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Elderly Woman Thrown Off Train For Singing – Florida – Emma Anderson
March 7, 2013 Report: The family of an elderly Florida woman is furious that she was hauled off a commuter train because she was singing spirituals and are considering legal action. The family of Emma Anderson, 82, claim she was injured by a Metro-Dade Transit...
“Kid President” old enough to have inspiring message
Nine-year-old Robby Novak plays the role of "kid president" whose online video featuring a motivational pep talk for the world have racked up millions of views. Elaine Quijano reports. About Kid President Robbie Novak (born 2003), better known by the nickname Kid...
More Black Men in College Than In Prison
AFRICANGLOBE – At this point, it’s almost a cliché to declare “There are more Black men in jail than in college.” I’ve heard it my entire life—from adults, friends, politicians, and assorted pundits. When he was just a presidential candidate, then-Senator Barack Obama...
Race-based academic targets raise eyebrows
As states have sought waivers from the 100 percent proficiency requirement of No Child Left Behind, new performance targets were put in place that led to differing expectations for children depending on their race. NBC’s Rehema Ellis reports....
The father of all men is 340,000 years old
by Colin Barras - Albert Perry carried a secret in his DNA: a Y chromosome so distinctive that it reveals new information about the origin of our species. It shows that the last common male ancestor down the paternal line of our species is over twice as old as we...
Who Is Sara Baartman? Every black woman should know her name
Sarah "Saartjie" Baartman (before 1790 – 29 December 1815)[1] (also spelled Bartman, Bartmann, Baartmen) was the most famous of at least two[2] Khoikhoi women who were exhibited as freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot...
Why Isn’t Closing 129 Chicago Public Schools National News?
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. Dixon It's an obvious question, with an easy answer. Our nation's bipartisan political elite have decided to privatize public education. They know the only way they can execute this deeply unpopular policy is to do it on the...
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dies aged 58 after two-year battle with cancer
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died, according to Vice President Nicolas Maduro. Mr Chavez, the democratically-elected leader who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela and crusaded against US influence, died on Tuesday at the age of 58 after a nearly...
African American pupils are far less likely to take college prep classes and more likely to miss school because of suspensions, a group finds, calling for strong intervention.
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles TimesFebruary 26, 2013 African American public school students in Los Angeles County demonstrate significant learning gaps by second grade; those gaps widen with age and lead to the highest school dropout rate among all races, according...
Exposed Preacher: FEMALE PREACHER Who Preaches With Her TIDDAYS OUT
This woman actually opens her sermon with "Welcome to the Gospel form the Stripper's pole". You can't make this stuff up. Take a moment to listen to the video, but pay special attention to the inappropriate outfit and the camera man's obsession with showing you...
Black Unemployment Rate Slipped to 13.8 Percent in January
News that jobless claims jumped last week and the economy had shrunk for the first time since 2009 were stark reminders that the nation's economy still has a long way to go before it is healthy again. The African-American unemployment rate for January underscored that...
Rodman in North Korea and says leader wants Obama to call him
Dennis Rodman, North Korea's most famous recent visitor, brought back a message from dictator Kim Jong Un to President Obama: Call me. "He wants Obama to do one thing -- call him," Rodman said during an interview on ABC's This Week about the former basketball star's...
