NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following edited text is taken from a message delivered by Minister Farrakhan to a gathering of youth in Tchula, Mississippi on November 3, 2002. He was invited to Tchula by Reverend Eddie Carthan for the dedication of Good Sam ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2010 at 10:47AM
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CHICAGO – In her police mug shot, the doe-eyed cartoon heroine with the bowl haircut has a black eye, battered lip and bloody nose.
Dora the Explorer’s alleged crime? “Illegal Border Crossing Resisting Arrest.”
The doctored picture, one of seve ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2010 at 10:30AM
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American newborns may be more likely than their white counterparts to be screened for prenatal drug exposure, even in the absence of risk factors for it, a study at one medical center suggests.
Research shows th ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 8:19AM
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Chris Myers guest hosted the Dan Patrick Show today. During his “best of the weekend” segment the sportscaster impressively managed diaphanously veiled shots at both African-Americans and Hispanics within the same thought train.
From today’s show, ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 4:47PM
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1. Throw out non-essential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. (Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.)
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches! ...
Posted Saturday, May 15th 2010 at 12:06PM
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The drive-by shooting death of 15-year-old Avondre Donel in Detroit makes it clear why it takes a village to successfully raise children.
Donel, an honors student, was, by all accounts, a good kid. His mother, Lisa Donel, kept him under close watc ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 9:46AM
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From FinalCall.com
May 12, 2010
As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You);
As a student of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, I could never thank Allah (God) enough for His Mercy to us, for His Beneficence to us, in allowing us a pathway of retur ...
Posted Wednesday, May 12th 2010 at 2:36PM
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Retired-model-turned-Oprah-wannabe Tyra Banks is writing her first novel, Modelland. It will be part of a trilogy, since Random House signed her to a three-book deal. Oh, goodie! The details sound scary and fierce, like Tyra in a jumpsuit.
The boo ...
Posted Wednesday, May 12th 2010 at 7:26AM
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A shoplifter at the CVS Pharmacy in the Little Village neighborhood got more than he bargained for after boosting tubes of toothpaste from the store shelves. According to the Sun-Times, Anthony Kyser entered the CVS on the 2600 block of South Pulaski ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 8:43AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Weeks after the 1-year-old was found in a dumpster, his father showed up.
The baby wriggled in his cot, smiled and held up his arms. When the father didn’t touch him, the baby started to cry and kick his legs.
The m ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 12:39PM
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Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Ne ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 11:56AM
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Peace Dear Beloved Family!
I thank you all from the depth of my heart for wishing me a Happy Birthday today. It is indeed that! I believe I went through every emotion known to man today.
To me, a birthday is a day of introspection. A day to c ...
Posted Sunday, May 9th 2010 at 1:22PM
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Peace,
I would like to wish all the sisters of this forum a Happy Mother's Day! Often we hear stories about mothers and their children, however rarely about the do good mothers and even rarer still the adoptive mothers. However I would like to me ...
Posted Saturday, May 8th 2010 at 5:52PM
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During his show Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Frankie Beverly said he and Maze had not been invited to this summer’s Essence Music Festival in the Superdome. Today’s release of the nightly Essence schedule confirms this will be the first time ...
Posted Friday, May 7th 2010 at 1:13PM
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Appealing to voters weary of rampant crime, a lagging recovery and a strapped city budget, Mitch Landrieu spent his campaign for mayor of New Orleans hammering home this simple message: "I know what to do, and I know how to do it."
Starting today, ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 11:33AM
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One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?" The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the w ...
Posted Sunday, May 2nd 2010 at 6:41PM
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Puerto Rican funeral home presents shooting victim on his motorcycle
If you thought you'd previously seen it all, well, you're wrong. Case in point: David Morales Colón, a 22-year-old Puerto Rican man who was shot to death last Thursday, and whos ...
Posted Sunday, May 2nd 2010 at 5:38PM
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From FinalCall.com
April 30, 2010
As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You):
My beloved brothers and sisters, it is a great honor and privilege for me to have this opportunity once again to come to you in your homes or in your cars, or wherever y ...
Posted Friday, April 30th 2010 at 2:50PM
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