Although poll taxes and literacy tests have been illegal for many decades, blacks are still being denied their rights to fully participate in elections today, according to the black leadership network Project 21.

While the techniques used now to restrict the black vote are more subtle and sophisticated, Project 21 says, the end result is the same: Blacks aren't being given an equal voice in elections.

To ensure that every black citizen has an equal voice in selecting elected officials at all leve

Early Life:
Blair grew up in a middle-class neighborhood on Kalamazoo's West Side. In his Junior year at Kalamazoo Central High School, Ed formed the hip-hop group Da Heartthrob with friends. Many of Ed's earliest performances took place at The Strutt in Kalamazoo. At Maple Street Magnet School, some of his teachers ridiculed his aspirations to become a musician but a teacher by the name of Rasaan Hawkins encouraged Ed to make music his focus in a class he taught called hip-hop hits in which Bl

Princewill takes stand on the security challenges facing Nigeria

….States that it’s time to choose candidates 

Fresh after returning from the national convention of the APC in Abuja, the “prince of the Niger Delta” as he is fondly called, had a brief chat with newsmen where he intimated them on the next steps for his party in the state. Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill highlighted the emergence of Adams Oshiomole as a catalyst for the erosion of PDP in the South South commencing with Rivers state. “

The Law Office of Zulu Ali (zulualilaw.com), a Black-Owned law firm based in Riverside, California, has announced that it has expanded its practice to include representing defendants, victims, and persons seeking reparations before the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands.

The International Criminal Court is an international tribunal that sits in the Hague in the Netherlandsand has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes agains

15 year-old Hip-Hop Jazz Artist co-founds record label focusing on Hip-Hop, Break-Beats, and Dance Music, as he prepares for the release of his debut solo project, "The Concerto" as well as other upcoming projects on the table.

Institutions of Faith are Critically Important to Black Progress, Black Leaders Say

Project 21 Releases Plan to Reinvigorate Black Churches, Including Tax Incentives for Supporting Church Day Care and Schools, Bans of Race-Based Abortions and Ending Federal Restrictions on Church Speech

Washington, DC - Black churches have long been the most important institutions in the black community and reinvigorating them is critically important to further black progress, according to the black leadership n

Rollback of CAFE Mandate Is Compliant with Project 21's "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America".

The Project 21 black leadership network is thanking two members of President Trump's cabinet for easing regulations that disproportionately hurt black Americans and jeopardized driver safety.

Noting that excessive regulatory costs are among the most significant non-racial obstacles to black economic progress, Project 21 thanked Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and Environmental Protec

Illegal immigrants should be prohibited from accessing all but emergency public services because the cost of these services unfairly and disproportionately falls on black families, according to the black leadership network Project 21 in its "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America."

The Blueprint is Project 21's 57-point plan for removing barriers blocking blacks from empowerment and ensuring that they have their chance of attaining the American dream.

The influx of millions of illegal i

Celebrating "Juneteenth," the oldest and most popular commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, leaders of the Project 21 black activist organization urge black Americans seeking more opportunity and prosperity to question political beliefs that have failed them. Project 21's new "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America" furthers Juneteenth's goals of self-improvement and stronger communities by offering innovative policies that address longstanding problems affecting black

Recently, Governor Nyesom Wike gave reason Rivers Ijaw cannot get a University. The governor while speaking to the people of Ekpeye Ethnic nationality who paid him a solidarity visit at Government House last Wednesday, said he will instruct the Chairman of the Governing Council and the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University to cite a campus of the University in Ekpeye land and when other people come (apparently referring to the Riverine people) they should establish University for themse

$1.2 Million UNCF® CPI Cluster Grant to Create an HBCU Consortium on Transformative Teaching Practices for 21st Century Career Pathways

Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, and Tennessee State University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create an HBCU Consortium on Transformative Teaching Practices for 21st Century Career Pathways. This groundbreaking and purposeful inter-institutional consortium will be centered on faculty development.

These three state institutions,

Students trapped in failing schools can be freed by encouraging competition among public schools through the provision of vouchers and "Tax Credit Scholarships," according to the black leadership network Project 21 in the latest installment of its "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America."  

Project 21 suggests funding these programs by reducing funding for schools failing to meet certain minimum academic standards and by replacing the "Presidential Campaign Fund" tax form check-off with o

As Mumble and Emo Rap are being touted as the sound of a new hip-hop generation, the same generation struggles to rise from the record industry imposed monolithic pigeon hole of banal music.

Sitting in the control room at Area Twenty-Two, listening to the post mastering session playback of the various mixes of "The Concerto", The ZYG 808 realizes that he is entering the game with a very distinctive sound and style, that especially stands out from many of his contemporaries. "Everybody's trying t

Google's Parent Company Alphabet Asked to Commit to Viewpoint Diversity, Instead Adopts Policy Dubbed "Racist and Sexist".

 As Google search results continue to deride conservative organizations and politicians, a leading shareholder activist proposed a solution by asking Google's parent company, Alphabet, to commit to a new policy to increase the tech giant's ideological diversity. Alphabet's leadership instead announced a new board selection policy that uses a racial and gender paradigm.

I am for anything that is provides and evidence-based solution to ending gentrification in black neighborhoods that displaces people, eradicates redlining, prevents inhabitable and un-affordable housing that is unsafe, in communities that are over policed and taxed disproportionately. Something certainly has to give. I am not 100% sure the Tulsa Real Estate Fund is the answer, but I do admire the effort.

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USA Swimming Foundation Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® for Largest Kickboard to Kick Off the 10th Annual Make a Splash Tour Presented by Phillips 66

Effort Aims to Raise Awareness of the Importance of Learning to Swim and Campaign to add 2020 Census Question, 'Do you know how to swim?'

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The USA Swimming Foundation kicked-off its 10^thannual Make a Splash Tour presented by Phillips 66 today in Washington, D.C., by setting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

The Phunk Hits 2018 summer concert tour is in full swing and the next stop is Focsicles in Provincetown, this coming Saturday.

The next stop on the party train is on Saturday, June 2 at Focsicles at the Governor Bradford, 312 Commercial Street, Provincetown. Doors open at 7:30pm for an 8PM show. $10 cover at the door. Focsicles is a new, family friendly, live music venue in Ptown and this will be the first of two stops that The GroovaLottos will be making at this venue as a part of The Phunk Hits