I've come to be known as the first Ebola patient to be treated in the United States -- but I'd prefer to think of myself simply as a family physician.

I was born and raised in Indiana, and trained in family medicine in Texas. I spent the last year living and working as a missionary doctor in a small hospital outside Monrovia, Liberia. So when the Ebola virus came to that country, I was among the first to treat infected patients. And in late July, I contracted the disease.

I quickly came to unde

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Join Silicon Valley Trailblazers for 2nd UNCF’s HBCU Innovation Summit

UNCF conference empowers next generation of African-American innovators to compete in the tech-workforce and innovation economy

Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 12, 2014

UNCF (the United Negro College Fund) will join its partners including the Association for Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) and the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities to h

Marvin X returns to Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway, Oakland

Marvin X says, "Join the Black Arts Movement cultural revolution in the Bay Area, 2015. There is something for everybody to do. I am an old man, don't make me do everything!" See the latest Oakland Post Newspaper on Publisher Paul Cobb's vision for the BAM celebration.
photo Adam Turner, Black Bird Productions and Book Project

Special to the Post Newspaper Group

PZI JEANS INTRODUCES NEW DENIM STYLES FOR FALL/WINTER 2014

-- Fit, Comfort and Style for the Woman with Curves --

 PZI Jeans, long known for creating innovative denim designs and perfectly fitting women with curves; introduces new denim styles from its Fall/Winter line, which includes a variety of exciting pieces. With the theme running high, FIT, COMFORT AND STYLE, PZI Jeans once again offers consumer conscious styles that the PZI woman will love and feel the most comfortable in.

Black denim i

The Black Arts Movement (BAM)--the Most Radical Artistic and Literary Movement in American History

I think what Black Arts did was inspire a whole lot of Black people to write. Moreover, there would be no multiculturalism movement without Black Arts. Latinos, Asian Americans, and others all say they began writing as a result of the example of the 1960s. Blacks gave the example that you don't have to assimilate. You could do your own thing, get into your own background, your own history, your own

The results of last week's election mean big changes are coming in 2015. With new elected officials on every level come new opportunities—and challenges—in the fight for civil and human rights.

To ensure our issues are top of mind, we must come together to set our goals and priorities for the movement.

What are your top priorities, Kwasi? Tell us where we should focus our resources in 2015.

In January, the new Congress and new state legislatures will begin their work, crafting policies that affec

As the dust settles on the 2014 Midterm election, the balloons are dropping on the Republican victory parade as they celebrate taking control of the Senate from Harry Reid and President Obama.

But you and I can't celebrate yet because Obamacare is still the law of the land, and there is 1 more vote left on the table.

You see - the Senate race in Louisiana has come down to a runoff between Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu (who voted for Obamacare) and conservative Bill Cassidy (who has vowed to r

In a new National Policy A

VOTE FOR THE CREATOR GOD OF THIS UNIVERSE! 

The United States is all caught up in another one of its Midterm Elections – its so called “democratic process” - to elect members of the House, Senators, and Governors.  How wonderful it is for the people in a country as “great” as the US to be able to put confidence in candidates to have them represent them, right?  Of course, but where is the candidate who will represent the Black vote, or rather, the descendants of Slaves?  Where is anyone in whom

Organizational records and personal papers offer unique and varied perspectives on the 20th century fight for freedom
 ProQuest continues to advance the study of the civil rights movement in America. The company has digitized the papers of theStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), making their organizational records and their leaders' personal papers accessible to researchers through the renowned History Vault collection Black Freedom Struggle in

"Protestors called f

Nigeria, through the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and with approval from President Jonathan, will send nearly 600 volunteers to support Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa. The medical aides will join 1,000 health workers from across the African continent -- filling a critical shortage of medical workers who are willing to treat Ebola patients.

Nigeria's first set of 250 volunteers, who will meet the global health standards set forth by the World Health Organization (WHO), are set to

BabyCenter, MAMA Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) & Praekelt Foundation Partner with Facebook to Provide Vital Health Information to Mothers in Tanzania

Building on a successful partnership delivering health information to new and expecting mothers and their families via mobile phones for more than three years, BabyCenter®, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA), and Praekelt Foundation, are working with Facebook to offer maternal, newborn and child health content as part of the In

HEREIN ARE ANSWERS TO PONDER

FOR THOSE WHO SEEK THE GOD’S TRUTH

BECAUSE GOD’s WORD AND HIS SALVATION ARE NOT FOUND IN THE CHURCH!

October 27, 2014

I have so much to share that I really do not know where to begin.  Right or wrong, I will start by saying that “Cheryl” did great by posting “Africans and their obsession with other people's religion”.  I do not know “Cheryl” and never heard of her, and I don’t yet know what all she believes.   Nevertheless, the information she brought forward is right on