by Ronald Roach
January 1, 2013
Dr. Ibram H. Rogers says he is “serious and passionate about using the lessons of the past to strive for a better present and future as it relates to race relations on campus.”
In the award-winning book, The Bla ...
Posted Sunday, January 6th 2013 at 5:09PM
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PHILADELPHIA--A math teacher at an exclusive Philadelphia prep school claims in a racial-discrimination suit that he was fired without cause after school officials alleged he sent inappropriate text messages to a female student.
Attorneys for Arth ...
Posted Sunday, January 6th 2013 at 3:06PM
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Very rarely does a book come with a money-back guarantee. But that is precisely the case when you invest in Slaves with Swag by Daryl T. Hinmon, a riveting read which endeavors to fill in some of the blanks in black history.
For, it is the aut ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 4:32PM
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Re-education of the Negro
By Kirsten West Savali
Posted 1/1/2013 9:12 am
This letter is part of our "Letters to Our Ancestors" project. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, we've asked members of our communit ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 3:58PM
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12-year-old business owner Maya Penn penned advice to budding entrepreneurs on how to run a start-up. Penn is the owner of Maya’s Ideas, a virtual store that sells 100% eco-friendly, environmentally sustainable, fashionable accessories and clothi ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 2:30PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio --The Columbus homeless man whose silky voice made him a web phenomenon in 2011 is now using his past to help others who are struggling like he once was.
Ted Williams, the so-called "Golden Voice" now has a contract with Kraft Maca ...
Posted Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 2:18PM
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CHICAGO, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Seven candidates have filed petitions in Illinois to run for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s vacated congressional seat, officials said.
Candidates were allowed to begin filing with the Illinois State Board of Elections Thursday for ...
Posted Friday, January 4th 2013 at 11:32PM
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
by Jahi Issa, Ph.D.
January 1, 2013
Despite the long and loud verbal commitment of the Black Misleadership class to HBCUs, the deference and dependence of black leadership t ...
Posted Friday, January 4th 2013 at 11:39AM
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