Morehouse Men? Four Accused of R@ping a Spelman Student
Times are changing at Morehouse College. People should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, but this case is quite disturbing. Four student athletes at Morehouse College, one of the most prestigious institutions in the world, are accused of s-xually assaulting a student at Spelman College. Malcolm Frank and Chukwudi Ndudikwa, are charged with r@pe. Tevin [...]
When the tragedies of life hit us, they can often hit without mercy. A man in Michigan knows this all too well, as he is trying to find a way to provide for his family in the face of overwhelming odds. Sean Kelley is about to be homeless, along with his wife and nine children. [...]
Continue reading …Lookout Now: British Player Signed to the Oakland Raiders After Only Two Years in the Sport
April 28, 2013 13 Comments
An athlete in England is getting a lot of attention these days for rising to the top of the professional sports world in very short order. The 24-year old Menelik Watson has only been playing football for two years, but has been signed by the Oakland Raiders, getting the attention of everyone who follows good [...]
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An Onondaga County Court judge has dismissed attempted grand larceny charges brought against two brothers, who were suspected of being involved in the theft of a $5 million scratch-off lottery ticket, in Syracuse, New York, on Tuesday. The judge ruled that the alleged theft was beyond the statute of limitations. However, the judge did uphold [...]
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The tragedies pile up long and hard in the city of Chicago. The killing doesn’t seem to stop, and each day has a tragedy that is every bit as frightening as the last. A 14-year old boy was found stabbed to death after he’d gone missing. The boy’s body was found in the Marquette [...]
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In case you didn’t notice over the weekend, Kobe Bryant isn’t quite 100%. The superstar player tore his achilles tendon making an otherwise routine move a few days ago, and he’s going to need surgery. Bryant lashed out in anger over his injury in a “why me?” sort of way, letting the public know [...]
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It seems that these days, there are plenty of criticisms of black men going around. There are specials on television where black women complain about how good black men are hard to find, and every time a child grows up without both parents, people love to assume that it’s because his father is not doing [...]
Continue reading …Dr. Boyce Watkins & Min. Louis Farrakahn Hold Dynamic Public Forum In Chicago, Illinois
April 1, 2013 35 Comments
By Victor Trammell On Saturday March, 30, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, hundreds of people gathered at the Sweet Holy Spirit Church to hear two of America’s most prominent black leaders hold court on America’s most important spiritual, political, and socio-economic issues. The tone inside the large sanctuary of the church on Chicago’s South Side was [...]
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by Prof. Michael Fauntroy I got into a back-and-forth on Twitter this past weekend with someone who is a fan of soon-to-be former CNN political analyst Roland Martin. The writer took umbrage with some of my tweets regarding Martin’s departure from the network. My position? Let’s resist the urge to make Roland Martin out [...]
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Man Says Tyler Perry Abandoned the Black Gay Community
April 27, 2013 230 CommentsIt’s hard to know if Tyler Perry is gay or not, we’re not trying to say. But there are rumblings that are seeking to insinuate that he might be part of the gay community. Aaron McGruder, creator of the Boondocks made a television episode that seemed to imply that Perry might be gay. The [...]
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