MUSEVENI’S PARTY LAUNCHES DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN IN UGANDA AHEAD OF FEBRUARY...
GULU-UGANDA: The National Resistance Movement Organization (NRM-O), the party that has ruled Uganda for the last 30 years under dictator Gen. Yoweri Museveni, has launched last minute door-to-door...
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Oscars' Black-out Can Learn Diversity From NFL
Audre Lorde's Our Dead Behind Us: Poems, 1986: “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”A lot has happened since the on and...
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2PM Today: Journalist Charlayne Hunter Gault and Harlem Fine Arts Show On...
Charlayne Hunter-Gault Host of PBS’s Race Matters to lead discussion on civil and human rights in the 21st centuryWhile the Harlem Fine Arts Show (HFAS) is primarily about the visual arts there will...
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Donald Trump As The Republican Frankenstein
TrumpDonald Trump's Winning Formula: 'Mexicans Are Drug-Dealing Rapists And Ban The Muslims'As Cliff Notes puts it: “Although Victor Frankenstein claimed to be creating his monster for the betterment...
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Inkster Police Officer Convicted and Sentenced To Prison For Beating Black Man
Police Officer William Melendez This week Michigan Police Officer William Melendez was sentenced to 13 months to 10 years for the January 2015 beating arrest of Floyd Dent—who was dragged from his car,...
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Jobs: City Of Fort Worth, Texas, Police Trainee
$3,337 monthly (while in Police Academy Training)$4,526 monthly ($54,312 annually upon graduation)TEST DATE AND LOCATION: MARCH 4, 2016 - JOHN JAY COLLEGE 524 W. 59TH St., New York, New...
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JO ANN BREWSTER-CHEATHAM: CULTURAL RENAISSANCE WOMAN PASSES
The life of Jo Ann Brewster-Cheatham was celebrated at Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Restoration Corporation before a standing room only gathering of family, friends and colleagues. Jo Ann passed away on...
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Afro Latino Component of Black History
It’s “El Barrio” / Spanish Harlem -- winter 2016. Two Afro-NuYoRicanBrothers -- Papo109 and Tumbao Willie -- meet and greet on SE corner of 110th Street / Lexington Ave by uptown #6 station. Maturing...
View ArticleMUSEVENI IMPORTS “APATHIED TOOLS TO REPRESS UGANDANS”, ADVISES KENYA NOT TO...
“South Africa has become democratic and is selling off its armored cars it used to suppress blacks during apartheid period to non-democratic countries like Uganda”.GULU-UGANDA: the leader of Uganda’s...
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Philanthropy is Alive and Well in the African American Community
Here’s a stereotype to bust: Philanthropy is about large gifts from the rich and the powerful who give to organizations and institutions that serve those in need. Here’s an expanded definition:...
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Get Ready For "Eclipsed" With Oscar-Winning Lupita
Left to right: Liesl Tommy, Danai Gurira, La La Anthony (producer), Seycon Sengbloh, Akosua Busia, Lupita Nyong'o, Zainab Jah, Pascale Armand and Stephen C. Byrd (producer). Photo: Caitlin McNaney.The...
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Good Start By Speaker Mark-Viverito -- Now Work On Adult Literacy Programming
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said loud and clear in her State of the City address that ‘we need more justice’ - and we agree wholeheartedly when it comes to immigrant New York City, and we thank the...
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A Clinton-Sanders Ticket Maybe The Only Way Democrats Win White House in 2016
As the 2016 presidential race heats in South Carolina and Nevada and Black and Latino voters are finally able to participate in greater numbers than in Iowa and New Hampshire, it is almost guaranteed...
View ArticleUGANDAN BRIGADIER TO FACE PROBE OVER INTERFERENCE IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN...
GULU-UGANDA: The Chairman of Uganda’s Electoral Commission has written a letter instructing the Gulu District Returning Officer and the police to investigate “alleged interference with electoral...
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Cam Newton--Most Valuable Player or Pouter?
As a general rule, I don’t make excuses for poor behavior….mine or anyone else’s—regardless of likeability. So when Cam Newton, whom I like, decided a swift exit from the microphone following his...
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DOUBLE XXPOSURE MEDIA CELEBRATES 46 YEARS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY!
February 2016 marks an incredible milestone for DOUBLE XXPOSURE MEDIA RELATIONS...46 years in the entertainment industry! Since 1972 Angelo Ellerbee, founder and CEO of DOUBLE XXPOSURE MEDIA...
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Barron Wants Maximum Sentence for Officer Liang Who Killed Akai Gurley
The fact that Peter Liang is on a short list of New York Police Department officers who have been convicted of the fatal shooting of innocent people, primarily African Americans, is no cause for...
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WIDOW OF SAINT JANANI LUWUM, THE 20TH CENTURY MARTYR,CALLS FOR PEACEFUL...
Blessed Janani Luwum; Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga Zaire & Bishop of Kampala Diocese 1974-1977.WII-GWENG-MUCWINI: The widow of the late 3rd Archbishop of the Church...
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Closing The Black-White Income Gap – Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton Racial injustice implicates all Americans and affects all Americans. We can’t close our eyes to the violence perpetrated against black families and communities because of the...
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Obama Recalls African Americans' Role In Building And Fighting for The United...
[President Obama Black History Month Comments -- The White House]For the past seven years, and in some cases before that, the people in this room have been incredible supporters of me and Michelle....
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