New Orleans, LA – The New Orleans office of UNCF-the United Negro College Fund-the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, announced that it is hosting its 23rd Annual Walk for Education on Saturday, October 2, 2010 in New Orleans at the Audubon Zoo Riverview. Members of the community and friends of UNCF are […]
President Obama Addresses his Birthplace & Religion– AGAIN
Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management Scholarship $2,000 for STEM-related degree in the Carolinas
College Park, MD – BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) and the Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management (CESM) are proud to announce the first annual CESM Scholarship for BDPA Students. One rising high school senior will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship to pursue a college degree focused on information technology. The CESM Scholar will be […]
Melanie Campbell Speaks at NAN Reclaim the Dream March
On Glenn Beck and Al Sharpton’s Separate and Unequal Rallies
By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – The New York Times cyber headline “Beck and Sharpton hold parallel rallies” perhaps says it best. 47 years to the day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his vision of an America where race matters less than character, two men, both self anointed heirs to his legacy and that […]
Maryland Black Mayors, Inc.-Giving Power to the People
by Raynard Jackson – I was honored to be asked to be the moderator for the Maryland Black Mayors, Inc. (MBM), county executive forum for Prince George’s County, MD (see picture above). Prince George’s County is the wealthiest predominately Black county in the United States. It is considered a suburb of Washington, DC. They represent […]
Political Sheep
The Gantt Report – Boo hoo! Boo hoo! I’m a registered independent voter that wished I could vote for some candidates in Primary Elections. Jezebel lost, Jemima lost, Fidler lost. Sambo lost. Kingfish lost. Amos lost. Andy lost. All of the handkerchief-headed, boot licking Uncle Toms that disrespected and took Black voters for granted lost. […]
Is America Only for White People?
by Joseph C. Phillips – Is America only for white people? The question stuck in my mind following yet another e-mail exchange with a friend of mine, regarding my conservatism. For this particular gentleman, being black in America is at odds with conservatism. As he put it: “…Particularly as African-Americans, I feel we are in […]