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Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan, Update

Posted by TheBlackList on February 12, 2009 at 8:00am

Greetings Family, How are you? I am a little tired but I am okay. It is a busy time for me. African-American Heritage Month or Black History Month or whatever you choose to call this time of year is very demanding, and the scholars tend to really push themselves during this time. Last weekend I lectured in Detroit and Chicago and right now I am in the middle of an Ohio lecture series. I am trying to get at least a few hours of sleep every night. My diet could be a lot better but I am drinking a

10th ANNUAL CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL

Posted by SendMeYourNews on February 12, 2009 at 6:32am

10th ANNUAL CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL "A Decade of Keeping Our Music Alive" Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) presents its 10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from April 1 thru 30, 2009. This month long celebration of an American original art form Jazz, will be held in venues throughout Brooklyn, New York. Some of the musicians and events scheduled include: legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Randy Weston, Dave Valentin, Houston Person, Melba Moore, Ronnie Mathews/Freddie Hubba

National Survey Finds That the Hip-Hop Generation Embraces Internet Technology and New Media

Posted by TheBlackList on February 11, 2009 at 6:35pm

IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE A MYTH? National Survey Finds That the Hip-Hop Generation Embraces Internet Technology and New Media Philadelphia, PA (BlackNews.com) - Despite previous assertions, the overwhelming majority of low-income urban teens are accessing the Internet, buying the latest cell phones and engaging in online social networking. A national survey of more than 1,500 African American and Hispanic teens and young adults, revealed that this group is highly-connected, tech savvy and brand l

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Young Women’s Political Leadership Program

Posted by Jim Neusom on February 11, 2009 at 12:04pm

Young Women’s Political Leadership Program:July 15-19, 2009 Washington, DCApplication deadline: February 16, 2009http://www.runningstartonline.org/leadership-program/index.phpThe Young Women’s Political Leadership Program encourages high school girls to channel their leadership into politics. Running Start is hosting our second annual program this July to train high school girls in political leadership skills and to plant the seed that they should run for office. Fifty girls chosen for their lea

Black Women and the Radical Tradition 2009

Posted by SendMeYourNews on February 11, 2009 at 10:27am

A National Conference presented by Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education Saturday March 28, 2009 ALL DAY (come early- seats are limited!) City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) New York City http://www.blackwomen2009.org On March 28, 2009 the Graduate Center for Worker Education at Brooklyn College will welcome some of the leading activists and scholars to take part in a national conference that will discuss the historical and current accomplishment of

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Steele Determination

Posted by Raynard Jackson on February 10, 2009 at 9:50am

February 5, 2009Raynard JacksonThe past three weeks I have been a witness to history that I never dreamed I would see. I was at Obama’s swearing in on January 20th. Then last week I watched the election of Michael Steele to be the first Black and new chairman of the Republican National Committee. The power of the two offices are not comparable, but their significance is.I have known Michael Steele for many, many years and consider him to be a friend. I have watched him persevere through many ups

Are The Sanctions Against Zimbabwe A Weapon Of War ?

Posted by TheBlackList on February 10, 2009 at 9:00am

James C. McIntosh, M.D.: The great Prussian general, and before I get into trouble and anybody is asked to denounce me, for calling a Germanic leader great, let me cautiously say wickedly great. The wickedly great Prussian general Frederick the Great wrote in his instructions to his generals, that "The greatest secret of war and the masterpiece of a skillful general is to starve his enemy. That's what sanctions do. In Zimbabwe sanctions have created critical shortages of supplies of clean wat

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African Union on wrong course

Posted by BF Bankie on February 9, 2009 at 7:44pm

Steve Paterno:February 5, 2009 — Once again the African Union (AU) has proven to be moving in the wrong direction from the principles it ought to adhere. For over fifty years, the five-decade-old continental organization still showing that it is created solely to protect African ruthless dictators. In the event of its annual summit, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the organization first act of shamefulness was to allow itself to be chaired by another dictator, the Libyan Col. Muammar Gadd

Buying Black Isn't Racist; It's Necessary

Posted by TheBlackList on February 9, 2009 at 5:30pm

Buying Black Isn't Racist; It's Necessary Black America Is Still Playing Catch-Up

Pepper Miller John and Maggie Anderson of Oak Park, Ill., made headlines in December when they pledged to help jump-start the economy by exclusively supporting Black-owned businesses for an entire year beginning Jan. 1. As reported in the Chicago Sun-Times: The Andersons, who plan to spend about $10,000 a month ... will move their checking account to and refinance home and car loans with Black organizations. Th

The Malcolm X Museum presents a YOUTH Forum

Posted by SendMeYourNews on February 9, 2009 at 3:45pm

From Malcolm X to Barack Obama: The Legacy of Struggle and Inspiration Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 3:00 PM Langston Hughes Auditorium Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Malcolm X Boulevard & 135th Street Harlem, NY The Malcolm X Museum commemorates the 44th Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) with young adults who will discuss how they have been inspired by Malcolm X and the rise of Barack Obama as the first black President of the United State

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Pagan Amum and the International Criminal Court.

Posted by BF Bankie on February 9, 2009 at 12:02pm

Luke Kuth Dak:FEB. 5/2009, SSN; The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King once said: “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over it’s injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.”When it comes to the International Criminal Court, also known as [ICC], the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement [SPLM] finds itself in awkward position. The party of late Dr. Joh

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An Afrikan Proverb

Posted by MetroSistah on February 9, 2009 at 3:16am

Every morning in AfricaA gazelle wakes upIt knows that it must run faster than the slowest lion, or it will be killedEvery morning a Lion wakes up.It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, when the Sun comes up- you had better be running!

