The Jarvis Christian College Counseling Center recently received a Behavioral Health grant from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Center for Excellence (HBCU-CFE). The grant supports the development and implementation of a campus-wide ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 6:10PM
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Watch as I am easily distracted by the dog and cat while trying to wrap gifts. I make sounds through the wrapping tube to drive the dog crazy, then the dog rips up wrapping paper, the cat runs around like a wild cat, and then the dog chases paper airplanes that I make out of wrapping paper. ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 9:25AM
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Would you like to be interviewed on a top national TV show and air on ABC, NBC, CBS or Fox?
Of course you would because there are few faster ways to instantly reach millions of people and boost your sales than getting big-time TV publici ...
Posted Sunday, December 14th 2014 at 7:12PM
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Westbury, New York - On December 10, 2014 the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.(LIAACC) held its Annual Holiday Celebration, Awards Ceremony, and Toy Drive at NYCB Theatre of Westbury, LIAACC's members and small business owners ...
Posted Saturday, December 13th 2014 at 11:28PM
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I know you are warming up to the idea of celebrating worldwide the birth of Christ.
As we focus on honoring the Christ in everyone all of the unease fades away.
We gotta keep our traditions alive. Yea you may have had a few wack Christmas's
in the ...
Posted Saturday, December 13th 2014 at 4:18PM
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This year just keeps getting better...
We have been working on building a better mental and physical person.
It may seem like the path to our goal is unclear but look how far we've come.
Others may not like or understand why you do things your ...
Posted Saturday, December 13th 2014 at 9:42AM
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The recent Practice of Machine Learning Conference at Microsoft concluded with a lively panel discussion moderated by principal researcher Misha Bilenko on the topic of: "Are We at Peak ML, or at the Start of AI Takeover? Hype vs. Reality of Machine ...
Posted Thursday, December 11th 2014 at 5:08PM
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Virginia Union University Student Lecture Series for Leadership and Social & Economic Justice: A Panel Discussion on Social Justice: Ferguson and Race. ...
Posted Thursday, December 11th 2014 at 12:50PM
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PORTLAND, OREGON--Mariann Hyland made a vow 10 years ago, after Portland Police fatally shot 21-year-old Kendra James during a routine traffic stop.
Hyland, a Portland lawyer who is African American, promised to teach young black people how to su ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2014 at 12:05PM
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CHICAGO--DuPage County sheriff’s records allege that 911 received a frantic call from the boy’s dad, Michael Cattron Sr., 46, stating his son had been shot and was laying in a pool of blood. When investigators arrived on the scene, the boy was not br ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2014 at 11:59AM
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Researchers working with Brockington Cultural Resources Consulting believe they have found the remnants of Gadsden’s Wharf in South Carolina, where an estimated 100,000 enslaved Africans arrived in America.
“It is the place of arrival for a huge p ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2014 at 11:37AM
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Several second-year medical students from Meharry Medical College share their impressions after a nine-day stay at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana. ...
Posted Monday, December 8th 2014 at 3:53PM
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The AUDELCO Awards began promptly at 7:00 p.m. at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street in New York City. The theme for this year’s 42nd Annual Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Awards for Excellence ...
Posted Monday, December 8th 2014 at 8:39AM
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In recent weeks, the list of celebrities who have publicly defended Bill Cosby against his multiple sexual abuse accusations have included from Jill Scott, Whoopi Goldberg, and Cee Lo Green. And now longtime Cosby associate, Debbie Allen has shared h ...
Posted Sunday, December 7th 2014 at 8:02PM
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A letter to our African-American sons
Emma McElvaney Talbott, Special to The Courier-Journal 12:07 a.m. EST December 6, 2014
Dear African-American sons:
What just played out in Ferguson, Mo., and in Sanford, Fla., is nothing new. These stori ...
Posted Sunday, December 7th 2014 at 7:48PM
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In life, Marion Barry Jr. was known for his entrances, his sense of when to step into a room, light up a crowd and put himself at the center of the action — often conspicuously late.
In death, Barry delivered a remarkable exit, a three-day specta ...
Posted Saturday, December 6th 2014 at 8:05PM
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There is nothing like a mommy. She takes care of others with a giving heart.
But how about daddy...? He installs the will to work hard against all odds.
If you could cook them one meal to express your appreciation for them, what do you
prepare?
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Posted Saturday, December 6th 2014 at 7:34PM
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Autopsy Shows Mentally Ill Man Shot From Behind and Above, 14 Times
December 3, 2014
BreakingBrown reported in October that the officer who killed Dontre Hamilton had been fired from the Milwaukee Police Department. Now an autopsy confirms that t ...
Posted Saturday, December 6th 2014 at 2:56PM
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'Why did you have to shoot him?' Devastated girl, 9, writes letter to Phoenix cop who killed her father
Dec 4th 2014 5:26PM
By RYAN GORMAN
The young daughter of an unarmed black male gunned down by a white Phoenix cop this week has written a ...
Posted Saturday, December 6th 2014 at 2:46PM
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I can't believe NO ONE mentioned ANYTHING today about Nelson Mandela. Smh
RIP July 18, 1918-December 5, 2013 ...
Posted Friday, December 5th 2014 at 11:56PM
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In case you have been hearing something that sounds like a large mosquito floating above the Jackson State University, it’s the handiwork of a group of engineering students as part of a senior class project.
Frederick Burns, Fredicus Funchess, Jos ...
Posted Friday, December 5th 2014 at 11:06AM
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