CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The statistics are frightening and stories heartbreaking as the crisis the envelopes Black youth seems to have no limit and very few willing or able to do anything about it.
Over a warm and relatively pleasant Father’s ...
Posted Thursday, June 20th 2013 at 11:19AM
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Save Marcus Books, soul of San Francisco, oldest Black book store in US!
by Malaika H Kambon
There is nothing in the world more precious than knowing how to read and having access to books. As the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey said, “A people ...
Posted Wednesday, June 19th 2013 at 12:41PM
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A bloody wave of violence hit Chicago over Father’s Day weekend, resulting in seven deaths and 41 injuries. According to NBC Chicago, police are currently investigating the shootings, which began late Friday night.
Sources say the massacre has b ...
Posted Tuesday, June 18th 2013 at 11:20AM
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Columbus, OHIO--A Juneteenth shooting has left fans in shock as a 10 year old boy was rushed to hospital in the frightening incident on Saturday night in Ohio.
A 15 year old has been charged with felonious assault in the Juneteenth Festival shoo ...
Posted Monday, June 17th 2013 at 11:36AM
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We are on the move at Black Muslim Sisters (BMS), we are now able to welcome all Muslim and non-Muslim sisters (and brothers) to the site to share their knowledge of God, The Holy Bible and Quran, and The Truth of The Original Word! We also have feat ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 3:40PM
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Peace,
Indeed, there were people who existed before Adam...in the book of Genesis (if we take it literally) there was a 6 day creation!
Please note: in Genesis 1:28 that God gave man dominion over the fish of the sea and the fowl of the air an ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 2:56PM
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Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence
By Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches
What is a good enough reason for divorce? Well, according to Rick Warren’s Saddleback church, divorce is only permitted in cases of a ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 11:46AM
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Happy Fathers Day
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
This is a day that other than you say its the day to honor you.
Father means first and further
You Blackman have proven to be the Father of all
By taking such a willingly and mighty fall,
Yo ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 11:36AM
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Bill Cosby: A plague called apathy
The star on what’s wrong with our communities — and why the revolution needs to begin at home
By BILL COSBY
Last Updated: 2:46 PM, June 10, 2013
Posted: 10:29 PM, June 8, 2013
In terms of health, two thin ...
Posted Friday, June 14th 2013 at 12:17PM
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Shea for Arthritis
An extract from the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) may help improve symptoms of osteoarthritis, researchers report.
Shea butter has anecdotally been used as an anti-inflammatory cream to help alleviate symptoms of arthritis ...
Posted Friday, June 14th 2013 at 11:43AM
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NPR--Twenty Feet from Stardom, filmmaker Morgan Neville's new documentary, is a reminder that most of pop music's catchiest hooks, riffs and refrains were sung by voices harmonizing in the background. Neville says he wanted to put backup singers — ...
Posted Wednesday, June 12th 2013 at 12:42PM
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MEMPHIS, TENN. — The Memphis Police Department has suspended an officer for social media statements deriding the Ku Klux Klan.
The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/11cibRA ) reported the FBI was monitoring social media during a March 30 rally by ...
Posted Tuesday, June 11th 2013 at 11:00AM
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NEW ORLEANS--Drowning was the cause of death for Terrilynn Monette, the missing West Bank teacher whose body was discovered in Bayou St. John on Saturday, according to the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office. There were no signs of trauma to her body, sa ...
Posted Tuesday, June 11th 2013 at 10:48AM
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(CNN) -- A car with a body inside believed to be that of missing teacher Terrilynn Monette was found Saturday in a bayou in New Orleans, authorities said.
The car and body were found in Bayou St. John by a diver with the Slidell Police Department ...
Posted Sunday, June 9th 2013 at 11:09AM
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Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 6:46PM
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CNN--Fourteen slaves who petitioned the New Hampshire Legislature for their freedom during the Revolutionary War were granted posthumous emancipation Friday when the governor signed a largely symbolic bill that supporters hope will encourage future g ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 4:20PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Final Call)- Black-owned businesses still face an uphill climb in terms of financing, investment and support but the enthusiasm, resolve and willingness to grow was evident at a recent Black business conference.
Over 1,000 budding ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 10:27AM
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Tamar Braxton welcomed a healthy baby boy Thursday (June 6).
"The One" songstress and her husband, Vincent Herbert did not reveal the name of their newborn, however, she did announce the news of his birth via Twitter.
"#tamartian friends HE'S f ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 10:23AM
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Foods4BetterHealth.com, a new food and nutrition web site that believes in using food to heal and prevent disease and illness and help you live a long, happy life, has launched a new healthy weight loss program, designed by its health experts, called ...
Posted Friday, June 7th 2013 at 12:53PM
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AP--After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was speeding through the Carolinas on Friday morning, promising sloppy commutes and waterlogged vacation getawa ...
Posted Friday, June 7th 2013 at 12:07PM
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