Education program ends revolving door for some ex-cons Todd Johnson, The Grio | April 7, 2011 Harlem, New York — At just 21 years old, Brandon Johnson’s life is already at a crossroads. His life changed some four years ago as a senior in high school. He was charged with gang assault and robbery — […]
As a young black girl like most children I told lies. I told big lies. I told small lies. I told white lies. I told lies. And, even had the audacity to argue with my “all seeing all knowing” do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do black grandmother about the usage of lie over her usage of “telling a story.” What […]
Today Show | March 23, 2011 Anaih Rucker, 9, talks about her courageous, split-second decision to push her 5-year-old sister, Camry, out of the way of an oncoming truck, which left her with an amputated leg.
MSNBC | March 2, 2011 Colby Bohannan of the Former Majority Association for Equality and Marc Lamont Hill of Columbia University talk about a new college scholarship offered exclusively for white, male students.
NBC Nightly News | February 8, 2011 La’Shanda Holmes, The Coast Guard’s first African American female helicopter pilot talks about her history-making career choice and her hope to inspire other young people to reach for their dreams.
NBC Cleveland | February 7, 2011 CHICAGO — Project SYNCERE, an innovative program in Chicago, is giving young African American students a jump start in math and science by making engineering concepts fun. A lesson on velocity taught by racing wooden vehicles with CDs for wheels. The prize isn’t money, but it’s just as rich — an education. […]
Today Show | February 3, 2011 Olympic Swimmer, Cullen Jones, learned to swim after a near-death drowning. Â Now he is giving swim lessons to kids through a child-focused swimming initiative, Make a Splash.
What’s scarier than a racist that calls out “nigger” or “coon” viciously? The racist who’s night you save by being the “token blacky”. I pose two disappointments for the eager audience at a non-black party: no weed and no freestyle. Still I manage to be the life of the party, dougieing on every song, judging […]
Javier E. David, The Grio | November 9, 2010 The word “crisis” has perhaps become the most overused terms in the American vernacular. The public has spent most of the last two years grappling with hydra-headed crises, mostly economic in nature (financial, housing, unemployment, etc) and widespread in their impact. Yet the term has become […]
This weekend, BET will host the third annual “Black Girls Rock!” Awards in which black women and girls will be honored for the contributions they have made in their careers and their communities. Â A few weeks ago, NBC featured the non-profit organization, which was founded six years ago. ABOUT BLACK GIRLS ROCK!: BLACK GIRLS ROCK! […]
Tuesday night was a big night for me. NBA Season has officially started and the league did the thing right, didn’t they? Boston-Miami to kick it off, to finally put an end to all of the hoop-la. The stage was set perfectly. In the weeks leading up to this shining moment in NBA history, NBA.com […]
A few weeks ago when news broke about Bishop Eddie Long’s sexual exploitation of his church’s younger male patrons, one of my favorite news sites, Bossip, suggested the number would go as high as 30. I’ll admit the main blogger is a bit homophobic but for the most part, I tend to trust their sources. […]