Making the American Flag “Our Flag”

Posted by TheBlackList on February 9, 2009 at 12:00am

Vantage Point Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels Making the American Flag “Our Flag” February 9, 2009 On Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., there was a veritable sea of Red, White and Blue as some two million proud Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Black people, furiously waved their American Flags on the National Mall. This overt expression of affection for the American Flag was somewhat out of character for Blacks, who have been understandably ambivalent about America’s sa

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Philadelphia, PA > Affordable housing in the inner city? (NONE)

Posted by Baba Bob Shipman on February 8, 2009 at 5:51pm

by Bob Shipman | 02.06.2009The following is a excerpt from article written concerning a trend in my city and may be reflected across the nation. We have started a listserv elist yahoo group to begin to build a structure communication tool for the parents of color to the way the leaders of this group tap into this list.please join in the discussion as needed...This time of the year, shaky tax preparers get rich. Many low income folks use the corner store tax company that pops up in December and b

Tyler Perry: The Art of Speakin' "Christian-ese"

Posted by TheBlackList on February 8, 2009 at 4:00pm

Paul Scott: I once asked my homie, spoken word artist, James Washington how it is that a thugged out brotha like him gets invited to speak at churches all the time and a (relatively speaking) clean cut brother, like me, can't even make it past the front door ? "Simple," he said. "You don't know how to speak Christian-ese." Christinese- a type of dialect that will make black folks give you the shirts off their backs. Master the language and African Americans will follow you to the ends of the

Job Notice - Now Hiring - In chicago

Posted by SendMeYourNews on February 8, 2009 at 12:35am

Jobs available in Chicago!!!

Food 4 Less will be hosting a Job Fair on Tuesday February 10,2009 and Wednesday February 11, 2009 from 9am-3pm at SIMEON ALUMNI VILLAGE 820 W. 89TH ST. CHICAGO, IL 60620 *Please apply online @ www.food4less.com , prior to attending the job fair. Interviews may be conducted that day, so please dress professionally. *Minimum Requirements: 18yrs old Drug Screening

THE SECRET MANUAL OF LANDLESS EMANCIPATION AND NEGRO DOMESTICATION

Posted by Ras Jahaziel on February 7, 2009 at 4:30pm

THE SECRET MANUAL OF LANDLESS EMANCIPATION AND NEGRO DOMESTICATION(A secret manuscript that outlines simple strategies for nullifying Black Emancipation and upgrading the slave system to multiracial slavery)What HIDDEN ECONOMIC FORCES would make a people with a long history of enslavement stand in line for hours in the hope of BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD ON THE AUCTION BLOCK AGAIN?SEE WHOLE ARTICLEhttp://www.rastafarivisions.com/wageslave2.html Ras Jahazielwww.rastafarivisions.com

L'Humanitaire ou le viol de nos imaginaires.

Posted by TheBlackList on February 7, 2009 at 10:43am

Mbegane NDOUR: Ousmane Sembéne dans un de ses films mémorables « Guelewar » nous délivre ce message intemporel : « Si tu veux tuer la dignité et l'honneur chez une personne donne lui sa subsistance tous les jours et au bout d'un moment tu en feras un être assisté dépouillé de toute dignité et de tout honneur. » L'Humanitaire a été depuis toujours un concept inventé par l'occident pour soutenir l'idéologie de la mission civilisatrice des populations dites « éclairées » sur les peuples « inférie

Humanitarianism or the rape of our imagination.

Posted by TheBlackList on February 7, 2009 at 9:30am

Mbegane NDOUR: Ousmane SEMBENE in one of its memorable films " Guelewar " delivers us this timeless message: " if you want to kill the dignity and the honor of a person gives him its subsistence every day and at the end you will make him an attended deprived of any dignity and any honor. " HuHumanitarianism was for a long time a concept invented by the west to support the ideology of the civilizing mission of the said "enlightened" populations on the "lower" peoples. It takes source with the m

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Why Babangida Must Not Run For The Presidency Again

Posted by Akintokunbo Adejumo on February 7, 2009 at 5:59am

Wonders, they say, shall never cease. I am not sure if Nigerians all over the world were surprised or not by this recent news item published in many newspapers and internet sources on Wednesday, 4th February 2009, that Nigeria’s former dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, has publicly foreclosed a possibility of his return to rule the country. Babangida made the disclosure during an interview on a satellite television programme, Moments With Mo, mainly citing his age as the reason “I am not gett

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Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan, Update

10th ANNUAL CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL

National Survey Finds That the Hip-Hop Generation Embraces Internet Technology and New Media

Young Women’s Political Leadership Program

Black Women and the Radical Tradition 2009

Steele Determination

Are The Sanctions Against Zimbabwe A Weapon Of War ?

African Union on wrong course

Buying Black Isn't Racist; It's Necessary

The Malcolm X Museum presents a YOUTH Forum

Pagan Amum and the International Criminal Court.

An Afrikan Proverb

Making the American Flag “Our Flag”

Philadelphia, PA > Affordable housing in the inner city? (NONE)

Tyler Perry: The Art of Speakin' "Christian-ese"

Job Notice - Now Hiring - In chicago

THE SECRET MANUAL OF LANDLESS EMANCIPATION AND NEGRO DOMESTICATION

L'Humanitaire ou le viol de nos imaginaires.

Humanitarianism or the rape of our imagination.

Why Babangida Must Not Run For The Presidency Again

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