Since the civil rights era, the number of black physicians has been rising, with African-Americans now making up 4 percent of U.S. physicians overall. But while this statistic keeps inching up, it conceals a troubling trend: The number of African-American men entering medical fields has bee... Read more...
W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Vice President Dr. Gail Christopher, one of the most powerful women in the national nonprofit sector, who will make the keynote speech at the annual fundraiser of North Lawndale Employment Network at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times Ra... Read more...
25% of Blacks Predicted to Lose their Homes to Foreclosure Foreclosure rates among African- American homeowners are pretty much the same across all income groups, unlike those for whites whose foreclosure ratesdecline as income rises, according to a study published in November by the Center for Re... Read more...
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28/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
General,
my people
Dorothy West Dorothy West was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her novel The Living Is Easy, about the life of an upper-class black family. Dorothy,s principal contribution to the Harlem Renaissance was to publish the maga... Read more...
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25/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
General,
my people
Robert Hayden Robert Hayden was a poet, essayist, educator. He was appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1976. Hayden was elected to the American Academy of Poets in 1975. From 1976 - 1978, Hayden was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the first Af... Read more...
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24/02/2012,
by Lana in A Truth Moment,
African-American Awareness,
By The Numbers,
Edu-tainment,
Factoid,
LanaSpeaks
Jobs. It’s the word you’ve been hearing repeatedly for the past couple of years. It’s what Republicans claim President Obama has failed us on. It’s what many Americans find themselves looking for day after day, interview after interview. I recently started a new job of my own t... Read more...
For MumiaAbu-Jamal, I am Ron Kovic author of Born on the Fourth of July. According to recent news accounts, shattered and shredded body parts and remains of U.S. servicemen were found in a landfill. Despite political spins, this sobering image is a telling, true-life metaphor... Read more...
' Rosa Our Rosa by Mumia Abu-Jamal For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Goldie, his daughter. For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Frances Goldin. We gather today over 140 years after the birthday of Rosa Luxemburg – The brilliant thinker, writer, activist and ... Read more...
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30/01/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Because I love you,
Blair History Month,
my people
And we're back! This week’s blog will be very brief; more like a remix to last year’s introduction for Black History Month. I am excited to showcase famous African Americans or Black people throughout history each day of the month of February. Each individual I’ve picked has one thing in ... Read more...