(Akiit.com) “The strong men keep a-comin’ on “The strong men git stronger.†— Sterling Brown, poet Although our 44th president is neither a descendant of enslaved Africans nor an offspring of the Jim Crow South, it is clear that the proud tradition of African-American men with roots in the South ...
(Akiit.com) I saw them with my own eyes. And not while thumbing through a book or watching some grim PBS documentary or on the evening news. I saw those signs for myself in the early ’60s of my childhood, when my family took a car trip from Oklahoma City, where ...
(Akiit.com) To fashionistas, she’s Michelle O, the new Jackie – and they hope she’ll send women to the malls in droves, looking to match her style. Post-feminists see Michelle Obama as one of their own, the having-it-all Harvard-educated lawyer who’s embracing her role as “mom in chief†to two young ...
(Akiit.com) The unchallenged article of faith is that the election of President Barack Obama fulfills Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream that the content of character should trump skin color. King uttered the words in his March on Washington speech in 1963. We’ll hear that said time and again in the ...
(Akiit.com) My resolution for this New Year is to make more soup. I’m not talking about opening a can of the store-bought stuff, but preparing a pot of deliciousness that simmers on the back burner filling the house with delightful aromas. When it comes to satisfying hunger, lifting the spirit ...
(Akiit.com) Where America once lead the world in education and the cutting edge of technology, we have been dumbed down for so long that we are now at the level of some Third World Nations or below that status. More money is spent on bombs and foreign affairs than domestic ...
(Akiit.com) Business grants were originally created by federal and local governments to provide financial assistance to entrepreneurs and business owners. The goal was and still is to help stimulate the national and local economy, and to help fund research that will help a certain industry. In more recent years, non-profit ...
(Akiit.com) During the last 150,000 years that modern man has walked the earth, strong nations have been built on order and discipline. These principles among others were taught by the elders to the young. During the Great Dynasties of Kmt and throughout most of ancient Africa, man’s sole purpose was ...
(Akiit.com) According to many political experts, commentators and financial analysts, the United States has entered into a period of uncertainty not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. From lay-offs and factory closings to Wall Street scandals and the collapse of various banking institutions, Americans are hoping that one ...
(Akiit.com) There must be some good earthly explanation of why in this free society that we live in today, we find clear, sharp, pronounced dismal facts about the health of the Black population. The life expectancy of Blacks has significantly decreased as compared to our white counterparts since the year ...