(Akiit.com) As the years go by, I’m now taking the time to reflect on my life… Giving thanks and realizing some people are now as lucky as me… I happen to be living the american dream, which includes a wife, kids, and a beautiful home… Family and friends surrounding me ...
(Akiit.com) “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.” – Mary McCleod Bethune “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people ...
(Akiit.com) One might think that Hughes’ poem Cross, which was first published in 1926, would be outdated and totally irrelevant in today’s American society. After all, haven’t we become a better nation since those Jim Crow days of the past? Perhaps. Then again, perhaps not. Barack Obama’s candidacy and people’s ...
(Akiit.com) Syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams has recently questioned whether historically black colleges and universities have outlived their usefulness and viability. While desirous of affording Williams all due respect, please let me — as a veteran HBCU faculty member and, now, president — respond. Simply ridiculous. Williams focuses his essay ...
(Akiit.com) What does a vote for Barack Obama really mean? It’s strange, everyone I talk to seems to have different opinions about it, whether they’re young or old, male or female, everyone has something to say. I’m African American, and I have four children, two of my children are in ...
(Akiit.com) Most of us women fit somewhere between Oseola Mc Carthy and Oprah Winfrey… We’re not pulling down the millions, but we aren’t washing clothes for a living either! Yet Oseola Mc Carthy quit school at 12 and began taking in laundry for a living. She never earned more than ...
(Akiit.com) A President Barack Obama will be the most scrutinized president since Abraham Lincoln. Ironically, the reason for this has less to do with race, though that will loom large in the lens of many, as it has to do with him. He’s lifted public passions and expectations to the ...
(Akiit.com) Every single day, millions and millions of people use search engines to find what they are looking for. It is very likely that at some point or another, someone will be searching for information about you. Being researched or “googled” can be a very good thing or a very ...
(Akiit.com) Many years ago man gave birth to a powerful machine which is widely known as a truck, or pick up truck to many… No longer are they just for pulling, and towing stuff around… One is able to now decorate and add useful accessories such as the truck rack, ...
(Akiit.com) I became compelled to write this article due to several people, Black women in particular, asking me if I thought the “White Power Fanatics” would assassinate Barack Obama if he became President of the United States. More importantly, they used that speculation as a reason for NOT supporting him. ...