Today at 4pm, the Senate is slated to vote on the first piece of gun control legislation in the Obama era. We all know better background checks will not end gun violence. But if closing loopholes on gun purchases saves even one life, it is entirely worth it. To truly disrupt the culture of viol... Read more...
In 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, an event occurred that not only showed African Americans fighting for their rights but also students fighting for their rights to a quality education. Sixteen African American students wanted to transfer to an all white high school, Little Rock Central, which was c... Read more...
State Rep. Mary Flowers is urging a community group to file a lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools for not complying with a 22-year-old state law that requires all public elementary and high schools to include black history as part of its regular curriculum. “I encourage you to file a law... Read more...
The Black Poverty Cycle and How to End It is about how three different facts of life for African-Americans are intertwined and mutually reinforcing: lack of educational opportunities, poverty, and mass incarceration. All three are rooted in the historic racial prejudices of White America. Toget... Read more...
NIA- to make our collective vocation the building of our community to restore our people to their traditional greatness! Nia/Purpose: “Commitment, duty, and obligation to contribute to the morally serious purpose and noble goal, of nation building, i.e. , the quest to recover and restore the ... Read more...
KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Determination)- to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves! The Kujichagulia Principle:: “Commitment, duty, and responsibility to speak and act in the interest of African Americans and the human good.” Kujichagulia... Read more...
Disclaimer: This post has been a long, long, time coming. Many of you will be upset with me for this post. And by many, I mean maybe, 4 or 5 of the 10 people that read my blog I would like to explain my theory of “Educated Negro Syndrome”, or ENS. Now, before you write me off about be... Read more...
**Adam – is word #120 in The Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible Word #120 is defined as "ruddy" i.e. a human being; an individual, or the species mankind, a low man, a mean person, of low degree! It is from word #119 in the same book. Word #119 says that the word Adam means to... Read more...
#LanaSpeaks: REcap of #Ignite2012 (#IgnitePhilly) [PHOTOS] “Well, should Obama be the president of Black America?” –This question has been raised increasingly since the 2008 Presidential election, and it was now being posed to a group of writers, entertainment personalities, and hip-hop art... Read more...