ATLANTA--Instead of hitting national stages with his 1995 “This Is How We Do It,” Montell Jordan is performing from the pulpit now.
During a recent interview with LA Weekly, the singer revealed that he’s currently a pastor at a megachurch in Atla ...
Posted Wednesday, May 29th 2013 at 12:08PM
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May 28, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A Chicago man accused of killing a 6-month-old girl in a shooting that also wounded her father was seeking revenge for the theft of a video game console, authorities said Monday.
Koman Willis, 33, of the 7800-block ...
Posted Tuesday, May 28th 2013 at 12:09PM
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LUXOR, Egypt May 25, 2013 (AP)--A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by male relatives in southern Egypt who believed they'd had affairs, the latest apparent example of so-called "honor killings" in which women are slain for violating tra ...
Posted Sunday, May 26th 2013 at 4:27PM
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By Maria Lloyd
BlackBlueDog.com
May 20, 2013
Timothy McNair is a graduate student of opera at Northwestern University’s famed Bienen School of Music. McNair is at the school on a full scholarship, but the 25-year-old is standing up to his sch ...
Posted Sunday, May 26th 2013 at 3:12PM
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Products that Use Aborted Fetal Tissue: Pepsi, Kraft, Nestle and More...
Disclaimer: This is not going to be a very popular post. But again, I feel it is something I need to share.
Earlier in the year I read an article about how the Pepsi Compa ...
Posted Saturday, May 25th 2013 at 4:07PM
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From NPR.org
May 23, 2013 12:00 PM
Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine recently donated $70 million to the University of Southern California. Many people are applauding their generosity, but some aren't so happy. Host Michel ...
Posted Friday, May 24th 2013 at 12:41PM
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ATLANTA--Hundreds of black-owned businesses have a new way for consumers to find and shop with them. There is an app for that.
The Around the Way app, the brainchild of a marketing and technology firm in Washington, D.C., allows the customer acces ...
Posted Sunday, May 19th 2013 at 4:59PM
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By Jack A. Smith
Global Research, May 19, 2013
Hamid Karzai has let the Pentagon’s cat out of the bag — to the displeasure of the Obama Administration. The Afghan president revealed inside information about President Obama’s war plans after all U ...
Posted Sunday, May 19th 2013 at 4:56PM
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Aiken, SOUTH CAROLINA--The Rev. Jeremiah Wright lived up to his reputation as a fiery, inspiring and controversial speaker as a three-night revival ended at Second Baptist Church on Hampton Avenue on Wednesday. He also delivered a message of hope to ...
Posted Thursday, May 16th 2013 at 12:36PM
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MEXICO CITY — The men who beat Malcolm Shabazz to death not only punched and kicked him, but also used a bat or stick during the attack, Mexico City’s top prosecutor said Tuesday.
Prosecutor Rodolfo Rios said the two waiters arrested in the case h ...
Posted Thursday, May 16th 2013 at 12:28PM
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Here's a vivid reminder of how difficult it can be to escape the police once they want you in their custody (well, most of the time). Sure, you may be able to put up some resistance against the first two cops trying to slap the cuffs on you, but ...
Posted Thursday, May 16th 2013 at 11:24AM
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(CNSNews.com) – Over 86 years, the Ku Klux Klan lynched 3,446 blacks – a figure matched in less than four days if tallying the number of black babies who are aborted.
Walter Hoye, founder and president of the Issues4Life Foundation, shared those s ...
Posted Thursday, May 16th 2013 at 11:03AM
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One Cleveland man has one-upped the Charles Ramsey T-shirt -- with a Charles Ramsey tattoo.
Another company has immortalized the man made famous for rescuing Amanda Berry in action figure form.
Tattoo parlor 252 Tattoo in Cleveland posted a pic ...
Posted Thursday, May 16th 2013 at 10:44AM
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The following are excerpts from a Special Mother's Day Message delivered by Minister Farrakhan at Mosque Maryam in Chicago, Illinois.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You):
The enemy calls today “Moth ...
Posted Sunday, May 12th 2013 at 5:17PM
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A TRUE FRIEND
By Sis. Siebra Muhammad
Nothing so beautiful and caring as she
The one who brought me to this World
and in the light of day or night
Her smile shines on my heart
So sweet with so much love
Nothing as radiant as she
Her ...
Posted Sunday, May 12th 2013 at 5:04PM
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Did CIA kill Malcolm X's grandson?
Dr. Kevin Barrett
Saturday May 11, 2013 4:48 PM GMT
I never met Malcolm Shabazz, the outspoken activist whose grandfather, Malcolm X, was the most influential African-American of the 20th century. Now I will ne ...
Posted Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 4:14PM
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