Cheating scandals seem to be running rampant. In Tennessee man devised a scam in which teachers paid others to take certification tests for them was recently sentenced to seven years. Clarence Mumford organized and executed a scheme in which teachers paid him to have others take the certification tests. The scam spanned 15 years. There [...]
“Brother Martin Luther King, Jr., what you say about the New Jim Crow? What would say about the prison industrial complex? What would you say about the invisibility of so many of our prisoners, so many of our incarcerated — especially when 62 percent of them are there for soft drugs and not one executive of a Wall Street bank gone to jail,” West said.
Renowned Producer DIANNE ASHFORD presents Budgeting and Scheduling for the Indie Film Producer. Ashford worked on Rainforest Films’ Trois 2: Pandora’s Box as the producer’s intern, the experience was so valuable and intriguing that Dianne immediately resigned from her job and embarked on a new career as a film producer. She moved back to her hometown of [...]
Following a slew of outrage, Adidas announced late Monday that they are pulling the ‘shackles’ shoe design critics say evokes thoughts of slavery. The lone supporter of the offensive shoe is the York Observer who is calling the uproar a media-manufactured controversy. However, going on record about the shoe, David M. Carter, head of the [...]
Actor/Director Robert Townsend to host the Mervyn L. & Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Scholarship Classic, the premier annual fundraiser of CBCF’s Scholarship Programs, taking place June 24-25 at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, VA. The event raises funds which provide financial assistance to students who intend to pursue full-time undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees. Join CBCF for foursomes, Bid [...]
Re-electing President Obama Trumps Black Resistance to Same Sex Marriage By Cleo Manago, CEO and founder of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX) For the last few weeks since President Obama became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriage, pundits have been obsessed with what this support will mean for this year’s election. Specifically, will Obama’s [...]
The Jack Daniel Distillery and USO are bringing their “Toast to the Troops” campaign to Navy Pier Chicago on June 18th, with a special “Stuffing Party” to fill 10,000 Operation USO Care Packages for our servicemen and women serving overseas. As part of the day’s activities, groups of volunteers will stuff the bulk of the packages, [...]
Following are statements from Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition) and convener, Black Women’s Roundtable and Salandra Benton, director of The Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Florida Black Women’s Roundtable regarding the recent court decision on Florida voting law (H.B. 1355). Melanie L. Campbell said, [...]
National Action Network has worked with the Mayor and Police Commissioner in fighting crime and have hosted both at our “House of Justice” and have even engaged in successful gun buyback programs. We feel, however, that the Stop and Frisk policy robs people who are innocent of their rights as citizens and does not lead [...]
Fe’Saad’s Editor-In-Chief, Deborah Champagne was among the media outlets who witnessed global media mogul and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey’s commencement address to the Spelman College class of 2012 on Sunday, May 20. Those who were fortunate enough to land a ticket to the sold out event had to arrive at the Georgia International Convention Center, in [...]
Vivica A. Fox to host Spirit of Democracy Awards Gala Honoring Men Committed to Empowering Underserved Communities Honorees are Michael Baisden, Gerald Hudson, Al Dotson, David Honig and Shawn Dove Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition), today announced the recipients of the prestigious 2012 Spirit of Democracy Awards which will [...]
*A new study that CNN is exploring is teaching many of us that we need to speak to our children about race. While the video shows that many white children have negative ideas of what their parents would think if they brought over or had a black friend, the video also shows many black children [...]
Tyler Perry A few days before President Obama was supposed to speak at my studio, I was leaving the studio, headed to the airport. Most times when I leave the studio I have an unmarked escort. Other times I constantly check in my rearview mirror to be sure that I’m not being followed. It’s a [...]
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