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A Funny Thing Happened at Berkeley High's All Class Reunion 

Berkeley High's Reunion


This past Saturday, Berkeley High held an all-class reunion at San Pablo Park. Ironically, although Berkeley High has been known as an integrated school, this all class reunion was 99% North American African. I had the pleasure of the 1%, a drunk white man who somehow found me among the two thousand North American Africans and decided to sit at my feet. And then proceeded to light a cigarette. I asked him to k

Keyshia Cole Rocks Oakland

photo Princess O. Davis


Keyshia Cole Day in Oakland

Marvin X reads poem dedicated to Keyshia Cole. The poet was accompanied
by Aries and Toya Jordan. As he ended his reading, Keyshia came on stage and the crowd went wild. Keyshia gave a wonderful micro-concert that revealed her awesome talent. Her remarks showed her love of community and she promised this is just the beginning of her giving something back. We need more conscious artists to advance

53rd Michael Jackson Birthday Tribute should not overlook Gordon Keith, who recorded Michael/Jackson 5 FIRST !!

by Mark Allen on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 5:03am

53rd Michael Jackson Birthday Tribute In Gary and the world should not overlook Gordon Keith, who recorded Michael/Jackson 5 FIRST at "Steeltown" BEFORE Motown

By Marksallen, today at 4:50 am

Gary Indiana and the world Tributes To Michael Jackson/Jackson 5 and "The STILL" Best Kept Secret Of Gordon Keith (Steeltown versus Motown) Who R

Happy Women's Rights Day!

This August 26 celebrates women winning 

the vote in the U.S. 91 years ago. Today Radical Women honors the
suffrage movement and its militant, multiracial fighters. These
women--Sojourner Truth, Clara Lemlich, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper,
Sarah Grimke, and so many more--rebelled against enforced second-class
status to organize courageously for equal rights. We will be forever grateful
for their work.

Gaining access to the ballot did not eliminate oppression, however.

 Zuleika Hasbrouck, Founder

(BlackNews.com) -- Lovelei Cosmetics, LLC, launches its first product line, an exotic lip shine called Tootsee Gloss. With its distinctive bright magenta candy wrapper packaging, the new gloss is fun, trendy, and retro. Specifically formulated for women of color, and those with tan or golden skin tones, the line introduces four novel shades: cocoa pink, sweet raisin, candy apple, and peach kiss. The product is made with high quality ingredients, organic when avail

August 25, 2011 

Raynard Jackson

With all the attention being focused on the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this week, I have been pondering what he would have to say about the state of his legacy.  In the immortal words of Lionel Richie (former lead singer of the Commodores):

“I may be just a foolish dreamer but I don’t care

Cause I know my happiness is waiting out there somewhere

I'm searching for that silver lining

Horizons that I've never seen

Oh I'd like to take just a

Referred as fun loving city, Goa is world’s finest tour and travel destination located at south western region of Indian Peninsula. If any one has desire to discover the foreign in India then also it is the best place you because its lifestyle is quite inspired by western culture. Its advanced lifestyle, friendly people and magnificent attractions always persuade tourists to visit this place from every nook and corner of the world throughout the year. God has blessed this state with heart grabbi

-- Tour patrons will experience Ghana's culture, night life, shopping, networking, business, investment opportunities and more. --

Group picture of the last tour to Ghana in July 2011

(BlackNews.com) -- Africa for the Africans Tours & Investments is a black-owned Atlanta based international business enterprise specializing in Africa tours and investments services. According to them, "the African slave trade has completely divided our people globally and as a result we have been disconnected fro

There are times when things need to be said.  And this is one of those times. 

As life would have it, I, like many Black people have had my share of moments with white folks that could have gotten ugly, had it not been for my upbringing.  From my experience, it just appears that Black people and white folks live in two entirely different parallels and our perspectives about life are birthed from them.

Really, haven't we all been asked dumb questions by white folks?  And why do these people appro

Keyshia Cole in Oakland, Thursday, Frank Ogawa Plaza

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content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> By H. Khalif Khalifah

Boycott Koch, Vote for the re-election of the President of the United States of America, agree with Dhoruba BinWahad, or any other of the rabid anti Barack Obama class="IL_AD">Black Men and Women; that is ok with me IF YOU ARE USING YOUR POWER PROPERLY at the same time.

We must stop whining about President Barack Obama and vote the obstructionist congress out by organizing! I am sure that President Barack Obama is unhappy about the say no congress, but it is our job to organize and vote Democratic while voting out the blue dogs.

From KIPAS News & Notes:

Manufactured Maids, Mammies and Falsified History:
No White Help Wanted
by Dr. Maulana Karenga


With all due respect to our beloved, beleaguered, besieged and still-believing President, cottonland consciousness and practices are still with us, in life and literature, at sites of work and worship and at places of higher learning and lower pleasures, played out in scenes of racist and racialized understandings and interactions, even at the movies.....

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Honeymoon is the perfect way to express your feelings to your beloved. It’s a beautiful occasion which commence after finishing all the marriage rituals. Most of the newlyweds prefer to celebrate this occasion away from their home in a romantic solitude. Well if you are seeking for exclusive attractions, adventure, salubrious climatic conditions than look no further than Kerala, which is nestling in south-western part of India.

Endowed with exclusive attractions and wonderments Kerala is the per

Cynthia Scott