by Furious | Feb 3, 2013 | Blog
(Reuters) – Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and relatives of victims of fatal shootings in Chicago urged President Barack Obama on Saturday to come back to his hometown and address the gun violence plaguing the city. Before a march on the city’s South...
by Furious | Feb 3, 2013 | History
After a long legal battle that included a Supreme Court ruling on her behalf, Autherine Lucy became the first African-American to enroll at the University of Alabama. However, soon after her arrival, a mob of angry segregationists would cause uproar over her...
by Furious | Feb 2, 2013 | Blog, News
LONDON — They have destroyed the iconic Buddhas of Bamiyan, smashed down the fabled “end of the world” gate in the ancient city of Timbuktu and even called for the destruction of Egypt’s ancient pyramids and the Sphinx. Extreme Islamist movements across the...
by Furious | Feb 2, 2013 | Culture
Is it a fair question to ask if the black community even wants to have a black community? Some people might equate obtaining luxury items with the success they see as opposed to building a united black nation ala Marcus Garvey.
by Furious | Feb 2, 2013 | Blog
Moving forward must be a strong practice of community economics. If we just did this, we could hire our own community and not have the highest unemployment rate in the country. We wouldn’t have to worry our schools because we could supplement our own.You will find if...
by Furious | Feb 2, 2013 | Blog
Legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues persuasively we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it. Jim Crow and legal racial segregation has been replaced by mass incarceration as a system of social control. —More African Americans are...
by Furious | Feb 2, 2013 | History
The U.S. Senate confirms Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General. He is the first African-American in the nation to hold the post. Also, on this day in 1995, Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. becomes the first African-American to walk in space while involved in the deployment and...
by Furious | Feb 2, 2013 | Blog
QFAM: If Black folks understand the history of Planned Parenthood and its founder then you can understand how NAACP endorsement of PP is a gross conflict of interest. Where does the black community stand on Planned Parenthood? Love or Hate it? Do people think its a...
