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Question: Where Is Black Leadership In America?

Question: Where Is Black Leadership In America?

by Maria Lloyd Last year, the Your Black World Network launched a poll asking its readers a burning question: Are you happy with the state of black leadership…

Amazing: Twin Basketball Stars are also Valedictorians

Amazing: Twin Basketball Stars are also Valedictorians

Marcos and Malcolm Allen are big shots, and they deserve every accolade they get.  The two boys are now 18-years old and headed to college.  That might be something to be proud of were it not for the fact that they’ve accomplished so much more. Both of the young men have been chosen as valedictorians […]

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Respected Tulsa Native Was Also a Klansman Who May Have Helped Burn Down Black Wall Street

Respected Tulsa Native Was Also a Klansman Who May Have Helped Burn Down Black Wall Street

By Staff Blogger On the surface Wyatt Tate Brady was a businessman who used his wealth to help build up the city of Tulsa. But beneath the veneer, lay another side of the man: Brady was an active member of the local Ku Klux Klan.  Now many are questioning his role in the 1921  Tulsa […]

Ted Nugent Says Stevie Wonder is a “Brain Dead numnut” for Boycotting Florida

by Staff Blogger Ted Nugent has done it again.  He has opened his big mouth to spit venom and this time his target is a fellow musician. As if it was not bad enough that he insulted the character of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, now he is attacking an icon of the music industry: Stevie Wonder. […]

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Kids Thrown From Car After Angry Mom Jerks Steering Wheel Away From Dad

Kids Thrown From Car After Angry Mom Jerks Steering Wheel Away From Dad

If you’re a driving with your spouse and an argument ensues, it’s always a good idea to table the disagreement until you reach home. This is the lesson a Texas family learned in the most painful way possible. A Houston mother endangered her family when she caused her husband to crash into a tree during […]

 

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Mother Believes Cop Who Fatally Shot Her Son Wanted S*xual Relationship With Underage Teen

Mother Believes Cop Who Fatally Shot Her Son Wanted S*xual Relationship With Underage Teen

A Memphis mother says the story an ex-cop is telling about why he fatally shot her son just doesn’t make sense. During an interview with local affiliate WREG-TV…

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Sisters Hailed as Heroes For Quick Thinking After They Awoke to Man Pointing Gun at Woman

Sisters Hailed as Heroes For Quick Thinking After They Awoke to Man Pointing Gun at Woman

Two New Jersey sisters are being credited with saving a woman’s life after they helped prevent what may’ve become murder-suicide in West Virginia. The two sisters, Marilyn Gibbs…

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Five Years Later: What Has Obama Accomplished in the Job Market?

By Nigel Boys The job market has started to climb back to where it was…

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How Skipping Breakfast Can Give You a Heart Attack

By Nigel Boys According to a new survey of men aged between 45 and 82,…

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Oops: Michigan News Reporter Mistakenly Draws P-nis on Traffic Map

Oops: Michigan News Reporter Mistakenly Draws P-nis on Traffic Map

Be careful Michigan drivers, because WJRT reporter Siobhan Riley’s traffic report may not actually get you where you want to go. The reporter was attempting to alert drivers…

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Dr. Tommy Whittler:  The Challenge of Black Scholars at White Universities

Dr. Tommy Whittler: The Challenge of Black Scholars at White Universities

by Dr. Tommy Whittler As a long time subscriber to Sports Illustrated, I read more than a few articles by a Black writer, Ralph Wiley.  I was taken…

 

Relationships: The Newest Major Deal Breaker For Finding Love

Relationships: The Newest Major Deal Breaker For Finding LoveBy: Krystle Crossman FreeCreditScore.com surveyed 1,000 people about credit scores and how it would affect a future relationship. The results were that 30% of women and 20% of men said…

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Never Too Late: CA Man Overcomes Homelessness and Poverty, Becomes College GraduateBy Victor Trammell A black man who grew up as a foster child on the mean streets of Oakland, California recently achieved an academic milestone few people accomplish who share similar circumstances of his adverse background. Joe Jackson, 34, (pictured) graduated last week from the University of California-Davis earning a bachelor’s degree in women and gender studies. […]

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