By Ranard Morris
June 13, 2011
As cities across our nation gear up for this year's annual Juneteenth celebration, the oldest known commemoration of the ending of slavery in America, I often wonder what freedom meant to the black men, women and c ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2011 at 11:06AM
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MediaTakeout.com--Making the Twitter rounds on a super-sized scale today is this obviously fake sign that’s allegedly in a McDonald’s restaurant. It claims that “African-American customers are now required to pay an additional fee of $1.50 per transa ...
Posted Monday, June 13th 2011 at 10:22AM
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(FinalCall.com) - The war raging in Libya since February is getting progressively worse as NATO forces engage in regime change and worse, an objective to kill Muammar Gadhafi to eradicate his vision of a United Africa with a single currency backed by ...
Posted Monday, June 13th 2011 at 10:17AM
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DENVER--A pastor who wants to light a fire under the men in his congregation knew just the firebrand to help him do it.
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., one of the most respected and provocative preachers in black church life, jolted Shorter Communit ...
Posted Monday, June 13th 2011 at 10:10AM
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If African Americans ever needed another reason to be politically engaged, here's one: The Ku Klux Klan says it's giving up cross burnings in favor of the ballot box.
Pastor Travis Pierce, national membership director for the Ku Klux Klan, LLC, to ...
Posted Sunday, June 12th 2011 at 2:13PM
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Tom Joyner says he’s just the talent, not the business guy.
The popular radio host of the Tom Joyner Morning Show, which boasts more than 8 million listeners each week, says he “knows enough to be dangerous.’’ And enough to be successful: Joyner i ...
Posted Sunday, June 12th 2011 at 1:58PM
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NEW YORK--Malcolm X's youngest daughter pleaded guilty Thursday to ripping off the 70-year-old widow of one of her father's bodyguards by running up $55,000 on credit cards taken out in the woman's name.
Malikah Shabazz will be sentenced to five y ...
Posted Friday, June 10th 2011 at 11:10AM
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Was the Kaaba Originally a Hindu Temple?
By P.N. Oak (Historian)
Glancing through some research material recently, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a reference to a king Vikramaditya inscription found in the Kaaba in Mecca proving beyo ...
Posted Thursday, June 9th 2011 at 1:49PM
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NEW ORLEANS -- A controversial $60 million mixed income apartment development in St. Bernard Parish is making headlines again after a racial slur appeared on one of the buildings.
The photo of the racial slur was spotlighted last Thursday in fede ...
Posted Thursday, June 9th 2011 at 1:14PM
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ABCNews.com--A Latino gang accused of attempting a racial cleansing of African Americans in Azusa, Calif., has been indicted for a federal rights conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Prior federal cases involving street gangs have ...
Posted Thursday, June 9th 2011 at 1:03PM
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(NewsCore) - A New Jersey barber was arrested after allegedly biting a customer's ear in half after he complained about how long his haircut was taking, the Times of Trenton reported Friday.
James Dillard, 40, was cutting a 24-year-old customer's ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 2:06PM
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USATODAY.com--A veteran Middletown police officer has filed a lawsuit against the department claiming racial discrimination at work and is calling for removal of the chief of police and another township officer.
The complaint, filed in state Super ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 1:36PM
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WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - To attend an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) or not is the question many Black high school students face every year.
New research from Morehouse College economist Gregory N. Price and two fellow econo ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 12:38PM
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The following timely message is excerpted from the June/July 1982 issue of The Final Call newspaper, a message written by Minister Farrakhan during the early days of his work to rebuild the Nation of Islam under the Teachings and Guidance of the Most ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 12:36PM
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BRISTOL, United Kingdom--A racist thug who stuffed ham into the shoes of Muslim worshippers at a mosque has escaped a jail term.
Jamie Knowlson, 30, also draped slices of the meat - which Muslims are banned from eating - on railings outside the mo ...
Posted Monday, June 6th 2011 at 12:08PM
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USATODAY.com -- Just when prices at the pump were headed down, a new gas tax will bring prices up.
Consumer investigator Jim Strickland has confirmed the gas tax will go up for the second time in two months. The state refigures the gas tax twice a ...
Posted Monday, June 6th 2011 at 11:58AM
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ATLANTA — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is planning to meet with Georgia pardons officials to discuss the case against Troy Davis, who faces the death penalty in connection with the slaying of a Savannah police officer more than two decades ago.
State Se ...
Posted Monday, June 6th 2011 at 11:50AM
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THE iPHONE STORY
It all began with an iPhone....
March was when my son celebrated his 15th birthday and I got him an iPhone.
He just loved it. Who wouldn't?
I celebrated my birthday in July and my wife made me very happy when she bought ...
Posted Sunday, June 5th 2011 at 6:32PM
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Legendary singer, Whitney Houston, recently completed the 30 day out-patient rehab program earlier this week and is now seeking additional help for drug and alcohol addiction on her own accord. According to TMZ, sources close to Whitney revealed that ...
Posted Sunday, June 5th 2011 at 6:09PM
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The United States used to lead the world in opportunity for a quality education. Today, we take the lead for the highest rates of incarceration.
That reality leaves the nation with a choice, according to a recent report by the National Association ...
Posted Sunday, June 5th 2011 at 5:14PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered words of warning to spiritual leaders and offered a healing for humanity in a message delivered at the American Clergy Leadership Conference's prayer breakfast here May 17.
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Posted Sunday, June 5th 2011 at 5:08PM
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USATODAY.com--Don't be fooled by their cute, innocent blue exterior and their sunny demeanour.
The Smurfs are actually out and out Nazis and Stalinists - well at least if French sociologist Antoine Buéno is to be believed.
In his book, Le Petit ...
Posted Saturday, June 4th 2011 at 2:40PM
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A MUCH-awaited super fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. won’t happen anytime soon as the 34-year-old African-American superstar once again turned down a hefty offer of $65 million to face the pound-for-pound king.
“I’m an opti ...
Posted Saturday, June 4th 2011 at 2:29PM
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