Barneys New York Moves to Crack Down on Racial Profiling

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 29, 2013 at 1:04am

Barneys New York says it will start monitoring the police as they monitor shoppers in its flagship Manhattan store.

Pedestrians pass Barneys New York department store Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, in New York. The scenario usually involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service _ not handcuffs. Yet when a black teen came forward with a story of being briefly jailed after buying a $350 belt at the Manhattan luxury store, it stirred up an age-old problem that many African-Americans still

Harry Jackson Jr. says 'Civil Rights Movement was Intended to be a Revival of Christianity'; 'NAACP has Forgotten that it is Christ's Organization and has Become a Black Organization'

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 20, 2013 at 8:55pm

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) long ago lost its grounding in the Christian faith, Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr. complained Monday at the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) "Justice Summit." He recently registered with the organization, he announced, and hopes it will return to its foundational faith.

"The Civil Rights Movement was never intended to be a black movement, it was burned from God's heart to be a revival of Christianity,"

Kennedy Connected with Black People Like No Other President Before and They Loved him

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 20, 2013 at 4:57pm

His brief presidency didn't introduce any new civil rights laws, but JFK appointed African Americans to high positions and acknowledged Latino concerns.

Then-Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy with delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles in 1960.

Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, it's easy for some to dismiss his brief presidency, as conservative commentator Brit Hume did on "Fox News Sunday." Hume, a senior political analyst for FOX News C

WATCH: Oprah Tells BBC Many Americans Disrespect President Obama Because he's Black

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 15, 2013 at 12:30pm

BBC: Oprah Winfrey has been a prominent supporter of Barack Obama. She thinks that both he and the Office of President have been treated with contempt because of the colour of his skin.

"There's a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he's African American. There's no question about that and it's the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody's thinking it."

Click here to watch the full video from the BBC

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Hawaii Becomes 15th U.S. State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, Obama Praises Passage of Bill (VIDEO)

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 13, 2013 at 4:34pm

Tambry Young (c.) and Debrah Zeleznik (r.) celebrate after the Hawaii State Senate approved a bill legalizing same sex marriage in the state of Hawaii, in Honolulu, November 12. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)

The Hawaii Senate gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill extending marriage rights to same-sex couples in a state popular as a wedding and honeymoon destination and regarded as a pioneer in advancing the cause of gay matrimony.

The measure cleared the Democratic-controlled state

History Channel to Remake Landmark Slavery Mini-Series, 'Roots'

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 6, 2013 at 6:59pm

Fresh off success of 'Hatfield & McCoys' and 'The Bible,' A&E-owned cable channel tackles iconic 1977 mini-series based on Alex Haley's book

History is remaking history.

Thirty six years after "Roots" changed television and helped steer the course of racial discourse in the United States, the A&E-owned cable channel is working on a remake of the iconic miniseries.

History bought the television rights for the project from Mark Woloper, son of David Wolper, the original producer on the ABCmini-

With President Obama Speaking at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Black Leaders Lament that that the First Black President has Not Been a Salve for Racial Tensions

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 27, 2013 at 9:51pm

When President Obama follows in Martin Luther King Jr.'s footsteps on Wednesday with an address at the Lincoln Memorial, he will face a nation where race remains the great divide.

Black lawmakers say the election of the nation's first African-America president has not been a salve for racial tensions, a view that the public has also voiced in recent polling.

While Democratic lawmakers place the lion's share of the blame on Republicans for the state of affairs, they betray disappointment th

At Republican National Committee Event, Bob Woodson Says Homosexuals and Immigrants Have Forced Blacks in America to the Back Seat

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 27, 2013 at 1:16am

The Republican National Committee commemorated the 50th anniversary of the March of Washington and Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech with a luncheon Monday.

