NEW ORLEANS--When Mrs. Odile Washington was born in 1909, Taft was president, the average worker earned 22 cents an hour, and 95 percent of births were at home.
At age 104, she's seen changes in the world, and she's made a few of her own.
"I gi ...
Posted Saturday, June 22nd 2013 at 7:48PM
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Studies show that olive oil may play a part in reducing rates or risk of some types of cancer, particularly colon, breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers.
A study published in the January 2005 issue of Annals of Oncology has identified oleic acid ( ...
Posted Saturday, June 22nd 2013 at 7:25PM
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(CBS) ATLANTA - An Atlanta bishop was arrested Wednesday after allegedly attempting to bring a gun on board an airplane, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports.
Bishop William Henry Murphy III was reportedly stopped by security at Hartsfield-Jac ...
Posted Saturday, June 22nd 2013 at 6:31PM
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A YEAR WITHOUT YOU
c 2013 By Siebra Muhammad
It has been a year without you
It has been a year of firsts without you
Birthdays, Holidays, Weekends
Days, Mornings, Nights
It has been a year without you
But not one day without a thought of y ...
Posted Saturday, June 22nd 2013 at 12:57PM
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From GlobalResearch
June 21, 2013
AFRICANS have been used to visitors with big entourages and exotic baggage, at least since European explorers first traipsed through their savannahs at the head of long trains of porters laden with trunks full of ...
Posted Friday, June 21st 2013 at 12:35PM
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InTheCapital.com--Kanye West's newest album, released to critical acclaim, may come across as shocking for some Americans for its aggressive criticism on the state of race relations in America today. From the track titles "Black Skinhead", to "New Sl ...
Posted Friday, June 21st 2013 at 12:20PM
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OAKLAND--Staying alive shouldn't be at the top of anyone's wish list. But for Tyler Griffin it is.
"For me to actually graduate high school and still be alive, 18 and go to college is pretty good," h ...
Posted Thursday, June 20th 2013 at 11:43AM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The statistics are frightening and stories heartbreaking as the crisis the envelopes Black youth seems to have no limit and very few willing or able to do anything about it.
Over a warm and relatively pleasant Father’s Da ...
Posted Thursday, June 20th 2013 at 11:19AM
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Save Marcus Books, soul of San Francisco, oldest Black book store in US!
by Malaika H Kambon
There is nothing in the world more precious than knowing how to read and having access to books. As the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey said, “A people wi ...
Posted Wednesday, June 19th 2013 at 12:41PM
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A bloody wave of violence hit Chicago over Father’s Day weekend, resulting in seven deaths and 41 injuries. According to NBC Chicago, police are currently investigating the shootings, which began late Friday night.
Sources say the massacre has bee ...
Posted Tuesday, June 18th 2013 at 11:20AM
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Columbus, OHIO--A Juneteenth shooting has left fans in shock as a 10 year old boy was rushed to hospital in the frightening incident on Saturday night in Ohio.
A 15 year old has been charged with felonious assault in the Juneteenth Festival shoo ...
Posted Monday, June 17th 2013 at 11:36AM
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We are on the move at Black Muslim Sisters (BMS), we are now able to welcome all Muslim and non-Muslim sisters (and brothers) to the site to share their knowledge of God, The Holy Bible and Quran, and The Truth of The Original Word! We also have feat ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 3:40PM
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Peace,
Indeed, there were people who existed before Adam...in the book of Genesis (if we take it literally) there was a 6 day creation!
Please note: in Genesis 1:28 that God gave man dominion over the fish of the sea and the fowl of the air an ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 2:56PM
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Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence
By Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches
What is a good enough reason for divorce? Well, according to Rick Warren’s Saddleback church, divorce is only permitted in cases of adu ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 11:46AM
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Happy Fathers Day
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
This is a day that other than you say its the day to honor you.
Father means first and further
You Blackman have proven to be the Father of all
By taking such a willingly and mighty fall,
Yo ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2013 at 11:36AM
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Bill Cosby: A plague called apathy
The star on what’s wrong with our communities — and why the revolution needs to begin at home
By BILL COSBY
Last Updated: 2:46 PM, June 10, 2013
Posted: 10:29 PM, June 8, 2013
In terms of health, two things s ...
Posted Friday, June 14th 2013 at 12:17PM
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Shea for Arthritis
An extract from the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) may help improve symptoms of osteoarthritis, researchers report.
Shea butter has anecdotally been used as an anti-inflammatory cream to help alleviate symptoms of arthritis ...
Posted Friday, June 14th 2013 at 11:43AM
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NPR--Twenty Feet from Stardom, filmmaker Morgan Neville's new documentary, is a reminder that most of pop music's catchiest hooks, riffs and refrains were sung by voices harmonizing in the background. Neville says he wanted to put backup singers — bl ...
Posted Wednesday, June 12th 2013 at 12:42PM
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