GET THE BOOK "A LITTLE LIKE EINSTEIN" http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/romanieo/a-little-like-einstein-rebirth-o... EMPOWERING EVERYONE TO BECOME: "A LITTLE LIKE EINSTEIN" Given the nature of our current educational system, and the gaps that exist from coast to coast, we hope to empower ... Read more...
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...
Office workers need to get out of their chairs more and talk to people face-to-face instead of using email, according to researchers. They are warning that people are spending too long sitting at desks. A study, to be presented at the British Psychological Society's Annual Occupational Con... Read more...
Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn't harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn't do the kind of damage tobacco does. The results, from one of the largest and longest studies on the health effects of marijuana, are hazier for hea... 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...
Annie Spencer Annie Bethel Spencer was a poet and active participant in the New Negro Movement and Harlem Renaissance period. Anne was the first Virginian and first African-American to have her poetry included in the Norton Anthology of American Poetry. Also an activist ... Read more...
Girls are growing up in a "moral abyss" where being dressed in "mini-me" sexy clothing and wearing make-up is acceptable, a schools leader has said. Parents who dress children in such clothes have themselves been let down, Girls' School Association president Dr Helen Wright argued. Such parents ha... Read more...
Alain Locke Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke a writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is regarded as the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance". His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy a... Read more...
It was both a walk down memory lane and a call to action when singer, actor, civil rights activist and international humanitarian Harry Belafonte spoke at St. Sabina Church. Part of a Black History Month program that also brought Princeton Professor Cornel West to the South Side church on... Read more...