In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy.... Read more...
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21/11/2011,
by Mr. Blair in Freeing Slaves,
General,
Miscellaneous,
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Song & Dance: Year One
…And now we enter the dressing room of Christopher James (C.J.) as he prepares for his weekly variety show. C.J. is a good looking American-African male who has brown, caramel skin, brown eyes like autumn leaves, dark black hair like onyx, with an innocent baby face. C.J. is sitting at his vanity... 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...
Mumia Abu Jamal - Who?!?: The Life Of John Carlos Who's afraid of John Carlos? Perhaps the better question s: "Who Is John Carlos?" That question popped up just days ago when Carlos and sports writer, David Zirin, visited the Occupy Wall street encampment in Manhattan, New York. A 20-somethi... Read more...
Like most gentlemanly pursuits with their origins in a past era, fine dining has its own set of conventions some men have never entirely managed to adopt. Dining etiquette extends to more than just which fork goes where – sitting at a table and sharing a meal is a social, personal experience, an... Read more...
The housing crisis hit Hispanics and blacks much harder than it did whites! As Congress and the White House wrestle whether to raise taxes for the wealthiest Americans, a new analysis of Census data shows that the wealth gaps between whites and blacks and Hispanics widened dramatically during the... Read more...
"Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop bein' greedy Just keep it real partna, give to the needy" Stop Being Greedy-DMX One morning last month, tired of the state of corporate-owned Hip Hop, a small group of people gathered in front of Intergalactic Records with picket signs saying "Hip... Read more...
Photos courtesy Oblate Sisters of Providence Archives, Baltimore, Md. - The St. Frances Home for Girls in Normandy, Mo., near St. Louis, was founded by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, an African-American order providing black girls with elementary education and domestic training. Long before the... Read more...
Teenagers can, in fact, make some mature decisions when it comes to sex. The latest government data show that 8 of 10 teen males used a condom the first time they had sex, an increase of 9 percentage points since 2002. The findings, released yesterday, come from the National Survey of Family G... Read more...