Most educational experts know that one of the best ways to improve the academic performance of students is to get fathers and families to participate effectively in the educational and social-developmental lives of their children. The Black Star Project is sponsoring the Million Father March 201... 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...
I can recall not so long ago writing numerous letters to influential people in the city of Chicago asking them for help. I saw many of these same influential people who ignored my pleas at Hadiya Pendleton's funeral service. I asked for help for my eighteen year old daughter, Ryann Brown, who... Read more...
Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA... Read more...
Music Playlist at MixPod.com Dante Terrell Smith is more commonly known as Mos Def also known as Yasin Bey aka Black Dante aka Pretty Flaco aka Flaco Bey aka The Mighty Mos Def aka Bezé Regarded as one of hip-hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Mos Def has shaped a career... Read more...
Another week, another podcast... Did you miss us? Dont lie... This week Our group discussion featured Kevin Golden x Spit x Mr. Blair x Special guest I Am Not A Rapper fashion blogger Andrea (V3nusVsMars) Topics Discussed: Facebook Porn x Google F*ck ups x Blair's attack on "The Skor... Read more...
Everybody's (and by everybody I mean people who dont buy music) favorite segment is back...for now... #DMCA ...but enjoy Kendrick Lamar - Rigamortis Remix Feat Busta Rhymes Black Star - Fix Up No download but you can cop it on itunes T.I. - Pyro Common - Celebrate ... Read more...
Nearly 200,000 fathers and significant male role models are getting involved at hundreds of schools across America through an effective and exciting program called Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students). Watch D.O.G.S. is a program of the Kansas City-based, National Center for Fathering. ... Read more...
Under the inspiration of Muhammad Ali's "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; Rumble Young Man Rumble" rallying cry, major urban cities will strategize to address issues of Black Male achievement in their own communities on November 12th. "We spend an awful amount of time laboring over ... Read more...