Panel will Probe the Importance of the 2012 Elections for the Black Community Washington, DC- The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), the Harvard Black Alumni Society and the Bethel Literary and Historic Society of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, DC, will present a panel on voting rights issues and the importance of the 2012 elections […]
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Cleo Manago Outs GLAAD As “Blackophobic” and Questions Whether GLAAD has the Credibility to Bring Down a Litany of Black Men
By Cleo Manago – As the founder and national organizer of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX), the nation’s oldest and largest community-based movement for same gender loving (SGL), gay-identifying and bisexual African-descended males and allies, the actions of GLAAD raise great concern to me. A predominantly White organization, GLAAD may want to consider changing their […]
Bill To Stop The Use of Credit History in Hiring Decisions Moves Forward With Additions
Tallahassee, FL – Legislation filed by Orlando Senator Gary Siplin to prohibit employers from using an individual’s credit history in hiring decisions passed from the Senate Committee on Commerce and Tourism today. Senate Bill 102 seeks to prohibit employers from using a job applicant’s personal credit history as a criterion for hiring, except where credit […]
Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant Celebrates Black History Month with 19 Years Announcing Nationwide Registration
Los Angeles – The Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant celebrates Black History Month 2012 with this year’s event slated for be held Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:00 p.m. at the Wishire Ebell Theater, 4401 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. The longest running pageant for little African American misses, the scholarship event has a history […]
Prisonworld Magazine Publishers Jenny and Rufus Triplett Named Ebony Magazine’s “Couple of the Year”
Atlanta, GA – Jenny and Rufus Triplett have always kept it real. The couple has survived incarceration, raised three young men, run their own multimedia company and are celebrating 22 years of successful marriage. Out of all their many trials and tribulations however, Ebony Magazine’s recent designation as “Couple of the Year” is perhaps the […]
Melissa Harris-Perry to Debut Weekend Program on @MSNBC
MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry is the latest edition to MSNBC’s expanding weekend lineup. Her new program, set to air Saturdays and Sundays 10a-noon ET, will debut on MSNBC February 4th. The announcement was made by MSNBC President Phil Griffin. Chris Hayes will continue to lead off MSNBC’s weekend programming with his popular roundtable program ‘Up,’ […]
‘Occupy the Dream’ Aims to Grow Black Business Ownership
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – A national group of Black clergy, led by former NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Chavis, is aiming to reverse the Black unemployment rate by changing the economic mindset of Black people. “You’d be surprised that a lot of people ask why we are the most unemployed. The say we need […]
UNCF Intensifies Efforts to Raise $5 Million to Help Minority College Students Graduate This Year
Fairfax, GA- Hundreds of young American minority college students in their final year of college are in immediate danger of not graduating. “They have hit the economic wall and have nowhere else to turn,” said Pearl Algere-Lonian, Director of Financial Aid at Xavier University of Louisiana, one of the 38 historically black colleges and universities […]
Civil Rights Groups Again Ask Government to Block South Carolina Voter ID Law
Coalition Calls the Law Racially Discriminatory; Asks Justice Department to Intervene CHARLESTON — A coalition of civil rights and advocacy groups has again asked the U. S. Department of Justice to block a South Carolina law that would prevent registered voters from casting ballots at the polls on Election Day unless they have government-approved photo […]