Anika Noni Rose to Voice ‘The Frog Princess’ for Disney

Tweet (Akiit.com) E! Online reports that Anika Noni Rose has signed on to provide the voice of the title character in the upcoming Disney animated feature The Frog Princess. CNN previously announced that the Walt Disney Company will make history by introducing its first black princess in the animated fairy tale. Rose will voice the […]

BISHOP CHARLES E. BLAKE APPOINTED HEAD OF COGIC: He looks forward to a ‘promising future’ in new role.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Following the death of Bishop G.E. Patterson, the Church of God in Christ (COGIC, Inc.) has transitioned its leadership. Bishop Charles E. Blake is now the official presiding prelate of the world’s largest African-American denomination. The COGIC General Assembly appointed Bishop Blake as the seventh Presiding Bishop of at the Annual Call Meeting […]

LIONSGATE SIGNS CHRISTIAN MARKET DEALS: Names Thomas Nelson, Inc. Exclusive Distributor in Christian Market.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, has forged two major partnerships in the faith-based entertainment genre, it was announced by Lionsgate President Steve Beeks. The Company has reached a distribution agreement with publisher Thomas Nelson, Inc., making Thomas Nelson the exclusive distributor of Lionsgate product in the Christian retail market. The largest […]

Civil Rights activist June Johnson dies at 59

Tweet Her beating in 1963 led to federal charges against Mississippi lawmen (Akiit.com) JACKSON, Miss. – Civil rights activist June E. Johnson, who as a teenager was beaten by white officials in a 1963 confrontation that led to federal charges, has died. She was 59. Johnson died Friday of kidney failure at Providence Hospital in […]

Sitcom is BET’s first scripted original series

Tweet ‘Somebodies,’ based on ’06 Sundance film, is about group of black slackers (Akiit.com) NEW YORK – BET is making the first scripted series in its 28-year history, a sitcom about a group of black slackers. “Somebodies” is expected to premiere in October, Reginald Hudlin, BET’s entertainment president, said Wednesday. As the first cable channel […]

Gays and the Black Church

Tweet (Akiit.com) The Reverend Dennis Meredith’s mouth had to drop when his head deacon brusquely accused him of turning the church into a “sissy church” and left in a huff. Reverend Meredith had committed the unpardonable sin to the deacon and as it turned out hundreds of other black members at the predominantly black Tabernacle […]

The Virginia Tech Massacre: How Do We Keep Missing The Signs?

Tweet Upland, CA (Akiit.com) – On a cold Monday morning in a buzzing academic community at Virginia Tech, the lives of thousands were changed drastically within a two and one-half hour period. A troubled 23 year old man acted out everyone’s worse nightmare, when he allegedly took the lives of 32 innocent students, faculty members, […]

Rappers Need To Call Off The War on Black America

Tweet Atlanta, GA (Akiit.com) – Black grand mothers have stayed on their knees praying and many parents died early worrying about their children. Black fathers faced violence, just trying to protect their daughters from thugs and a Black on Black hateful lifestyle. Where is respect for what Jesus died for in all of this? But […]

Study: Teachers have bias against black males

Tweet ‘Normalized racism’ evident to fellow students, researcher says (Akiit.com) Teachers treat African-American males differently than their white and Latino counterparts based on negative stereotypes and perceptions, according to a recent dissertation presented in Chicago. “Sally can skip, but Jerome can’t stomp” is the title of Denise L. Collier’s dissertation, which explores teacher perceptions and […]

Poet Nikki Giovanni hails the ‘Acolytes,’ sounds the call for power poetry

Tweet Book Review: Acolytes (Akiit.com) Nikki Giovanni is a name recognizable to poetry readers and anyone else who was intellectually living and breathing during the Black Arts Movement. She is the author of at least 30 books for adults and children and the recipient of almost an equal number of honorary degrees. She has been […]

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