The following text is derived from one of several Mother's Day speeches delivered by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
"Heaven Lies at the Foot of Mother." This quotation was spoken by Prophet Muh ...
Posted Sunday, May 11th 2014 at 3:31PM
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BEAUTIFUL MOTHERS
Your appearance
is so divine
Your fragrance
is so fine
A mothers hug
is all you need
To feel safe,
loved, and warm
A mothers advice is
what helps you through life
She is an angel
sent from above for all ...
Posted Sunday, May 11th 2014 at 3:23PM
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Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad at the Grande Mosque in Oman, in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 11:51AM
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CHICAGO--Jet magazine, the digest-sized publication that has been a staple among African-American readers for 63 years, is getting out of the print business.
Johnson Publishing announced Wednesday that Jet, which has a circulation of more than 70 ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 11:46AM
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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Office Depot is planning to close at least 400 U.S. stores, as its merger with OfficeMax resulted in an overlap of retail locations that can be consolidated.
The combined company's financial results beat Wall Street estimates ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 9:43AM
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Muhammad Ali embraces Sedar Chappelle, 3, and his brother Dave, of Silver Spring, Maryland, during a visit Sedar and his parents paid to the champ's hotel room after a training session for his fight Friday night with Jimmy Young for the heavyweight t ...
Posted Tuesday, May 6th 2014 at 10:55AM
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In this audio, Sterling expresses ideas similar to the ones he did in the original: The world will think certain things if you're seen with black people, he tells his mistress, so you should not be seen with them in public, and under no circumsta ...
Posted Sunday, April 27th 2014 at 6:55PM
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Complete transcript of LeBron's response on Donald Sterling. So powerful. So raw. (Read to very last sentence)
What are your thoughts on Donald Sterling’s comments?
“If the reports are true, it’s unacceptable. It’s unacceptable in our league. I ...
Posted Sunday, April 27th 2014 at 6:47PM
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The Jackson State version of "Happy" features more than 100 participants, including JSU President Carolyn W. Meyers and actor Danny Glover. ...
Posted Friday, April 25th 2014 at 1:55PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Black men locked up in Illinois prisons make up more than half the population and 63 percent of them are fathers with minor children.
Wesley Cooke was one of them. He was just a teenager when he became a father to a baby ...
Posted Friday, April 25th 2014 at 1:19PM
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A male student armed with two knives went on a slashing and stabbing rampage at a high school in Murrysville, Pa., Wednesday, injuring at least 19 students before he was subdued and handcuffed, police said.
At least 8 people were hospitalized with ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 12:58PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Students, faculty and community members packed the Bruce Cherry Theater at Olive-Harvey College on the city’s south side to share views on the importance of education, and to hear solutions to the problems of crime and viole ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 12:54PM
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A video of police bullying at its finest has gone viral on Facebook. The video shows the victim’s, Donrell Breaux (pictured), home seemingly invaded by a Sheriff’s Office deputy who is seen trying to forcibly cuff him without following protocol.
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Posted Saturday, April 5th 2014 at 4:14PM
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"Hurry up, please.”
Like most busy New York City 5-year-olds, Kinsey Saleh is in a rush.
Instead of playing outside with her friends after school, the spunky kindergartner is hooked up to a dialysis machine three long afternoons a week to stay ...
Posted Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 at 5:12PM
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Spike Lee is on rant mode once again and this time his discontent is directed at New York Times film critic A.O. Scott who wrote a column discussing the director’s gentrification remarks from February. Thing is, Lee attacked Scott for critiques that ...
Posted Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 at 4:56PM
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Yityish “Titi” Aynaw, First Black Miss Isreal
WASHINGTON — The first black woman to win the crown of Miss Israel says she believes the country has real problems with its treatment of refugees and immigrants from Africa but that the situation is im ...
Posted Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 at 2:54PM
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Barbara Ross-Lee, the sister of legendary singer and actress Diana Ross, has worked in private practice, for the U.S. Public Health Service, and on numerous committees, and in 1993 was the first African American woman to be appointed dean of a United ...
Posted Monday, March 31st 2014 at 6:54PM
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Lisa Fritsch is the first African-American woman to run for Texas governor, a seventh-generation Texan who grew up in Tyler and now resides in Austin. Although she did not win enough votes to force a runoff for the Republican nomination against Attor ...
Posted Monday, March 31st 2014 at 6:47PM
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Headaches seem to be a common human condition. Some of us get them more frequently and more intensely. We also find relief in different ways. Some hit the meds, and some meditate or find other stress relieving techniques.
How many people find rel ...
Posted Thursday, March 27th 2014 at 1:02PM
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Marjorie Stewart Joyner (October 24, 1896 – December 27, 1994) was an American businesswoman. She was born in 1896, in Monterey, Virginia. She was the granddaughter of a slave owner and a slave. In 1912, she moved to Chicago and began studying cosmet ...
Posted Thursday, March 27th 2014 at 11:25AM
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