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Archive for September, 2011
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Blacks Are Moving Back South
Posted on 30 September, 2011 | No CommentsThe Great Migration has now reversed course. Black Americans are now flocking back to the South, a place where they... -
Actress Bemoans Domestic Violence
Posted on 29 September, 2011 | No CommentsLos Angeles-The crisis of domestic violence is annually observed during the month of October. For women of color, especially black... -
Obama Heckler Raises Questions
Posted on 28 September, 2011 | No CommentsAs President Barack Obama entered the stage of House of Blues venue in Hollywood for one of his many 2012... -
Obama Stumps L.A. for Support
Posted on 27 September, 2011 | No CommentsThe haters can hate, but President Barack Obama still has the same swag that got him elected into the White... -
Johnny Gill is “Still Winning”
Posted on 26 September, 2011 | 1 CommentLos Angeles- Soul singer Johnny Gill still knows how to rub his fans the right way. Gill came to the... -
Film Revisits Black Power Movement
Posted on 23 September, 2011 | No CommentsThe Black Power era in America has been sliced and diced by so many people and in so many ways.... -
Supreme Injustice for Troy Davis
Posted on 22 September, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Dennis J. Freeman There are so many doubts surrounding the execution of Troy Davis. There are many unanswered questions... -
Smokey Robinson Gets High Honor
Posted on 21 September, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s hard not to think about the contributing works of William “Smokey” Robinson when you think about the hit-making records... -
Widespread Bias Continues in America
Posted on 20 September, 2011 | No CommentsCredit: Free images from acobox.com By Marjorie Valbrun America’s Wire WASHINGTON—Recent public opinion polls show that more whites than African-Americans... -
Black Youth + Poverty – Jobs = Screwed
Posted on 19 September, 2011 | No CommentsOp-Ed written by Deven D. Anderson, Black Youth Vote!-Source: PRNewswire It’s a critical time in America. The recession has been... -
Howard University’s Men of Action
Posted on 16 September, 2011 | No CommentsThe linebacker tandem of Keith Pough and Kurt Mangum II gives Howard University’s opponents reasons to fear. They’re tough... -
Freedom’s Sisters Get their Due
Posted on 14 September, 2011 | No CommentsBlack women’s contributions to this nation have been largely obscured and rendered nearly obsolete in history books. But the truth... -
Black Flight Redo Political Lines
Posted on 14 September, 2011 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES—African-Americans once were clustered so heavily in urban areas that the terms “black” and “inner city” came to be... -
Chargers Upend McNabb, Vikings
Posted on 12 September, 2011 | No CommentsBy Dennis J. Freeman The rust of a lockout didn’t seem to bother the play of the NFL first week.... -
No Child Left Behind a Failure
Posted on 10 September, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Kenneth J. Cooper America’s Wire Nearly a decade after the No Child Left Behind law was enacted, studies... -
Wild and Crazy NFL Predictions
Posted on 8 September, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s a good thing the lockout ended or else NFL fans would be climbing the walls trying to get their... -
Sparks Unplugged from Playoffs
Posted on 7 September, 2011 | No CommentsYou could hear a pin drop afterwards. The mood was somber and one of finality. The party crashed as... -
Black Caucus Job Fair Misses Mark
Posted on 6 September, 2011 | No CommentsCongressional Black Caucus members receive an “A” for show, hype and effort in producing a series of nationwide job fairs... -
Is Marriage For White People?
Posted on 5 September, 2011 | 1 CommentAs rapper Nelly would say, ‘It’s getting hot in here.’ A new study conducted by a Stanford University law professor... -
The Feminine Mystique
Posted on 4 September, 2011 | No CommentsBy Angela N. Parker News4usonline.com columnist I recently decided to compile some of my essays into a short book titled,... -
Babatunde Blazes Greatness Trail
Posted on 2 September, 2011 | No CommentsVeteran actor and theatre performer Obba Babatunde is this generation’s Sammy Davis Jr. He is a renaissance man with a...