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THE EXCITEMENT IS SPREADING THE ENERGY IS CONTAGIOUS

THE FORCE IS UNSTOPPABLE

NATURAL HAIR PANDEMIC IS COMING! 

On July 30, 2011, a natural hair and beauty show will take place in Houston, Texas.  This event will be like no other as Natural Hair Pandemics mission will not only provide access to top notch products, services, and information but also educate the community about the importance and benefits of embracing natural hair, understanding green products, and how overall health & wellness im

By Michael Phillips

When I wrote Obama Has Got To Go I expected criticism.

I wanted criticism. I wanted critics to prove me wrong.

I wanted critics to dispel my fears for Libya.

In Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, the worst drought to hit east Africa in 60 years is jeopardizing the lives of millions. An estimated 10 million people face starvation. For example, more than 1,300 refugees are arriving every day in Dadaab in Kenya with no end in sight. The camps were built to accommodate 90,000 people, but

by Dr.Rodney D. Coates ~

Memory speaks of a ship of slaves

Tortured bodies cramped in the belly of the whale

Pained reflections of what had been

Soft murmurs of amazing grace.

Back hung low with strain

Fingers knurled, cut and bruised

Cotton spikes and bosses laugh

Poppa sings of goin’ up yonder to see my lawd.

Freedom blues strain against concrete jungles

Nappy headed kids playing in alleys of despair

Junkies going wild, pimps all around

Momma sings ole happy days.

Justice delayed, people played

Stagnant

Parable of the No People

The Character of a Champion: Nelson Mandela at 93

    Pan African Commentary From the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC)

By David L. Horne, Ph.D                                                                             

 organizingsrdc@aol.com                                                                        

 www.srdcinternational.org                                                                                   

On July 18, 2011 of this week, Mr. Nelson Mandela—Madiba—will hav

Hustler's Guide to the Game Called Life

If you want to learn about motivation and inspiration, don't spend all that money going to workshops and seminars, just go stand at 14th and Broadway and watch Marvin X at work. He's Plato teaching on the streets of Oakland.--Ishmael Reed, poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, professor emeritus, UC Berkeley

STYLING TOUR-DE-FORCE BRICK CITY VARSITY RETURNS THIS SUMMER WITH THE “15 MINUTES OF FAME” PARTY ON JULY 23, 2011 AT THE RAM GALLERY IN NEWARK, NJ

As a sequel to the “Lights, Camera, FASHION: The Profile Party” this Spring, Brick City Varsity is once again giving the people its chance at stardom.

Newark, NJ – July 21, 2011 - Scheduled for Saturday, July 23rd, “15 Minutes of Fame” will treat attendees to $30 on-site photo shoots and allow them to peruse the vintage clothing line created by Br

July 21, 2011

Raynard Jackson

As the two supposed premier civil rights groups gather this week and next for their annual conventions (the N.A.A.C.P and the National Urban League, respectively), I want to challenge their agendas and then pose a few questions for them to answer.

When civil rights are discussed in the media, you never have the reporter define what civil rights are?  When you see Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton described as civil rights leaders, what does that really mean?  Who made

The ruler of the world has spoken. “Kaddafi has got to go.”  So US and other North Atlantic Terrorist Organisation (NATO) bombs rain down on Libya killing men, women and children in alarming numbers. So the US and NATO, primarily Great Britain, France and Italy, despite their collapsing economy, spare no expense to try to kill Kaddafi. “If we can’t kill Kaddafi, let’s kill his daughter, his son, his grandchildren, his fellow Libyans.”  Despite the demonizations, bombings and the merciless killi

CAACBA congratulates South Sudan

CAACBA (the Committee Against Arab Colonialism in Black Africa) hereby heartily congratulates the people and Government of the Republic of South Sudan for winning their independence. We salute their courage and persistence in waging their protracted liberation war, which began in 1955; a war that has finally liberated them from the dungeons of Arab colonialism; Arab dungeons where, throughout the last two centuries, they suffered enslavement, racism, Arabizatio

Greetings Family,

How are you?  I am fine.  I am back in Egypt--the Black Land of Africa.  This 
makes trip number twenty-two for me.  I planned this trip long ago and then 
had many second thoughts.  I did not get much support and I ended up with a 
travel agent from hell.  A revolution took place here and I wanted to cancel. 
 But it seems like I am just supposed to be here.

I have a small but brilliant group this year.  Among the people with me is 
the distinguished African mathematician Dr.