Emergency Event on Police Killings Of Unarmed People: Cornel West and Carl...
Emergency Event on Police Killings Of Unarmed People: Cornel West and Carl Dix DiscussionCornel West and Carl Dix “Emergency” Event Monday April 6 in NYCDr. Cornel West, Carl Dix to Address“Police Are...
View ArticleIn Defeat, Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan Has His Finest Hour
Buhari and Jonathan- better days ahead?Goodluck Jonathan's quick concession statement after losing the Nigerian presidential election of March 29 to challenger Muhammadu Buhari could mark a watershed...
View ArticleKENYAN TROOPS DELAYED RESCUE FOR CLOSE TO 15 HOURS, SURVIVORS SAY
Apr. 6 (GIN) – Frightened students at Garissa University in northeast Kenya, hid for what seemed like a lifetime as a small band of al Shabaab terrorists lined young people up on the floor and put a...
View ArticleHOPES TEMPERED WITH REALISM RISE FOR A BOKO HARAM DEFEAT
Apr. 6 (GIN) – The Boko Haram insurgency is facing a new combatant in their war on the Nigerian people. He is a seasoned former general and now president- Muhammadu Buhari.But if the militants are...
View ArticleLynda Ireland, Former President & CEO, NY & NJ Minority Supplier Development...
[Passings]Lynda IrelandLynda Ireland, the former president and CEO of the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council) and considered one of the nation’s leading...
View ArticleKenya Must Have Multi-Pronged Response To Al-Shabab
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta-- how to battle Al-Shabab? [Black Star News Editorial]Kenya's air force has reportedly bombed two camps inside Somalia days after the horrific massacre of more than...
View ArticleState Of Emergency: S. Carolina Policeman, Slager, Kills Unarmed Black Man...
Alleged killer-cop SlagerLast Saturday a White police officer in South Carolina shot and killed a Black man and claimed, just as Darren Wilson did when he gunned down Michael Brown in Ferguson, that he...
View ArticleSpecial Tribute To Dr. Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-Jochannan (1918-2015)
Dr. Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-Jochannan[A Special Tribute]The Black Man of the Nile and His FamilyDr. Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-Jochannan (Dr. Ben) was the preeminent "Multi-Genius of Our Time."...
View ArticleSharpton To Visit Charleston, S.C., Where White Cop Shot And Killed Black Man...
Slager, of the North Charleston police department, who shot Walter Scott from behind Today at the opening of the 17th Annual National Action Network (NAN) Convention in New York City, NAN President...
View ArticleMichael Slager's Execution Of Walter Scott: Congress Shouldn't Wait For Fire...
The killer cop Slager; true monster hiding behind badge and uniformThe videotaped murder of a 50-year-old Black man by a White police officer in South Carolina demands a strong response that cops who...
View ArticlePresident Obama Lauds Enterprising Young Jamaicans In Town Hall Meeting
President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-MillerREMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA IN TOWN HALL WITH YOUNG LEADERS OF THE AMERICASUniversity of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica...
View ArticleGlobal African And African Diaspora Reparations Summit Opens In New York City
Rev. Wright and Prof. Jeffries at Reparations Summit[Black Star News Editorial]There is no going back now.Yesterday history was made when the National/International Reparations Summit was held in New...
View ArticleSharpton And De Blasio Call For "National Policing Law"
Schneiderman, Sharpton, De Blasio and Rep. Charles RangelThe Rev. Al Sharpton along with top New York City elected officials including Mayor Bill De Blasio made remarks that centered on equality for...
View ArticleSharpton Says "Bogus" Daily News Story Claiming He's Asked To Stay Away From...
Rev. Al Sharptonspeaking at NAN's 2015 Convention yesterday-- today he refutes Daily News story The Rev. Al Sharpton, reacting to a story in The New York Daily News under the headline "WE DON'T WANT A...
View ArticleNCAA March Madness Proves "Nobody's Perfect"
As they say “nobody’s perfect”! Nowhere is that more apparent than the NCAA basketball ranks….By the end of the holiday weekend, Duke University’s Blue Devils were the team hoisting a championship...
View ArticleKiyingi, Top Heart Surgeon, Vows To Topple Gen. Museveni In Polls; Says "I...
Dr. Kiyingi---surgical strike at the polls against dictator?[Africa News]Says Museveni Ship About To "Capsize"A celebrated Ugandan heart surgeon based in Australia has denied he has ever received any...
View ArticleHarlem Screening Mist -- "Concerning Violence: Nine Scenes from the...
Les PayneMadiba in Harlem at MIST Presents April 12 Documentary Screening & Talk "CONCERNING VIOLENCE" on African Liberation from Colonialism in 1960s-1970sDocumentary Screening: Madiba in Harlem...
View ArticleDebate: “Who is Greater, Frederick Douglass or Martin Delany?”
Debate: “Who is Greater, Frederick Douglass or Martin Delany?”Dr. William Seraile says Frederick Douglass Professor James Small says Martin DelanyCome Find Out Sunday.You know what some activists have...
View ArticleReflections On Walter Scott: "In Cold Blood"
I don’t know what it’s like to have the benefits of White privilege, but I know all about what it’s like to live as a Black man in America.Here’s what Black privilege grants me: I check the tail lights...
View ArticleBooks: An African City's Esosa's Plant-Based Diet
Esosa spread the gospel of healthy eatingBest known as the creator of the blog Raw Girl in a Toxic World, and 'Ngozi' of the International television & web series "An African City", Actress, Author...
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