for that reason the first ...
    1 week ago
  • Black History Month 2010


    4thletter!Authority Authority: 534
    …is three months away. I know. I’ve had a revelation over the past few months. I don’t really have any interest at all in doing another 28 day marathon talking about black people and comic book characters/superheroes. I just don’t care, for a variety of reasons too deep to go into today but which will ...
    1 week ago
  • The Quotable Black Scholar: Bell Hooks on Healing the Black Psyche


    Black On CampusAuthority Authority: 113
    Profilic writer-scholar bell hooks (nee Gloria Watkins) ( Source: Rhetericia on PhotoBucket) *** For many years, and even now, generations of black folks who migrated north to escape life in the south, returned down home in search of a spiritual nourishment, a healing, that was fundamentally connected to ...
    1 week ago
  • A Tribute to Odetta Holmes


    WanderlustAuthority Authority: 443
    Dubbed the “Queen of American folk music” by Martin Luther King Jr in 1961, Odetta Holmes was one of the most influential recording artists of the 20th century and an important voice of the Civil Rights Movement. A powerhouse vocalist who toured well into her 70s, often performing from a wheelchair in later years, ...
    1 week ago
  • Moments In Black History: Frederick Douglass


    Media OutrageAuthority Authority: 595
    There have been too many people to name that have contributed to the amazing trek that African-Americans have made from Slavery to Freedom in this country that we built.  Well we will be taking the time to pay tribute and highlight some of the interesting figures in African-American history.  First up: Frederick ...
    1 week ago
  • Bernice King elected SCLC President


    Change the WindAuthority Authority: 425
    Rev. Bernice King, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, it was announced this past Friday. "Bernice King was selected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King was elected over Arkansas Appeals ...
    2 weeks ago

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