The most rousing speech of the luncheon came from Bob Woodson, the head of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprises. Woodson criticized black leaders over Trayvon Martin, the black Florida teen who was shot to death by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was acquitted in Martin's death. Woodson, who is black, said groups including gays

The Black Unemployment Rate Is Back to Twice the White Unemployment Rate Under Obama

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 23, 2013 at 2:03am

Black unemployment, which at the end of the Bush administration broke a decades-long pattern of being twice white unemployment, has resumed its disturbing and prolonged trend under President Obama, with the rate among African Americans now at 13.4 percent, according to a new Pew Research report.

In a report timed for release on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Dream" speech, Pew said on Thursday: "Much has changed for African-Americans since the 1963 March on Washing

WATCH: Martin Luther King, III Talks to David Gregory About the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 23, 2013 at 1:41am

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David talks with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s eldest son, Martin Luther King III about the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and civil rights in America.

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Source: MSNBC 'Meet the Press'

To Educate Black Boys, We Must First Believe In Them

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 20, 2013 at 1:58am

Raising black boys to be successful in a society dominated by forces that are bent on breaking them instead of nurturing them can be tough.

And not just for those black boys born to poor single mothers.

Filmmakers Michele Stephenson and her husband, Joe Brewster - two successful, Ivy League-educated parents - documented their own struggle in ensuring the academic success of their son, Idris, through Manhattan's prestigious Dalton School in their documentary film, "American Promise."

The film,

Interview: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says Blacks' Suffering Caused by Lack of Moral Character, Not Racism What Are Your Thoughts?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 15, 2013 at 12:20pm

It's not a typo: The South Central L.A. Tea Party exists, and Jesse Lee Peterson takes a bow for founding it. He's also president and founder of the 23-year-old black bootstraps group Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, or BOND, and serves as pastor for a nondenominational congregation at its headquarters.

Pictured: The Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, head of the South Central L.A. Tea Party, at his studio. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / August 7, 2013)

As his public pronouncements

Denzel and Pauletta Washington Featured on August 2013 Edition of Ebony Magazine

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 10, 2013 at 1:09am

Well alrighty then! Black love is a beautiful thing. Especially when it's exemplified by Denzel and Pauletta Washington.

The happy Hollywood power couple, who just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last month, is featured on the cover of the August, 2013 issue of Ebony magazine.

In the cover story, actress & producer Pauletta candidly gives a glimpse of how their relationship works.

"I live with this man. I see the down part. I see the sad part. I see every part. He has and knows he has

Doctors Say Nelson Mandela's Condition Has Worsened

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on June 23, 2013 at 4:59pm

Nelson Mandela was in critical condition Sunday after a deterioration in his health, and doctors "are doing everything possible'' for him, South Africa's government said.

The office of President Jacob Zuma said that on Sunday evening the president had visited Mandela, the former president of the country who was imprisoned for nearly three decades as he battled the country's apartheid system of racial separatism.

Zuma's office said he was informed by Mandela's doctors that his condition had b

WATCH: "Why We Can't Wait": Roland Martin's Address to the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on June 20, 2013 at 3:37pm

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Roland Martin's address to the National Baptist Congress Of Christian Education titled, "Why We Can't Wait".

Roland Martin had to livestream his speech at the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education himself, but he knocks 'em dead anyway. Says, 'I am unashamedly black and unashamedly Christian.' Then, he turns prophet and goes off for the good of black America by the grace of God.

"Proverbs 31" Mothers Find Joy, Worth In Their Roles

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on May 12, 2013 at 5:34pm

Annetha Jones reads her Bible at her Port St. John, Fla., home on May 8. She says that raising children, with all of the joy and pain involved, is worth it. "I wouldn't trade anything for being a mother," she said. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today)

She is worth far more than jewels, cites the Bible's Proverbs 31 - among many other praises - about wives, mothers and women who do it all.

