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More Nigerian Terror Deaths: Over 30 more dead as Bomb Blast Rocks Yola
As the world weeps for Paris, Nigeria continues to lose more of it's people to acts of terror and really this is the time to make sure people weep for Nigeria too. More than 2000 people have been killed in the country this year and no Western world leaders have...
Daily Racial Abuse Detailed In Virginia Teens Heartbreaking Letter
At just 13 years old Za’Khari Waddy, who attends Tabb Middle School in Yorktown, Virginia, has been dealing with unacceptable racism from fello white students. After frustration it seems he took advice from his mother and published an open letter to his school. The...
In the Midst, Comparative Progress
Recently I was asked to explain a term I have been using rather frequently, its not a new term but its not exactly a well known term either. Its a term that defines and colors every effort for equality and demands equal pressure applied from both angles before that...
Black Hero In Paris Massacre Took Bullet And Lost Life For Friend
A 40 year old man originally from Congo who died in last weeks Paris attacks is being hailed a hero as it is emerging that his act of heroism saved a friend from death. Ludovic Boumbas was one of many who died at the La Belle Equipe shooting after gunmen stormed in...
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Tells Isis To ‘F*CK OFF’ and Connects Paris to Missouri to South Africa {Interview}
Yasiin Bey is one of the most respected hip hop artists of his generation and from a political standoint is never shy of his opinion. Not long after the Paris Massacre he spoke with journalist Ferrari Sheppard and had some strong words against ISIS. However he also...
Minneapolis Is a Bullet Away from Being Ferguson: Protest Sparks as ANOTHER Black Man is Shot by Police
On Sunday morning 24 year old Jamar Clark was shot by police. Many witnesses have said he was unarmed and handcuffed at the time! Police say after they were responding to an assault and that Jamar "interfered" with the paramedics the assault victim. Some police have...
Activist Teacher Calculates $59.624 Trillion in Reparations OWED to African Americans | $1.5 Million Each
Reparations towards the descendents of slaves has been a hot topic for a long long time now but despite all the talk no government has made any serious steps to address the issue. Reparations are a serious issue so it really seems ridiculous that it hasn't been...
Patti Labelle’s Sweet Potato Pies Selling $2.3 Million Underscores the Power of Black Dollars
There is a hilarious review of Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pies called Patti Pies being sold in Walmart stores around the country. However, if you followed only this story, then you missed a VERY IMPORTANT point and lesson for the community. In one weekend, Patti...
France? Really, France?
Okay, I'm not one to belittle or downplay the loss of human life. ALL senseless acts of violence are wrong and cannot be condoned. To harm innocents is atrocious. That being said, we as Afrikans need to understand one thing before we go back to your usual fractious...
Just in Time for the Holiday Season
First it was the spooked out “ghost sheets with the pointy heads,” now it’s “brass bathing suits and tin pan foil hats with big goat-butting horns sticking out of them.”
Black Boy “He Learned to Hide From the Cops Before He Knew How to Read”
"Cuz He's black." is a spoken word poem written and originally performed by Javon Johnson at the 2013 National Poetry Slam in Boston. The poem and it's themes, which are extremely relevent in 2015, were born out of a conversation with his four year old nephew. Johnson...
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Black Power | Kids Choose Malcolm X Over Jesus [Video]
We all know that Jesus has been a pivotal person in the black community since slavery. Black women in our community have put Jesus before their husbands. Our community has struggle with the image of Jesus being a white man or a black man. Dr. John Henrick Clarke said...
