Miami Transit Agency says she needed permit to sing and she was breaking the rules! Click Here to See This Assault in Progress! By Ashely Jennings Mar 7, 2013 The family of an elderly Florida woman is furious that she was hauled off a commuter train because she was singing spirituals...
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October 29, 2012 By Greg Hinz October 29, 2012 It looks like the University of Chicago has decided that there’s no place like home. The school that traditionally sets its sights on the nation and the world is announcing an initiative designed to attract more students from its home town by...
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Woman of the Year for 2012: Reverend Catherine Jackson – Minister • Social and Educational Activist, • Mentor Civility Awards Gala: The art of self-respect amd respecting others is a lost art. The art of knowing when to say or do certain things have been lost to the notion that “anything goes.” Today they’re...
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Downturn has wiped out gains of last 30 years, Urban League says By Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune reporter October 07, 2012 Roxie King, 63, lost her job as a cardio echo ultrasound technician in 2010 and has been struggling to keep her Chicago home. (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune) Generations of Valerie Magee’s...
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Walter Jacobson of CBS 2 Chicago News (left) is not qualified to discuss ending violence in Black communities. On Thursday, September 27, 2012, Walter Jacobson, of CBS 2 Chicago News, interviewed 7 or 8 young gang members from the Englewood community and asked them “leading questions” on how to end violence in their communities....
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Sean Lewis, WGN News September 1, 2012 CHICAGO — On an overcast Saturday the cloud of a potential teacher strike in Chicago hung overhead—just as the Million Father March celebrated going back to school. Phillip Jackson of Black Star project said Saturday “We’re hoping that many communities will see the needs for taking...
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by Sarah Hulett September 6, 2012 Listen to the Story Mike Glinski/Mlive DetroitMichelle Johnson and her family talk about conditions within Detroit’s Highland Park schools, in July. Eight Detroit-area public school students returning to classes this week are plaintiffs against a school system they say has failed them. Their families and the American...
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Read what Black Star Readers say about the controversy surrounding Ms. Gabrielle Douglas’ Hair Click Here to see and hear a poem, “Rock That Ponytail Gabby!!!” by a 16-year-old Black girl about the controversy surrounding Ms. Gabrielle Douglas’ hair. Black Star Readers from Around the World Speak Seventy one years young, mother of 3 daughters 15...
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Southern California Million Father March Team July 11, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles Million Father March Planned Collaboration Focuses on Fatherhood and Community Impact Compton, CA. The Los Angeles Million Father March Planning Committee (LAMFMPC), a distinct collaboration of community, faith, health, education and business organizations assembled to increase the engagement and...
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The district wants fathers to take kids on opening day and sign up to get involved. By Teresa Stepzinski August 13, 2012 Fathers as well as “father figures” are getting a special invite from Duval County Public Schools. To encourage men to become more active in their children’s education, the school system is calling on...
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