This morning I hit twitter and “We Got Played” was trending. Clearly I figured it had something to do with the Black community … or, hip-hop community… or maybe even some Trump supporters admitting they were conned. I never imagined the buzz would be from an article in TheRoot.com about the esteemed leader of one […]
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2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration Week Long Schedule of Events
January 8, 2017 – January 16, 2017 Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 10:45am – PreHoliday Activities Worship and Fellowship – Zion Grove Baptist Church; 606 Pryor Street; Atlanta, Georgia –Friday, January 13, 2017 8:30am – The Annual Dr. King Labor/Human Rights Prayer Breakfast – Hyatt Regency Atlanta – 2665 Peachtree Street, NE; Atlanta, Georgia 30303 […]
Join Greater Atlanta National Council of Negro Women for their holiday gala Sat. Dec. 10, 6 PM at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta.
Featuring Ballethnic Dance Company & Adam L. McKnight, Poetry by Hank Stewart, Phillippia & Blaze One Band. For tickets www.greateratlantancnw.org or Paypal. Please join the National Council of Negro Women, Greater Atlanta to celebrate the joyous holiday season and honor outstanding trailblazers during their 1st Annual Holiday Gala, themed “Harlem Nights, A Renaissance of Opportunity […]
Roland Martin Confronts White Nationalist Richard Spencer On NewsOne Now
(NewsOne Now) – Members of the National Policy Institute held their national conference in Washington, D.C. this weekend. The group has been broadly referred to as part of the Alt-Right and the positions they embrace align with White Nationalism, White Supremacy, and downright racism. Members of their movement have been energized and emboldened by the […]
Black, White and Blue: A Spotlight on Race in America
Silver Spring, MD – Radio One, Inc., the largest black owned multi-media company in America and parent company of TV One, Interactive One, Reach Media and One Solution and Edison Research today announce the findings of “Black, White and Blue: A Spotlight on Race in America,” an in-depth study on the true state of race […]
Transformative Justice Coalition Presents African American Women and the Law Conference
The inaugural African American Women and the Law Conference will take place September 13 – 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. Presented by Transformative Justice Coalition, the conference will explore approaches to ending structural racism, patriarchy, and violence. Click here for the tentative Schedule. Register for the conference at eventbrite here.
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo ‘Sickened’ by Violent Arrest of Breaion King
It appears that some of the higher ups in law enforcement are finally realizing that the way to avoid protests when one of your officers does the wrong thing is to acknowledge that the officer was wrong, apologize and take steps to make sure the violent cop suffers consequences for his actions. Kudos to Austin […]
Philando Castile: Stopped 52 Times by Police: Was it Racial Profiling?
By Carla K. Johnson and Steve Karnowski, Associated Press – When Philando Castile saw the flashing lights in his rearview mirror the night he got shot, it wasn’t unusual. He had been pulled over at least 52 times in recent years in and around the Twin Cities and given citations for minor offenses including speeding, […]
In Passionate Response to Recent Murders of Black Men by Cops, Black Police Officer Pleads for Biased Officers to Find Another Career
No words can express the hurt and agony a Black mother goes through seeing our children being murdered by the police. Imagine the hurt and shame when the Black mother is a police officer and must adhere to the code of silence. Well this strong sister, Nakia Jones, stood up and called a spade a […]