All Blog Posts Tagged 'black' (28)

IF YOU ARE A SINGLE MOTHER....and you would like to be able to afford a better life for your children...a FEW luxuries, a few perks, instead of just getting by and ALWAYS saying "I don't have the money to your kids"....call me. Black Women Who Want More is conducting interviews for positive women who want MORE!

Black Women Who Want More is an actual SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT GROUP FOR WOMEN OF COLOR. We have a motto and we strive for Excellence in…

Ever since America was forced to suffer through three seasons of Flavor of Love and watching Ty Ruff from the Real World: DC showed his colors, it seems like “unscripted” television has had it out for Black folks. The only “real” depictions we get of ourselves are loud, foul mouthed, feisty,…

After 2012 proving itself to be the year of ratchet reality TV, 2013 kicked off strong with a new reality show on TLC documenting the lives of four pastors’ wives in Atlanta. When the show was initially announced it was met with much criticism. After all, we’ve seen how cameras following people around documenting their “everyday lives” (or what the producers…

TOP 10 GREATEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES OF ALL TIME

So What’s The Good News?  Honoring some of the greatest women to ever grace professional sports, I have decided to construct a list of the 10 very best African-American female athletes ever. Of course, this is just one gal’s opinion, so readers feel free to get at me with your own lists and comments, and I will be sure to…

I do not routinely watch
Basketball Wives
on VH1, because I do not care to watch Black women represent themselves in such a negative light. Unfortunately, I caught a glimpse of the show while channel surfing and was appalled at how Tami Roman behaved on national television. Tami taking Kesha Nichols bag and cell phone hoping to entice her into a fight and just bulling her…

ORLANDO – When I first heard the story of the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin that occurred on February 26, 2012, it broke my heart into tiny pieces - and then I became enraged. Let me give my readers a brief run down as to what transpired.…

I have learned a great deal about myself and about people since working on this fundraiser for the Blackbird Fly initiative.  I was wondering where are the fathers who have daughters it would seem that they would be the one of the biggest supporters of this event.  An organization working to improve the access to programs and resources for young ladies regardless of financial or social standing, religion, race or creed.  ANY…

I'm sitting at home working on a fundraiser for a client when I get an email from another client telling me about a film festival in Durham.  Eh?  What film festival?  Rob Underhill invited her and she called me.  Hey, I'm down, I need to get out of the house anyway.  I finish up my lil' to do list and get ready…

Artina Sharpton & NYOIL Present:…

OPINION-Once again, an NYPD officer shot and killed an unarmed black man – but this time in his own home. A police officer made a transmission over the radio that Ramarley…

     One of the hardest jobs in the world is to be a black woman. We do not get paid our worth and are generally treated like shit. Some might disagree with this premise but I bet my last pair of draws that whoever disagrees with me is not a black woman. It seems like no matter how much we achieve, it is never good enough. Even with a black First Lady in the White House, in the past couple of years, black women have been relentlessly attacked for their looks (…

Why do you think single men shy away from speed-dating?

Through our studies, we’ve come across single men who are apprehensive when it comes to signing up for a speed-dating event.  However, these same single men are dating online and calling the chat lines on a regular basis…

Excellent Interview with Ryan the CEO of the BFHS Network this morning. I was devastated by him and the awesome information he shared on the show. Caller were coming from all over the world. I got a lot of feed back for my show because of the interview.

Ryan, man you are a great man, business minded and so humble in spirit.

Thank You So Much.…

I just have to let everyone know about my high school principal who was a Tuskegee Airman, Quentin P. Smith of Gary, IN. Read this article as he is mentioned and is one of the few survivors at age 93.  In 2007 he recieved a Congressional Medal of Honor

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New Book: You Got Next! Real Talk for the Hip Hop Generation! by Kamal Imani

For teenagers and young…

Couples Celebrate 'Black Marriage Day'

Date: Friday, March 11, 2011, 5:56 am

By: Erica Taylor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show

Fire Station #30 on Central Avenue holds the many stories of racism that black firefighters endured.

There are various challenges to researching African American roots. The speed and success of research depends on the status of your ancestral family, and whether they were free or enslaved prior to the Civil War.

Post Civil War Research



Post-Civil War research is generally easier and more straight forward than pre-Civil War research…