By The Admin on September 30, 2010
Black Voice News
- When Riverside educators John and Sharon Moody named their first born Uhura Matt ‘Freedom’(Swahilli) it was a culturally proud moment. They were returning to their roots by choosing a name that sounded uniquely Black.
For some a unique name has been an asset. For stars like Oprah Winfrey, Shaquille O’Neal or Denzel Washington, [...]
Posted in Money & Finance
By The Admin on September 30, 2010
First lady Michelle Obama’s campaign for healthier school lunches has stalled in Congress after anti-hunger groups and more than 100 Democrats protested the use of food stamp dollars to pay for it.
Passage of the child nutrition bill, which would improve lunches in schools and expand feeding programs for low-income students, has been a priority for [...]
Posted in Congress, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on September 30, 2010
One of four men accusing megachurch Bishop Eddie Long of coercing them into inappropriate sexual relationships said in a TV interview that aired Wednesday that he and the pastor would have encounters before and after worship services on church grounds.
Jamal Parris, 22, told Fox TV affiliate WAGA that they engaged in sexual acts at Long’s [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm | Tagged Eddie Long, New Birth Missionary Baptist
By The Admin on September 30, 2010
New York Post
- The NYPD is teaming-up with Brooklyn’s clergy to turn the tide of the city’s African Americans drawing the lionshare of bloodshed when it comes to gun violence.
Commissioner Raymond Kelly summited with local religious community members today on the second flore of Police Headquarters in Lower Manhattan to announce the establishment of the [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on September 30, 2010
USA Today
- Elementary schools in white neighborhoods here are whiter now, and those in the black neighborhoods are blacker.
Under an integration plan the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in 2007, the Jefferson County School District required every school across greater Louisville to have an enrollment that was 15% to 50% African-American. The goal was to [...]
Posted in Education, Kentucky
