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New Book, It’s In Your Hand!, Provides Roadmap for Struggling Readers

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(www.its-in-your-hand-readinghelp.com) is a long awaited instructional roadmap to teach the fundamentals of reading and writing to children and adults. Written by Nori Rem, a former school principal and dyslexia interventionist from Houston, Texas, it was developed specifically to address the needs of students who struggle to read. The techniques outlined in this 248 page book […]
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Crime Expert and Author Ron Chepesiuk Uncovers Criminal Legend Frank Matthews in New Book “Black Caesar: The Rise and Disappearance of Frank Matthews, Kingpin”

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New York City – On July 2, 1973, Frank Matthews, history’s first African American drug kingpin, jumped bail in New York City with $15 to $20 million – the equivalent of $80 million to $90 million in today’s money. It is believed he took his beautiful mistress, Cheryl Brown with him. Though Matthews is undisputedly […]
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Environment

UNCF SP Toyota Green Ambassadors (Video)

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Selected and trained by UNCF Special Programs (UNCFSP) Building Green Initiative and Toyota Green Initiative, some 52 students on 27 HBCU campuses serve as “Green Ambassadors.” Green Ambassadors participated in the Toyota Campus Prius Tour, a college tour featuring Toyota hybrid vehicle test drives, a simulated recycling center and eco-friendly games and prizes. Visit Building […]
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Headlines

Black People Out-Voted Whites & Black Women Surpassed All Voters in 2012

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Washington, DC – Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition) and convener of Black Women’s Roundtable issued the following statement in response to a U. S. Census Bureau report released yesterday finding that about two in three eligible blacks (66.2 percent) voted in the 2012 […]
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News

NJWeedman Launches his Jury Nullification Tour in Washington State During Protest March to Support the “Bellingham Cannabis 3” on May 8

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Bellingham, WA – When Martin Nickerson opened Northern Cross Collective Gardens (NCCG), a medical marijuana collective garden, he had the health and well-being of his patients in mind. Operating under the jurisdiction of State Law Rcw 69.51a, his Bellingham, WA location is supported by over 1300 patients, many of whom are disease suffering and seek […]
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Commentary

National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Statement Supporting President Obama’s Nomination of Mayor Anthony R. Foxx as Secretary of Department of Transportation

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Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition), issued the following statement today on President Obama’s nomination of The Honorable Anthony Foxx, Mayor of City of Charlotte, NC, to serve as Secretary of Transportation: On behalf of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, we are […]
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Entertainment

Bassist Anthony Crawford Fuses Musical Genres with “Urban Jazz / My Story” Release

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Los Angeles – One might easily contend that bassist Anthony Crawford has music flowing through his veins instead of blood. When you take into consideration that his dad is the noted funk and rock drummer Hubert “H bomb” Crawford, who has played with greats like James Brown, Cyndi Lauper and Mother’s Finest, and his uncle […]
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Atlanta News

Civil Rights Royalty Remembers Dr. King Celebrating Drum Majors for Justice

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ATLANTA – Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom, U. S. State Department, was visibly moved as she accepted her award at the SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc.’s (sclc/WOMEN, Inc.) 34th Annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner held in Atlanta last week. “I could not miss this moment,” Ambassador […]
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Commentary

Is Barack Obama George Bush Dipped In Chocolate? – By Lucius Gantt

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The Gantt Report – I am really worried about President Obama. When he first ran for President he was Barack, the proud son of an African man. No disrespect, but now he seems to be acting like Barry, the sheltered son of a Caucasian woman! I know if an African American says anything contrary about […]
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