NEW ORLEANS—At Treme's Congo Square African beats and mouthwatering scents engulf the neighborhood as Juneteenth celebrations collide with Father’s Day.
The holiday commemorates the day African-Americans living in the Southern states learned of their freedom, two years after the Emancipation Proc ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 12:57PM
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The following article contains edited excerpts of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s address which he delivered on the occasion of “Father’s Day” (Sunday, June 17, 2007) at Life Center Church of God in Christ in Chicago, Illinois, pastored by t ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 4:25PM
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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 17th 2012 at 2:20PM
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CALIFORNIA--A jury in Oakland has decided that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are partially responsible for the alleged sexual abuse of a young girl by one of its members, forcing the religious organization to pay her $20 million.
After being awarded $7 ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 4:16PM
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Peace,
Many of our brothers are fortunate to be able to or have been able to raise their children in one house hold and many have been fortunate enough to have an active role in their children's lives from the result of failed relationships. I hav ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 3:53PM
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SAN DIEGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan underscored his consistent message about the necessity for unity, strength and power in a meeting with Black and Native American leaders here at New Assurance Baptist Church.
Fille ...
Posted Friday, June 15th 2012 at 10:46AM
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Helen Folasade Adu OBE (born 16 January 1959); better known as Sade, is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award w ...
Posted Friday, June 15th 2012 at 10:41AM
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The Urban Daily--Yvette Wilson, star of Moesha and The Parkers, has died.
Yvette Wilson succumbed to her bout with Stage 4 Cervical Cancer early this morning. Wilson had sought financial assistance from fans to pay her growing medical bills. She w ...
Posted Friday, June 15th 2012 at 10:31AM
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LONDON, June 13 (TrustLaw) - Policies that promote gender equality, safeguards against violence and exploitation and access to healthcare make Canada the best place to be a woman among the world's biggest economies, a global poll of experts showed on ...
Posted Thursday, June 14th 2012 at 10:55AM
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BATON ROUGE--As expected, Louisiana's largest teachers association, some of its local chapters, and four individual public school teachers have filed two state lawsuits challenging the primary portions of the sweeping education overhaul that Gov. Bob ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 11:02AM
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AustrianTimes.com--Sometimes, 115 years of togetherness is enough. Bibi and Poldi, two giant tortoises at the Austrian Zoo, are (slowly) going their separate ways after more than a century of companionship.
The straw that broke the turtle's back ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 10:41AM
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Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl James ("Salt"), Sandra Denton ("Pepa") and Deidra Roper ("DJ Spinderella"), was the first all-female rap ...
Posted Tuesday, June 12th 2012 at 12:23PM
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NEW ORLEANS – Robin Roberts, who overcame breast cancer five years ago, is battling another health scare.
The “Good Morning America” anchor announced Monday that she has myelodysplastic syndrome, a disease of the blood and bone marrow, that was ...
Posted Monday, June 11th 2012 at 8:51PM
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STEVIE WONDER ~ HISTORY
Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan, United States, to Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway. Due to being born six weeks premature, Stevie Wonder was born with a condition called retinopathy of p ...
Posted Monday, June 11th 2012 at 8:39PM
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Outside Burn Rubber, a sneaker boutique that plans to sell Kanye West's highly anticipated Nike Air Yeezy II Saturday morning at a 400% markup, a secondary economy flourishes amid the colorful camping chairs lined up on the sidewal ...
Posted Sunday, June 10th 2012 at 4:20PM
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Peace,
There has been a lot of talk concerning Creflo Dollar's recent assault on his 15 year old daughter and whether or not his actions were "justified". While I agree with most people that Creflo went a little too far in his discipline methods t ...
Posted Sunday, June 10th 2012 at 3:09PM
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"GO DOWN MOSES" ~ HISTORY
"Go Down Moses" is an American Negro spiritual. It describes events in the Old Testament of the Bible, specifically Exodus 7:16: "And the Lord spoke unto Moses, go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, thus saith the Lord, ...
Posted Saturday, June 9th 2012 at 6:39PM
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Huffington Post--Having played God in Bruce Almighty, Morgan Freeman revealed he has an affinity towards that which is beyond us, according to Reuters.
When asked about his attraction to roles larger than life in an interview, he replied, "I thin ...
Posted Saturday, June 9th 2012 at 6:25PM
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CHICAGO--Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-III) made the case for an immediate increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.00 an hour during a press conference on the Hill Wednesday.
If passed, the ¡°Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012¡å would be the first ...
Posted Friday, June 8th 2012 at 6:29PM
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McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now". They wrote and produced some of the most popular R&B hits of the 1970s, and were primarily associa ...
Posted Thursday, June 7th 2012 at 7:38PM
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Nina Simone, better known as "The High Priestess of Soul" was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina one of eight children in a poor family. She began playing piano at the age of 3, her first song she learned was "God be Wit ...
Posted Wednesday, June 6th 2012 at 12:05PM
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SAN DIEGO (FinalCall.com) - Sherry Johnson came to the city Convention Center with her nine-year-old-son, 23-year-old daughter and a lot on her mind.
She sees a world spinning out of control, subliminal, anti-social messages in media, rising racis ...
Posted Wednesday, June 6th 2012 at 11:53AM
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BlackBlueDog.com--Attorney General Eric Holder reportedly became “incensed” after being accused of complaining about public interference in his office. The accusations came from top Obama advisor David Axelrod, and allegedly led to the two men havin ...
Posted Wednesday, June 6th 2012 at 11:43AM
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