villagechief, Author at Dogon Village

Books

Black Mafia Widow, Thelma Wright Shares Her Story in New Book “With Eyes From Both Sides – Living My Life In and Out of the Game”

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

Philadelphia – The words “queen pen” and “boss lady” can conjure up many images. One might think of an icy, cold-blooded gangstress who is heartless about the business at hand. Yet, the sparkling, green eyes belonging to Thelma Wright paint a different picture. Though rumored at one time to be the most powerful and dangerous […]

Commentary

Racing Toward The Bottom

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Julianne Malveaux – While a Department of Education program embraces “a race to the top,” our nation’s current stance toward our 14 million officially unemployed people represents nothing less than a race to the bottom. We are content to report, month after month, unemployment rates in excess of 9 percent, to use questionable language […]

Commentary

Always Exploited, Always Scared

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – I often wonder where would we be if the Biblical Moses was afraid of the Biblical Pharoah? Where would we be if David was frightened of Goliath? And where would we be if Mary and Joseph were scared to parent a child after Biblical politicians threatened to hunt […]

Commentary

National Urban League Conference Makes Boston the Epicenter of War on Unemployment

July 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Marc Morial (To Be Equal #28) – From July 27-30, the National Urban League, in cooperation with the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, will bring our “Jobs Rebuild America” national conference to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts CEO, Darnell Williams serves as host for this clarion call for […]

Carl DeWayne West

Pimping Ain’t Easy, But its Happening to All of Us!

July 13, 2011 villagechief 0

By Carl D. West – Take a survey and ask so-called job creators, the riches ten percent of this country if they wouldn’t mind paying more in taxes to help stir-up the pot and contribute to easing the burden and strain on the bottom half of the country. It’s just that simple, so why do […]

Black Colleges Play A Vital Role in President Obama’s Plan

July 10, 2011 villagechief 0

By Stan Washington – If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in higher education, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will need to play a major role, says a White House official on education. Just how the nation’s predominately black institutions will participate in that objective was the main topic […]

Entertainment

Cutting Edge CE secures NATAS’s Chairman Darryl Cohen as Speaker for New Orleans music business conference

July 10, 2011 villagechief 0

New Orleans, LA – The Cutting Edge Music Business Conference has announced that it has secured NATAS’s Chairman Darryl B. Cohen as a speaker for one of its continuing legal education sessions during its annual music business conference. On May 26th of last year, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), which produces […]

Headlines

Video Trailer of TV Pilot Created by Asha May, Debbie Allen, Idris Elba and Lance Gross

July 8, 2011 villagechief 0

Asha May, together with her mentor Debbie Allen, Idris Elba and Lance Gross have created an excellent TV series Milk + Honey. Idris and the Brown Paper Dolls company (Chicagoans and Howard U, FAMU & Spelman, grads Dana Gills, Asha Kamali May, and Jeanette McDuffie) have been working on this seriesfor over 3 years. The […]

Headlines

Rev. Al Sharpton, Marc Lamont Hill and Cleo Manago to Contribute to Historic Discussion at Black Manhood & Sexual Diversity Forum in NYC

July 7, 2011 villagechief 0

New York, NY – From comedian Tracy Morgan’s controversial rant to CNN’s Don Lemon’s coming out’, to the historic legalization of same-sex marriage in New York last week – homosexuality is at the forefront of water cooler conversations these days. It is a particularly hot topic within the Black community, given the social, political and […]