CHICAGO--A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Chicago man to the maximum 10 years in prison for setting fire to the home of an African-American family that moved onto the street of his residence.
Brian James Moudry was sentenced Wednesday in C ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 12:33PM
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MONTGOMERY--Black leaders in the state said Tuesday an upcoming caravan in support of keeping the Voting Rights Act of 1965 intact will be historic.
They say it will unite black leaders, including Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam and those r ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 12:27PM
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LOS ANGELES – The daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson made headlines Wednesday, after news broke that the 15-year-old Paris Jackson, who was just 11 when her dad died suddenly in 2009, was rushed to a hospital after attempting to take her ow ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 11:44AM
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Until they fix this here situation....you might want to think twice before sending your girl off to fight for this country. In fact every woman and man in America ought to be outraged right about now no matter what race they are.
Personally I'm li ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 9:54PM
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Whitney Houston's Daughter Gets Evicted, Leaves Neighbors a Nastygram
TMZ--Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has been out of the news since she reaffirmed her love for her adoptive brother Nick Gordon last month, but it appears she's ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 11:53AM
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I recieved an email last night from a dear friend informing that Sister Gertrude Ross had passed away at her home in Seattle. The email was sent to me at 10:15 pm Monday. They said the cause of death has not yet been determined.
Sister Gertrude w ...
Posted Tuesday, June 4th 2013 at 12:11PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan typically speaks to standing room only crowds in large arenas and auditoriums, with his words beamed across the globe via Internet webcast.
Although he had just finished speaking sev ...
Posted Friday, May 31st 2013 at 12:45PM
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MARYLAND--Cornell Harvey, 26, and Eddie Tarver, 20, have been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 16-month-old Carter Scott, reports the Baltimore Sun.
The child’s father, Rashaw Scott, 22, who was critically injured in ...
Posted Friday, May 31st 2013 at 12:41PM
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Two Florida Papa John's employees were fired after accidentally leaving a racist voicemail on the machine of a customer who allegedly tipped him poorly.
On May 19, a black Papa John's customer from Sanford, Fla., received a message on his iPho ...
Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 12:07PM
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VIRGINIA--An altercation between an off-duty Arlington County Sheriff's deputy and a man in Alexandria Wednesday morning left a 22-year-old man shot to death, police say.
The incident happened shortly after 12:45 Wednesday morning in the 100 block ...
Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 11:29AM
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JERUSALEM--Alice Walker, author of 'The Color Purple' calls on R&B musician to cancel her Tel Aviv summer performance and visit Gaza instead.
"It would grieve me to know you are putting yourself in danger (soul danger) by performing in an aparth ...
Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 10:44AM
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by Agyei Tyehimba
As an educator and activist, I constantly search for ways to empower through teaching. Many of our most effective and inspired leaders addressed how ignorance perpetuates our own victimization and powerlessness. One way to addr ...
Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 10:17AM
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Frequent heartburn is positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, a new study has found.
According to the study, the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect.
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Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 9:35AM
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ATLANTA--Instead of hitting national stages with his 1995 “This Is How We Do It,” Montell Jordan is performing from the pulpit now.
During a recent interview with LA Weekly, the singer revealed that he’s currently a pastor at a megachurch i ...
Posted Wednesday, May 29th 2013 at 12:08PM
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May 28, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A Chicago man accused of killing a 6-month-old girl in a shooting that also wounded her father was seeking revenge for the theft of a video game console, authorities said Monday.
Koman Willis, 33, of the 7800-block ...
Posted Tuesday, May 28th 2013 at 12:09PM
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LUXOR, Egypt May 25, 2013 (AP)--A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by male relatives in southern Egypt who believed they'd had affairs, the latest apparent example of so-called "honor killings" in which women are slain for violating tra ...
Posted Sunday, May 26th 2013 at 4:27PM
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By Maria Lloyd
BlackBlueDog.com
May 20, 2013
Timothy McNair is a graduate student of opera at Northwestern University’s famed Bienen School of Music. McNair is at the school on a full scholarship, but the 25-year-old is standing up to his s ...
Posted Sunday, May 26th 2013 at 3:12PM
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Products that Use Aborted Fetal Tissue: Pepsi, Kraft, Nestle and More...
Disclaimer: This is not going to be a very popular post. But again, I feel it is something I need to share.
Earlier in the year I read an article about how the Pepsi Compa ...
Posted Saturday, May 25th 2013 at 4:07PM
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From NPR.org
May 23, 2013 12:00 PM
Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine recently donated $70 million to the University of Southern California. Many people are applauding their generosity, but some aren't so happy. Host Michel ...
Posted Friday, May 24th 2013 at 12:41PM
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ATLANTA--Hundreds of black-owned businesses have a new way for consumers to find and shop with them. There is an app for that.
The Around the Way app, the brainchild of a marketing and technology firm in Washington, D.C., allows the customer acces ...
Posted Sunday, May 19th 2013 at 4:59PM
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By Jack A. Smith
Global Research, May 19, 2013
Hamid Karzai has let the Pentagon’s cat out of the bag — to the displeasure of the Obama Administration. The Afghan president revealed inside information about President Obama’s war plans after ...
Posted Sunday, May 19th 2013 at 4:56PM
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Aiken, SOUTH CAROLINA--The Rev. Jeremiah Wright lived up to his reputation as a fiery, inspiring and controversial speaker as a three-night revival ended at Second Baptist Church on Hampton Avenue on Wednesday. He also delivered a message of hope to ...
Posted Thursday, May 16th 2013 at 12:36PM
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