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DETROIT (WJBK) - Minister Malik Shabazz made headlines when he made this impassioned remark at a Detroit financial review meeting on Monday: "This is white supremacy, and we will fight you. Before you

Fannie Lou Hamer (born Fannie Lou Townsend) was born October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She was the granddaughter of slaves. Her family were sharecroppers - a position not that differ

By Li Onesto March 27, 2012 The February 26 murder of Trayvon Martin has ignited outrage around the country and reminded us once again of this cold hard fact of life in the USA. That if you¡¯re

CNN--Irish singer songwriter Sinead O’Connor has posted an open letter to Treyvon Martin’s family on her website. The controversial singer expressed her sympathy towards the Martin family whose teenag

AP--Aretha Franklin has a lot more than her 70th birthday to celebrate: She's reuniting with one of her musical mentors, Clive Davis, for a new album. In an interview at her swanky birthday party

Blaze.com--As federal and local authorities investigate the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and whether or not Florida’s “stand your ground” law applied to the shooter, George Zimmerman, Nation

Hey Mr. Taaffee. This is George. Um, first and foremost, I wanted to say I am very sorry for the loss of your son, and, um, I can't imagine what you must be going through. Um, secondly, I wanted t

A lot has happened since Trayvon Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, started their petition on Change.org demanding that Trayvon’s confessed killer, George Zimmerman, be arrested. But G

By Robin Good March 22, 2012 Whitney Houston’s death involved foul play and this is implied by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s report released today. We learned that according to Coroner Chief C

Autherine J. Lucy-Foster, the University's first black student, attended her first class on February 3, 1956, and was suspended three days later "for her own safety" in response to threats from a mob consisting of both University students and non-students from the surrounding community. Lucy-Fos

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1862-1931) Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, months before the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. She was the oldest of eight children. When her parents died in 1880 as a

From GlobalResearch.com March 19, 2012 Gas prices continue to rise, which is finally giving Republicans an issue. Mitt Romney is demanding the President open up more domestic drilling; the super P

By Torrance Stephens March 16, 2012 Hypothetically, let us assume there is a young man who has just finished school, and he is attempting to decide where he will move on to for his personal profes

WorldSocialist.com--As many as 20 million Americans could lose their employer-sponsored coverage in 2019 under the health care legislation signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This is the

From AmericanBanker.com March 16, 2012 JPMorgan Chase & Co. took procedural shortcuts and used faulty account records in suing tens of thousands of delinquent credit card borrowers for at least tw

Huffington Post--A photograph of a bumper sticker that features racist, anti-Obama language has gone viral on Facebook and other social networks. The sticker reads "Don't Re-Nig In 2012," in large

Unita Blackwell, a civil rights activist and the first black female mayor in the state of Mississippi, was born the daughter of sharecropping parents in Coahoma County, Mississippi on March 18, 1933.

This information presented at American Academy of Dermatology’s 70th Annual Meeting by Raechele Cochran Gathers, MD, FAAD, senior physician at the Multi-Cultural Dermatology Center of Henry Ford Hospi

On a local R&B station here in New Orleans their was a discussion on worship. The host of the morning radio show posed this idea that when we speak in a different language we are speaking from the rea

Chicago Sun-Times--When Steve Harvey signed on to do a nationally syndicated daytime TV talk show, producers considered basing the program in Connecticut or New York. Harvey’s current hometown, Atlant

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