Pictured above: Ossie Davis on Malcolm X 'In honoring him, we honor the best in ourselves' Excerpts from the eulogy delivered by the late Ossie Davis at the funeral of Malcolm X, Feb. 27, 1965. [more]
Ossie Davis, the Man, and Ossie Davis, the Actor – Both Deserve Revering [more]
Who’s to Blame for the King Center’s Troubles? MLK’s Own Children [more]
Eric Dyson Defends Poor Black Community. Tells Cosby to chill [more Well not quite - he said, "We have bowed down at power, and some people won't think twice about what Cosby said until he makes a mistake. What does that say about us as a people?" He went on to discuss the error in judging others without looking at our own faults. "If you insist on digging a grave for someone else, the bible says that, you may fall in it yourself," Dyson said.
Study: $100 million spent on TV ads in Ohio for presidential race [more]
According to africlassical.com, there were black composers who were at the top of their creative game during the heyday of Beethoven and Mozart. In 20th century America, racism marginalized black composers, but many worked overseas in places like Great Britain and France, and interacted in social circles without the burden of racism. [more]
Nationally, the number of businesses owned by Black women grew 32.5 percent between 1997 and 2004, while overall female business ownership increased 17.4 percent, according to data from the Center for Women's Business Research. [more]
The Emperor's New Hump: The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the election—because it could have changed the election [more]
Architects of Black Power: Rev. and Stokely Speak Again. [more]
Time running out to end cocoa slavery - U.S. lawmakers [more]
David Horowitz paid controversial Jesse Helms advisers to advise him [more]
"CNN's Nuke Plant Photos Identical for Both Iran and N. Korea!" [more]
Jesse Jackson Takes Wall Street Initiative To London [more
D.C. Vouchers: First-Year Flaws and Failings [more] and [more]
USA Today Covers for Bush's Social Security Distortion [more]
Second Amendment speaker says gun laws are racist, unconstitutional [more]
Republicans Recruiting Blacks? Republicans Hold Mock bake sale to Protest Affirmative Action -- ignites racial tension, anger [more] and [more] But they Want your vote though.
Professor's book examines changing images of minorities on TV [more]
Deputies identify border agent involved in Mission Viejo shooting [more]
Fatally Profiled, Dead Black Men: Performer portrays the murderous results of perceiving African Americans as “the others” [more]
Shaq On a Lakers return: only for ‘$100 million for two months, tax free, and no practices’
The NAACP, chicken and waffles [more] Stop whining about the NAACP Brah. Sound like a crab.Go do a news search chimpy. They are everywhere doin lots of shit everyday. For real - go to yahoo news and search. What do you do to empower the community son?
Native American casino revenues rise sharply [more]