The Old Testament scripture - sometimes sung or read to mothers during the Sabbath in traditional Jewish homes or

THE RESURRECTION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN By Malachi

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on May 11, 2013 at 4:30am

The Black woman in American is dead and we allow Satan to keep her that way. African Americans will not rise until the Black woman is brought back to life. After the Civil War the chains came off but today we still are not free. No our wrist and ankles are not chained but our minds are. To the men reading this, we must learn to show our women, our sisters, our mothers the proper respect. God created man to be the stewards over all creation. To show disrespect to the gift that is woman is mismana

Number of Single Mothers Rises In U.S. What Can we Do To Fix This Problem?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on May 2, 2013 at 5:50pm

More than six out of 10 women who give birth in their early 20s are unmarried, the Census Bureau said Wednesday in a report that shows sharp discrepancies in single mothers related to income, education and race.

Census demographers said that single motherhood, while on a steady uptick since the 1940s, has accelerated in recent years. The birth rate for unmarried women in 2007 was up 80 percent in the almost three decades since 1980, the report said. But in the previous five years alone, between

Some Top Health And Vitality Tips For Women

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on May 2, 2013 at 5:16pm

By jrwoolley : A how to tutorial about health, womens health, health tips, Health and Fitness with step by step guide from jrwoolley. [^]

It can be all too easy for women to let themselves go a little bit as they get older. They may well have lost some of their self-discipline, and may well have accepted the fact that their looks are fading and their body is nowhere near as fit or as healthy as it used to be. However the truth is that you do not have to admit defeat because there are lots of t

When Black Men Abandon Their Sons, They Are Creating a Longing that May Be Impossible to Fill

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on April 28, 2013 at 7:42pm

If you could have lunch with any person living or dead, who would it be?

Nelson Mandela? Barack Obama? Maybe even Jesus of Nazareth?

When that question was posed to a group of boys enrolled in a local gang-prevention program, the most common answer given was, "my father."

I learned that factoid last week while visiting with staffers who run the Gang Alternative Principals (GAP) program in West Charlotte. (Full disclosure: My wife is director of the nonprofit that created GAP.)

I have to admit,

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Barneys New York Moves to Crack Down on Racial Profiling

Harry Jackson Jr. says 'Civil Rights Movement was Intended to be a Revival of Christianity'; 'NAACP has Forgotten that it is Christ's Organization and has Become a Black Organization'

Kennedy Connected with Black People Like No Other President Before and They Loved him

WATCH: Oprah Tells BBC Many Americans Disrespect President Obama Because he's Black

Hawaii Becomes 15th U.S. State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, Obama Praises Passage of Bill (VIDEO)

History Channel to Remake Landmark Slavery Mini-Series, 'Roots'

With President Obama Speaking at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Black Leaders Lament that that the First Black President has Not Been a Salve for Racial Tensions

When President Obama follows in Martin Luther King Jr.'s footsteps on Wednesday with an address at the Lincoln Memorial, he will face a nation where race remains the great divide.

At Republican National Committee Event, Bob Woodson Says Homosexuals and Immigrants Have Forced Blacks in America to the Back Seat

The Black Unemployment Rate Is Back to Twice the White Unemployment Rate Under Obama

WATCH: Martin Luther King, III Talks to David Gregory About the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

To Educate Black Boys, We Must First Believe In Them

Interview: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says Blacks' Suffering Caused by Lack of Moral Character, Not Racism What Are Your Thoughts?

Denzel and Pauletta Washington Featured on August 2013 Edition of Ebony Magazine

Doctors Say Nelson Mandela's Condition Has Worsened

WATCH: "Why We Can't Wait": Roland Martin's Address to the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education

"Proverbs 31" Mothers Find Joy, Worth In Their Roles

THE RESURRECTION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN By Malachi

Number of Single Mothers Rises In U.S. What Can we Do To Fix This Problem?

Some Top Health And Vitality Tips For Women

By jrwoolley : A how to tutorial about health, womens health, health tips, Health and Fitness with step by step guide from jrwoolley. [^]

When Black Men Abandon Their Sons, They Are Creating a Longing that May Be Impossible to Fill

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