America has given up on young Black men, like Trayvon Martin By Phillip Jackson Trayvon Martin is more valuable to America as a dead young Black man than he ever was alive! As a dead symbol, the president can claim him as a son he never had, but as a living Black man, the...
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I’m Shocked; You’re Shocked: Another Black Child Murdered By Kenneth Braswell Life can’t get more tragic for the parents of Trayvon Martin. The hard and cold facts are that they both lost a son way too soon in life. Certainly a call made late in the afternoon by police informing them that their son...
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Join us for lunch on April 4th with William Farrow, President and CEO of Urban Partnership Bank.
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1-year-old and mother suffer graze wounds in South Side shooting Chicago police investigate the shooting of a mother and 1-year-old child… (Eric Clark for the Chicago Tribune) March 18, 2012|By Liam Ford | Tribune reporter A mother and her 1-year-old suffered graze wounds in a shooting in the East Chatham neighborhood this afternoon, authorities...
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Join us on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at St. Sabina for a Parent Resource Fair.
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Gov. Pat Quinn and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speak to Chicago Public Schools students to encourage them to seek careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Credit: CBS) CHICAGO (CBS) – NBA Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar urged Chicago Public Schools students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. WBBM Newsradio’s Michele Fiore reports Abdul-Jabbar joined...
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Dec 15, 2011 1 out of 45 Children Homeless, Says Report ABC News’ Tom Shine and Amy Bingham report: The congressional hearing room in the Rayburn House Office Building was lit brightly, all warm and cozy. The chairs around the witness table were comfortable, and a bottle of water was set before each place....
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Daughter Dance” Brickhouse Talk Features Brookfield Village Elementary School First Annual “Daddy Daughter Dance” March 18, 2012 By Ramonda Cutrer Leave a Comment Ramonda Cutrer & The Lovely Little Girls Picture this: Little girls with radiant smiles laughing, singing and dancing the night away without a care in the world!!! All because their dancing...
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Black Men of Honor College Fair is Saturday, March 24th from 10 am until 1 pm at Sixth Grace Church. Come out for more information on specific colleges and universities as well as valuable general information on what it takes to effectively attend and finance your post-secondary education.
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By: Mike Melia, PBS News Hour Ahead of Thursday’s tipoff of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, a study has found anew that the gap in the graduation rate between white and black players remains wide. The annual report, “Keeping Score When It Counts,” by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the...
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