Press Release; New book uses Bible to trace origins of humankind and contributions of blacks in America‏…

Tweet (Akiit.com) New book uses Bible to trace origins of humankind and contributions of blacks in America. The Legacy: Looking Back While Moving Forward by Laura Lee King examines the lineage of black Americans PORTLAND, Ore. (MMD Newswire) May 18, 2010 — In The Legacy: Looking Back While Moving Forward, Laura Lee King explores the […]

Sail Away … Plan That Trip With or Without Him…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Lately it seems all I can think about is getting away to someplace exotic. Wanderlust has taken over my mind and it’s all I can do to get any actual work done. (For those other easy listening fans out there Christopher Cross has been playing in my head on a loop for some […]

The Number You Don’t Want to Forget…

Tweet (Akiit.com) *Forty. It’s a number I can’t get out of my mind. I’m not talking about 40 acres and a mule. Nor am I talking about 40 days and 40 nights. And I am not talking about 40 ounces of a malted, adult beverage. The number 40 that I can’t get out of my […]

The ‘Jim Crow’ Injustice of Crack Cocaine Continues…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The U.S. Senate recently reduced the sentencing disparities for possession of powder cocaine and crack, from 100-1 to 18-1. That’s hardly progress… The U.S. Senate recently reduced the sentencing disparities for possession of powder cocaine and crack, from 100-1 to 18-1. That’s hardly progress. Nothing symbolizes the conflicted state of U.S. race relations […]

Ethiopian Diaspora Frustrated by U.S. Policy…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Activists say the Obama administration has placed the war on terror above democracy in the Horn of Africa. Activists say the Obama administration has placed the war on terror above democracy in the Horn of Africa. Chris Flaherty, an American documentary film producer who’s married to a woman from Ethiopia, started a hunger […]

Lena Horne and the Hollywood Shuffle…

Tweet (Akiit.com) What happens when beauty, talent, charm, dignity and brains just aren’t enough? What happens when beauty, talent, charm, dignity and brains just aren’t enough? Long before her recent death at 92, Lena Horne had become a recluse, living alone with her memories. She had been a star for many years, or at least […]

A Supreme Snub by Obama…

Tweet (Akiit.com) His nominee for the high court is qualified, but why weren’t more black women considered? His nominee for the high court is qualified, but why weren’t more black women considered? President Barack Obama needed only to look across his dinner table each evening or in the bed next to him each night to […]

A black Kagan recruit makes the case for confirmation…

Tweet (Akiit.com) According to some of the media I have read lately, I do not exist. Yet I live, breathe, and pen these words in support of Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. I am an African-American law professor at Harvard who was recruited by Elena Kagan during her deanship. I use the word […]

Mother Earth Unhappy…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The small country called Haiti’s new international fame comes at a huge price to its people. On January 12th 2010, mother earth shook during a 7.3 earthquake that left an estimated 230,000 Haitian people dead and another 300,000 injured. Underneath the rubble of debris, rescue workers found bodies of little boys and girls. […]

Should LeBron be in a New York state of mind?

Tweet (Akiit.com) Start spreading the news. LeBron James could be leaving today. And the New York Knicks want to be part of it in the worst way. New York City is rolling out the red carpet for the Cleveland Cavaliers forward before his run in the 2010 NBA playoffs is even complete. From newspaper and […]

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