New York, NY – Do you have what it takes to separate black business facts from fantasy, build your entrepreneurial muscles with a real business plan, and endure short-term failure to achieve long-term success? Let Dante Lee teach you how. As a 20-year-old college student, Lee developed a promising business concept. And by 30, this […]
Fiction Author Madison Taylor Re-releases “Scattered Lies I & II” as Two-Volume Special
Debut Album From CJ Ballance – A Youthful Praise With A Relevant Message
Aulander, NC – CJ Ballance is taking the gospel music industry by storm with his debut album, If God Said It. Singing from his heart, this North Carolina teen may be young in age but has a lot to share. Hailing from a family of singers, CJ was destined to sing. From the tender age […]
From Prison Roll To Honor Roll – Eric Johnson Scholarship Fund
1st Black Woman Headed to Ohio Supreme Court
By Martha Neil – Born to a teenage single mother in Ohio who worked two jobs to provide for the family, Yvette McGee Brown has soared far above what might have been predicted for her based on where she started in life. McGee Brown earned her law degree at Ohio State University in 1985 at […]
Haley Barbour’s Racially Insensitive Remarks
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour recently put his foot in his mouth during an interview with The Weekly Standard when he spoke about his memories of the civil rights movement. According to Reuters.com, Barbour, who may seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, said of the segregated South, “I just don’t remember it as being that […]
Star Jones Joins UPTOWN Magazine as Editor-At-Large
NEW YORK- UPTOWN Magazine announced that attorney, television personality, former prosecutor, political insider, philanthropist and bestselling author Star Jones has joined as Editor-at-Large, effective immediately. Founded in 2004, Uptown Magazine delivers fashion, lifestyle, political and entertainment content specifically created for affluent African Americans. Jones’ first UPTOWN editorial contribution to the publication will be in the […]
Secession/Civil War Anniversary Celebrations Miss the Mark
By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – December 20, 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of South Carolina’s bold secession from the Union. Several weeks later, on January 10, 1861, Florida followed suit and became an independent entity for several weeks until early February, when it joined South Carolina and five other states to form the Confederate States […]
Davis bids goodbye to politics, Alabama
By Deborah Berry – Washington – The last few weeks of the lame-duck session have dragged on for Artur Davis, who has had little say during the final weeks of his congressional career. The Alabama Democrat no longer has an office in the ornate Cannon House Office Building. Like other lawmakers who lost races this […]