villagechief, Author at Dogon Village

Commentary

All in the Family?

March 20, 2011 villagechief 0

By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – When a man and woman conceive and deliver a baby family members and nosey friends are quick to look for two things. They want to know who does the baby look like and what are the baby’s mannerisms and disposition, who does the baby act like. If a […]

Atlanta News

Shirley Sherrod, Jasmine Guy and Fonzworth Bentley Among 2011 Drum Major for Justice Honorees

March 15, 2011 villagechief 0

Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Civil Rights – Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Rep. John Lewis – will be honored Evelyn Gibson Lowery, founder and chair of SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. announced today that former Georgia State Director of USDA Rural Development, Shirley Sherrod; award-winning actor, […]

Headlines

Minority Real Estate Leaders Say Government Efforts Are Failing to Meet Needs of Multicultural Homebuyers

March 15, 2011 villagechief 0

Coalition Recommends Five-Point Plan & Diversity to Support Sustainability, Accountability & Responsibility Washington, DC – Saying millions of Americans are being left out of the American dream of homeownership, the nation’s three largest organizations representing multicultural real estate professionals, Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), […]

Entertainment

Music Man Jay King Approaches Two-Year Anniversary with “The Way I See It” on BlogTalkRadio.com

March 15, 2011 villagechief 0

Hollywood, CA – Industry veteran, music producer and radio personality Jay King celebrates two years on the internet airwaves this April with his show “The Way I See It” on BlogTalkRadio.com/Jay-King (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jay-king). With a fan base that has grown exponentially over the years, King is forever pushing the envelope with subject matters that provoke, stimulate […]

Commentary

For The State of Black America, The Issue Is Jobs

March 15, 2011 villagechief 0

By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #11) – From March 29th through the 31st, the National Urban League brings its fight for urban jobs to Capitol Hill with its 2011 Legislative Policy Conference. This year’s summit will make the case for targeted action to tackle the persistent unemployment crisis in Black America. Dozens of […]

Chuck Hobbs

Florida Governor Rick Scott returns State to Jim Crow Era on Civil Rights Restoration for ex-felons

March 14, 2011 villagechief 0

By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – There is an old cliché that “those who fail to understand history are doomed to repeat it.” This week, Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and CFO Jeff Atwater, who collectively comprise the state’s Executive Clemency Board, repeated history by reversing a 2007 Order from […]

Gantt Report

NFL Labor Dispute is a plot against fans

March 13, 2011 villagechief 0

By Lucius Gantt – I’m tired of listening to my friends debate about the National Football League’s labor dispute. Whenever million dollar professional athletes bicker with billion dollar team owners the outcome is always the same, only the fans lose! I can walk pretty well. Work on the treadmill has been very, very good to […]

Video

Video: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

March 12, 2011 villagechief 0

Headlines

Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Terry’s Father-Daughter Ball Highlights Bond Between Fathers and Daughters

March 12, 2011 villagechief 0

Dallas, TX — Dancing, dinner and fond memories between fathers and their daughters will mark the debut of the annual Jason Terry Foundation Father-Daughter Ball, “A Royal Affair.” The Dallas community is invited to share an evening to highlight and celebrate the importance of the father/daughter relationship while raising scholarship funds for deserving high school […]