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Press Release: INTERNET TALK SHOW TO PROVIDE LIVE ON LINE RADIO BROADCAST AT UPSCALE NETWORKING EVENT

August 26, 2007 by  
Filed under News, Press Releases, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Noted Author will be hosting an Artistic Extravaganza promoting local artists, musicians, and performers as part of a Corporate Connection Event (April 26, 2007) – On April 29, 2007, the on-line Talk shows “IN THE KNOW with Tony Reeves, Esq.” (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/intheknow) will have an on location broadcast from 7:00pm EST to 8:00pm and […]

Who is Tyler Perry, and Why Do the Cultural Elites Hate Him?

August 26, 2007 by  
Filed under Entertainment, News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) When you mention the name Tyler Perry to white people, you receive a blank stare. When you mention the name to Black people, there is a clear sign of recognition and admiration. Perry is a non-entity in the general (read: White) culture – and that includes the elite Liberal culture as well – […]

Solomon Fatherhood Initiative

August 26, 2007 by  
Filed under Health, News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Fatherhood is receiving a great deal of attention these days due to new funding initiatives by the Federal government and an increased awareness in the costs associated with children being reared in “fatherless” homes. For the sake of brevity, I won’t focus on the numbers, statistics, or studies, yet I will, however, focus […]

Making Black Girls “LadyLike”

August 24, 2007 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) I have been convinced that many large public schools function like factory systems. You pop in one student and with the appropriate manipulations, the necessary conveyor belt rides and some pedagogical alchemy and you get the school product: a depoliticized consumer who is more prepared to select the next game system to buy […]

It’s Time to Stand Up, Black Man! Find a Way to Make a Difference in a Young Boy’s Life

August 22, 2007 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the nation’s first and largest predominately black Greek-letter fraternity, has partnered with the March of Dimes to create Project Alpha. The national initiative is an extension of the work the fraternity does with Big Brothers and the Boy Scouts of America and seeks to teach young men to […]

Black Americans die while their leaders fiddle

August 22, 2007 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) The stranger that [is] within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. … He shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. – Deuteronomy 28:43-44 Have you heard that black Americans are under attack by Hispanic gangs from coast to coast? If you […]

Bottom line: Vick did this to himself

August 22, 2007 by  
Filed under News, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Dear young, black men: Today, many of you are angry. You are angry at a society that has swiftly and vigilantly punished a superstar quarterback for dogfighting, but often looks the other way as a grotesque number of black men die in the streets. You are angry at the NFL, which has punishments […]

Things Black Folk Have to Let Go of to Move Forward

August 18, 2007 by  
Filed under News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) *White people aren’t scared of black people anymore. That’s the stark conclusion a black friend and I came to the other day. He and his girlfriend were in a restaurant when they got into a confrontation over a table that required an Angry Black Man stance: Some stoic glaring; a bit of aggressive […]

Star Jones’ Weight Loss Surgery – A Good Idea?

August 18, 2007 by  
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Tweet Columbus, OH (Akiit.com) – You’ve heard about it in the media: Weight loss surgery is sweeping the nation by leaps and bounds. Due to widespread coverage of her rapid weight loss through surgery, Star Jones has become the poster child within the black community and abroad for this option for losing weight. Many people […]

Number of black men slain rises…

August 18, 2007 by  
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Tweet WASHINGTON, DC (Akiit.com) – Nearly half of the United States’ murder victims in 2005 were black, and the number of black men who were slain is on the rise. Most of the black murder victims were relatively young _ between 17 and 29, the U.S. Justice Department said in a study released Aug. 9. […]

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