Pages tagged “black news”
The Shiela Brooks Interview :: Annapolis :: The Presidents' Roundtable's Legislative Reception:
Brooks, founder of SRB Communications and President of The Presidents' Roundtable, will be featured on "Empower Hour" with Bmorenews publisher Doni Glover on Tues., Feb. 5th from 10 to 11 am on Radio One Baltimore's WOLB 1010 AM - streaming live at www.wolbbaltimore.com. Read in Full >>
NABJ Meetup: Saturday, July 21st : 1 pm @MLK Memorial, Washington, D.C.:
Featuring NABJ members, including black journalists from Phillie, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Read in Full >>
Charmil Davis representing independent black media at the DNC in Charlotte. That's what's up! Support Independent Black Media.:
Independent Perspective: Black news rocks! Read in Full >>
BlackEconomicDevelopment.com: Dr. Edward W. Robinson, Jr. Attorney, Historian, Author Dead at 94:
Insightful programs like Soledad O’Brien’s “Black in America” specials have examined the challenges of being black in America, but Dr. Robinson constructed an African Genesis theory that not only delineates the problem but also proposes a comprehensive solution to “the race problem.” Robinson believes that “the real problem, the virus that infects all Americans black and white, is that the total society has been subliminally programmed by textbooks, motion pictures and all other media to despise the ancestral value of African Americans and all other people of African descent.” Read in Full >>
Beachwood Park: BMORENEWS Update from the Publisher:
Doni Glover reports from Beachwood Park in Pasadena, Maryland - an historic area for blacks in Maryland. It was a place where blacks enjoyed the water. Read in Full >>
Ron Busby Speaks at White House Summit on HBCUs, Entrepreneurship:
Pres. of US Black Chamber speaks on entrepreneurship, HBCUs, access to capital, contracting Read in Full >>
Public Enemy's Griff on Re-Education, the Case of Trayvon Martin, 4.15.12:
"It was the public pressure!", said Griff, Hip hop's Minister of Information. Read in Full >>
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing on Institutional Racism on a Global Level:
Dr. Welsing is the author of the seminal text, "The Isis Papers", is a noted psychiatrist based in Washington, D.C. She recently spoke in Baltimore to a crowd of over 300 people, organized by Maryland/DC-based media entrepreneur Haki Ammi. Read in Full >>
DC Rally for Trayvon Martin :: Saturday, March 24, 2012 :: John A. Wilson Bldg. :: Photos by Gloria Hill: Read in Full >>
On the Next "Empower Hour" (3.20.12 @ 10 am): NJ-based Journalist Charmil Davis Discusses Life & Times of Rep. Donald Payne:
On Tuesday's edition of "Empower Hour", she will share some of her thoughts on the life and times of longtime NJ Rep. Payne and the lessons she learned from him. Read in Full >>
The Glover Report: Black Political Progress Lacking in 2012 Maryland: Pushing Qualified, Committed Black Leadership:
Be clear: I am for ALL people getting their due benefits. And that's exactly why I, as a servant of the community, push a black agenda.
Time and time again, when I have raised these pertinent concerns – I hear every excuse in the world as to why black folks cannot get their needs addressed. Every time, somebody else’s agenda supersedes ours. Like Fannie Lou Hamer said, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."
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NJ Governor Chris Christie Delivers His State of the State Address:
This past week New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continued to address education reform, charter schools, voucher programs, taxes, and bail reform in his second State of the State Address. The Governor campaigned on the slogan "Bringing our Cities Back" when opening a campaign headquarters in Newark during his gubernatorial run. The campaign initiated by the Christie administration aims to revamp urban education and implement resources to retain businesses in cities that will provide economic sustainability and job opportunities for residents. Education and violence in urban New Jersey are crucial topics and have been a continued problem for years! Read in Full >>
TGR: “Empower Hour” News Talk Show on Radio 1’s WOLB 1010 AM Enters 13th Year:
It all actually started when I was in the 5th grade at Matthew A. Henson Elementary School #29 on Payson and Baker streets in West Baltimore. There, Mr. Kermit Williams was my teacher. There, he introduced me to doing the morning announcements. I had totally forgot about this until one day, my former classmate William White and Coppin schoolmate mimicked my lunch menu spiel that ended with “… and a half-pint of milk. Mmm mmm! Sure sounds delicious!”
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Sen. C. Anthony Muse Speaks: Installation of J. Wyndal Gordon, Esquire:
Muse comments on this week's redistricting of the "New Maryland": "Make an impact on the political structure." Read in Full >>
