As the men of Alpha Phi Alpha were concluding their centennial celebration in 2006, thousands of men in crimson and cream and purple and gold were gearing up for theirs in 2011. By the end of July 2011, two other historically black fraternities, Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi, would have hosted... Read more...
Their efforts began in North Carolina where they funded an effort to resegregate schools in an award winning school district. Using the same language as Gov. George Wallace in the 60s, Koch-supported school board members attempted to make “segregation always” a policy for tens of thousands of ... Read more...
An overlooked corner of the dropout problem became more visible Thursday when state officials for the first time released the dropout rate for eighth-graders. Statewide, about 3.5% of eighth-graders - 17,257 in all - left school and didn't return for ninth grade, according to the state co... Read more...
Killin’ Them Softly is easily one of HBO’s best comedy specials, catching star Dave Chappelle at a career high in 2000 and with an abundance of hysterical, highly polished material. Taking his time, stretching concepts and bits like a master, Chappelle plunges into a wealth of anecdotes and ... Read more...
http://www.pharmacy-technician.net/employment-outlook Look around Pharmacy Technician.net for this and more The median expected salary for a typical Pharmacy Technician I in the United States is $32,439. This basic market pricing report was prepared using our Certified Compensation Professiona... Read more...
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Black Star Project, a Chicago-based organization that launched the Million Father March, which encourages fathers to escort their children to school on the first day of class, now wants fathers to make an additional commitment to their children's education. "We are asking fathers and other si... Read more...
Mubarak In the Dock [col. writ. 8/3/11] '11 Mumia Abu-Jamal The spectacle was so without precedent that it seemed surreal. An Egyptian ex-President, in power for almost 3 decades, is wheeled into court atop a gurney in a cage, and facing charges from the violent chaos that rocked Tahrir Sq... Read more...
The nation cheered members of SEAL Team 6 when they finally delivered justice to Osama bin Laden three months ago. Now the nation mourns the loss of 30 American military personnel in Afghanistan, the largest death toll in a single incident in the 10-year war. Among the dead are 22 Navy SEA... Read more...
AIG has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against Bank of America over allegations of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) fraud. AIG claims that Bank of America and several of its acquisitions, including Merrill Lynch and Countrywide, of misrepresenting the quality of the mortgages that went into bundle... Read more...