BY: STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR.
Posted: Oct. 21 2015 10:47 AM
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants to ban flights from New Jersey to Cuba until Assata Shakur (formerly known as Joanne Chesimard), who was convicted in 1977 for the murder of a New Jers ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2015 at 11:12AM
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Thessalonika Arzu-Embry is no ordinary 16 year old. She is an astounding young women who is inspiring to many. At the young age of 11 years old she began taking college courses. By age 14 she had earned her bachelor’s degree. This year she will be co ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2015 at 10:41AM
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — WJZ has learned the mother of Freddie Gray, the man who died in police custody last April, has attempted suicide.
Rick Ritter has more on what happened.
WJZ has confirmed with multiple sources in the past hour that Gloria Da ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2015 at 8:54AM
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By: Evette Champion
As a little girl, Jedidah Isler was fascinated by the night sky. She has taken that love and worked her way toward becoming an astrophysicist though the Astrophysics program at Yale University. Now, she studies blazars—super ma ...
Posted Thursday, October 22nd 2015 at 4:28PM
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One of America's finest R&B singers, Etta James became an “Honorable Elijah Muhammad Muslim” using the name “Jamesetta X” in the early 1960s, after hearing Minister Louis Farrakhan preach. For 10 years she called herself a Muslim, later reflecting: “ ...
Posted Thursday, October 22nd 2015 at 4:01PM
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From New York Daily News
October 19, 2015
A well-known Florida drummer, who doubled as the assistant manager of the Delray Beach Housing Authority, was shot dead by a plain clothes Palm Beach Gardens police officer in an unmarked car after his ca ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 11:54AM
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Too many students are thinking about dropping out of K12 schools. It can start as early as 3rd or 4th grade. How can we help young people to thrive and know that they can make a valuable contribution to society. Students often do not know hoe there ...
Posted Thursday, October 15th 2015 at 1:45PM
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A European-manufactured pirate ship toy set includes a shackled slave character, and instructions on how to place the slave cuff around the Black character’s neck. What could go wrong?
As CBS13 in Sacramento reported, Ida Lockett, a Black mother ...
Posted Monday, October 12th 2015 at 9:31PM
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FLORIDA--A black woman who was punched and tackled to the ground by two white Jacksonville policemen for filming the arrest of her husband claims the cops stole her phone with a recording on the incident.
According to Kelli Wilson, she went down ...
Posted Monday, October 12th 2015 at 9:21PM
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AT LEFT: Photo Of Nation of Islam Representative Dennis Muhammad with "Empire" actor Bryshere Gray
Hey isn’t that… music moguls Russell Simmons and P. Diddy (a.k.a. Sean Combs); rappers J. Cole and Snoop Dogg; comedian Dave Chappelle; and “Empire ...
Posted Monday, October 12th 2015 at 9:16PM
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Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered the keynote address at the Justice Or Else rally commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March this past Saturday in Washington D.C.
During the three-hour sermon, Min. Farrakhan addressed a wide ra ...
Posted Monday, October 12th 2015 at 9:01PM
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