Marvin X proposes a Black Arts Movement 27 City National Tour in honor of Amiri Baraka

The Black Arts Movement Poet's Choir

 

First row: Eugene Redman, Marshall Trammell, Tarika Lewis, Aries Jordan, Zena Allen, Avotcha

Back row: Marvin X, Kalamu Chache', Juan Felipe Herrera, Tacuma King, Lakiba Pittman, Askia Toure, Genny Lim, Umar Bin Hassan, Ayodele Nzinga

During a session of the Black Arts Movement Conference this past weekend at University of California, Merced, Marvin X proposed a 27 city tour i

Passing of Chinua Achebe 

Chinua you’ve passed away I hear 
So suddenly I can’t believe it 
Because you are so much needed 
As a voice 
Of wisdom 
In this world 

Oh Chinua you’ve passed away 
Achebe you’ve gone your way 
And on that way you told us 
So many important things 
Along the way, along 
Our journey, even 
If unto us unknown you told us 
So many important things 
Like that things fall apart 
Things which have become corrupted 
Because of colonialism 
Things that fell apart 
Because of t

Percy Miller aka Master P is not only a music mogul and former NBA Player, but also a basketball coach that has dedicated over twelve years of his life to help train and educate young men for college and a professional career. He formed a basketball program called P. Miller Ballers aka PMB, which is one of the most winning organizations today when it comes to youth basketball.

Master P has been a mentor to 2014 All-Star pick Demar Derozan, their history goes back from the seventh grade t

MassMutual Study Reveals Positive Steps to Help Overcome Remaining Financial Challenges

As the country wraps up Black History Month celebrations, a study shows that African-Americans in the U.S. are optimistic about their financial future, with 41 percent saying they are very good at managing money and 30 percent saying they are confident selecting investment options. Most still solidly believe in the American Dream. Only 28 percent indicated that they believe the American Dream is disappearing,

BLACK UNIVERSITY RADIO NETWORK HONORS POSITIVE RAP WITH NEW NATIONAL AWARD

The Black University Radio Network (or B.U.R.N.) is very proud to announce that they have named Marcus “M-Positive” Parker as the first-ever winner of the “Mandela of Rap” award.

B.U.R.N. has created the “Mandela of Rap’ award in an effort to promote musicians who seek to inspire today’s youth through positive messages in their music. The award was created as an answer to the cries of many African-Americans who feel that

Pictured recently posted by Lebron James on his Instagram account 

Hello Beloved Brother,
My name is Kenneth Braswell, Executive Director of Fathers Incorporated. My work for the last 23 years has been in business and not-for-profit leadership on behalf of vulnerable communities and Black men and boys. Today, I read with pain, excitement, angst, horror, delight, fear, concern, and urgency what is being considered your open letter to your father. One might wonder how I could experience ALL of thes

Members of the Project 21 black leadership network condemn the apparent February 16 hate crime on the campus of the University of Mississippi in which a statue of civil rights icon and prominent black conservative James Meredith was vandalized. Meredith's son, John, a founding member of Project 21,

Nowadays, there are more and more companies that are using large vehicles and a variety of trucks to make long hauls. This is because some companies are transporting their goods from one company to another or from one warehouse to the next. This helps them get their items and goods to more secure locations. There are more and more businesses that are finding beneficial ways that their company can use fleet management software. If you find that you are investing in more vehicles or trucks, this s

Census Bureau Reports the Number of Black-Owned Businesses Increased at Triple the National Rate

While the American public is reminiscing about the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's for Black History month, more attention is being given to the modern day front lines for human rights: toxic chemical contamination of people of color.

"People of color are disproportionately impacted by toxic chemicals," explains Michele Roberts, with Environmental Justice and Health Alliance. "We have the highest contamination and illnesses linked to chemical exposure. While it is important to celebrate and

FIRST SCIENCE FICTION FILM INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN LAUNCHES $100,000 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

Filmmaker Ryan Cole is seeking to raise $100K for his new film "Vice Versa"

More than a dozen supporters including family members, colleagues, and the general public, have pledged to change the color of Hollywood, $1 at a time.

  A 60-day Kickstarter campaign has been launched, Monday, February 10, 2014 to secure the necessary $100,000 budget to independently produce the first Science Fic

FIRST MINORITY TEEN ACADEMY FOR GIRLS AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SEEKS APPLICANTS

For the fourth straight year, the At the Well Young Women’s Leadership Academy will be held on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The Academy is one of the only summer institutes for minority teen girls held on an Ivy League campus and the first to be held at Princeton University. The program is geared towards building leadership skills for minority girls entering the tenth, eleventh, or twe

Competing for your son’s attention? Stop! Find someone your own age to rely on and release him from your servitude! You have had your son all of his life, and it is time for him to spread his wings and fly away from your nest. He’s 18 now. You’ve taught him how to take care of himself (cook & clean his clothes and the house), as well as select, treat and respect nice women right? So be NICE to his girlfriend when he brings her to your house. Don’t try to find some reason NOT to like her. His cho

While 47-year-old Michael David Dunn, who killed 17-year-old Jordan Davis over some loud music was convicted on three counts of second-degree attempted murder and faces 60-years in prison, Father Michael L. Pfleger Sunday said that is not good enough because the jury failed to convict him for murdering the unarmed teenager.

Upset that the jury was deadlocked on the murder charge against Dunn, Pfleger said, “The boy died. He was murdered.” Referring to Dunn who faces a 20-year minimum mandatory se

The NY Coalition for Healthy School Food is this year’s charity partner at the New York City Vegetarian Food Festival. The Coalition is dedicated to bringing healthier meals to schoolchildren. Storytelling, craft projects, a musical jam session, and animal petting opportunities are just some of the kid-friendly offerings on tap at the Festival, to take place 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 1-2, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan.

The Coalition was founded in 2004 via a bipartisan New York State l

The Courage To Change The World
(A Call To Action)
By
Charles E. Campbell

It is my Business! It is your Business! It is our Business!
Consciousness calls one to have the moral courage to “Square Up” against wrong and injustice. Let cowards be afraid, but not me! Not us!

Personal Responsibility demands the defense of the weak. I/We will defend our children from abuse, our women from bad love, the elderly from being victimized and our humanity from tyrants at home, in our community, our nation and

Education Management and National Baptist Convention Initiate Significant New Scholarship Program

Education Management Corporation (NASDAQ: EDMC), a leading provider of post-secondary education, announced a commitment of $500,000 in scholarships for at-need students in a partnership with the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., Int'l, one of the oldest African-American organizations in the nation.

"We are honored to work with an organization as revered as the National Baptist Convention t

NEW FILM, THE WAR ON HUMANS, EXPLORES THE GROWING CALL FOR GRANTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL “PERSONHOOD” TO PLANTS AND ANIMALS  Are humans the enemy? Should pigs and peas have constitutional rights?The War on Humans, a provocative 31-minute documentary from Discovery Institute exploring growing efforts to disparage the value of humans in the name of saving the planet, will be released online February 18th at www.waronhumans.com.

The documentary features bioethicist and Discovery Institute Senior