Black romantic comedies find new stage

Tweet Whatever She Wants, starring Vivica A. Fox, is the latest work in a growing genre (Akiit.com) Not long ago, Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut were among the top stars of a modestly successful movie subgenre — the all-black romantic comedy — that seems to have lost some of its luster. Some of its […]

Christianity, not vanity, at root of black women’s diet program

Tweet (Akiit.com) HARTFORD, Conn. — The idea of strolling the beach in a bikini isn’t what motivates Sandra Mosby to bake her chicken rather than frying it, or to lightly season her collard greens rather than dropping in a fatty ham hock. For Mosby and a growing number of black women, developing healthy habits and […]

Howard University president says he’ll retire at end of June 2008

Tweet WASHINGTON (Akiit.com) — Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert says he will retire at the end of June 2008. In a letter to the university community dated Friday, Swygert, 64, outlined goals for his final year in office and pointed to his accomplishments since taking the helm of the historically black school in 1995. […]

‘Village’ concept keeping more black children at home for school

Tweet (Akiit.com) The African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” is finding new application among African-American parents who are opting to educate their children at home. But these parents are choosing their own village, rejecting the public education system that at first denied them and later failed them. Cheryl Fields-Smith is conducting […]

Young black women lift visions of their futures

Tweet “You are not a victim of circumstances. You create your life.” (Akiit.com) Neither Don Imus’ words nor a rapper’s degrading lyrics can silence Ariel Kelly’s voice. On Sunday, it fell on Kelly’s slight, 16-year-old shoulders to open the annual EspeciallyMe conference for young African-American women by singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known […]

Remembering bloody struggle for civil rights

Tweet (Akiit.com) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Because Democratic White House front-runners Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton decided to go to Selma and Orangeburg, they have reminded the nation that for many people, the bloody struggle for civil rights happened in their lifetimes. As they travel around the country in their own quests — Obama would […]

NAACP to hold funeral for ‘N’ word

Tweet DETROIT (Akiit.com) — The NAACP held a symbolic funeral in Detroit 63 years ago for Jim Crow. The civil rights organization will do the same this summer for the “N” word, the Rev. Wendell Anthony said Sunday. Anthony, president of the civil rights organization’s Detroit branch, said members and supporters of the National Association […]

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