Black-Owned Technology Firm Files $47.5 Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Verizon Wireless

Tweet New York, NY and Phoenix AZ (Akiit.com) – The DLS II Group filed a $47.5 million dollar lawsuit against Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless for Business Discrimination, Violation of Civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference, and Violation of the Hobbs ACT in United States District Court Southern […]

BLACK STUDENT AMONG FIRST VA TECH VICTIMS: Plus, Blacksburg’s St. Paul AME open 72 hours to help students cope.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Armed with two handguns and several clips of ammunition, a gunman went on a rampage at Virginia Tech early Monday killing 32 people on the campus before fatally shooting himself. The campus newspaper confirmed what Akiit.com first reported this morning; one of the shooter’s first two victims, a resident advisor at West Ambler […]

The Ten Best Cities for African Americans – Black Enterprise

Tweet NEW YORK, April 17 /Akiit.com/ — BLACK ENTERPRISE (BE) today revealed its most recent list of top cities for African Americans as featured in its May 2007 issue. The top picks were culled from more than 2,000 interactive surveys completed on http://www.blackenterprise.com/ and by editorial staff evaluation. The editors weighed the following criteria as […]

Misreading The Congressional Black Caucus’ Fox Deal

Tweet (Akiit.com) A deal with the devil? Is that really what the Congressional Black Caucus has cut with Fox News Network? ColorofChange.org, a political black political advocacy group, has burned up Internet sites with petitions, launched a letter writing campaign, and orchestrated waves of writers and activists, including Jesse Jackson, to shame the caucus and […]

Muting the Black Media Voice

Tweet (Akiit.com) Don Imus is gone! Like a gladiator kneeling in the coliseum before a foe that just defeated him, Imus experienced the terror of waiting for the thumbs up or thumbs down decision of the crowd. This time the decision for the seasoned media warrior was professional death. He was stripped of his cameras […]

Black Colleges Launch Alumni Mag

Tweet (Akiit.com) An organization called Historically Black Colleges and Universities Connect is launching a multi-institution alumni magazine targeting the more than 400,000 graduates, faculty and current students of America’s historically black schools. The new title, HBCU Connect The Magazine, is the latest brand extension for the organization, which already hosts experiential events, online social networking, […]

Queen Latifah Speaks at Simmons School of Management Leadership Conference

Tweet (Akiit.com) Rapper/actress Queen Latifah will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Simmons School of Management leadership conference. The 28th annual event, which takes place May 5 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, MA, will include skill-building workshops and educational sessions. In addition to the keynote addresses from Latifah, CNN chief international […]

JANET JACKSON SUED FOR $120 MILLION?: Man claims two of her bodyguards choked him when he tried to pass her a note.

Tweet A $120 million lawsuit has been filed against Janet Jackson over claims that her two bodyguards grabbed him and choked him. (Akiit.com) Leonard Salati says the alleged assault occurred at Club Marquee in February 2004. According to the lawsuit, Salati attempted to slip Jackson a note when her security team suddenly went into attack […]

America has lost a generation of Black boys

Tweet (Akiit.com) There is no longer a need for dire predictions, hand-wringing, or apprehension about losing a generation of Black boys. It is too late. In education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, housing, and parenting, we have lost a generation of young Black men. The question that remains is will we lose the next two or […]

RnB Singer Lloyd Creates New Production Company

Tweet (Akiit.com) Lloyd Polite, the young singer known to most as Young Lloyd, has announced that he is moving beyond just singing by creating his own production company entitled Young Goldie Productions. Lloyd was first presented with the opportunity to create his company when he signed to Sho Nuff Records in 2006 and has started […]

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