(Akiit.com) Soul singer Howard Tate has died in his New Jersey apartment a decade after a career resurrection that followed years of tragedy and obscurity. A spokesman for the Burlington County medical examiner says Tate was 72 when he died Friday in Burlington City. Tate was born in Macon, Ga., ...
(Akiit.com) Getting to the top takes hard work and dedication. Trying to pass that commitment down to inner-city kids can be a challenge at times, but the What It Takes Foundation believes it has a social media forum that may get through to them. Through a grant from the John ...
(Akiit.com) The NAACP has been collecting information about early voting advocacy by black churches in Florida, hoping to convince the Justice Department to strike down a slew of new state voting laws it claims are intended to thwart growing minority participation at the polls ahead of next year’s presidential election. ...
(Akiit.com) In addition to his ongoing career in TV news, Peter Thorne is taking on a new title: African-American Social Entrepreneur. The longtime NYC TV journalist announces the launch of Momma B Bakery (MBBE LLC), a black-family owned and operated gourmet bakery company that was conceived with a simple goal ...
(Akiit.com) The First Amendment guarantees the right to “peaceably” assemble. Unfortunately, that right seems to be in some type of Orwellian limbo at the moment. Eighteen cities participated in a conference call about the Occupy movement before they simultaneously cracked down on occupations in their cities, according Oakland Mayor Jean ...
(Akiit.com) Adele scored six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year, but the owner of the 2011’s best-selling album with “21” wasn’t the night’s top nominee – and that wasn’t the evening’s only surprise. Kanye West came away with a leading seven nominations, including ...
(Akiit.com) Florida A&M University’s famed Marching 100 band, which has a history of hazing, has been shut down until investigators find out more about how one of its members died after a football game. University President James Ammons said on Tuesday he suspended all performances and other activities out of ...
(Akiit.com) Martina Davis Correia, older sister of Troy Davis, who was executed in September for killing a police officer, died Thursday, according to media reports. Correia, 44, had been fighting breast cancer. She stood by her brother, who maintained his innocence in the death of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark ...
(Akiit.com) Yes, it’s that time of year when we begin to see the return of cold and flu. What better time to visit the issue of ANTIBIOTICS. As many of us prepare to bombard our doctors for a prescription of antibiotics to deal with colds and flu, let’s make sure ...
(Akiit.com) Television, radio, and the Internet have been buzzing nonstop for years about the plight of single, black women looking for love, but what about all the single, black men? Nobody’s been bold enough to take a stand and speak out on behalf of all the good, single black men ...
(Akiit.com) Herman Cain is learning the hard way what it means to face the glare of the national spotlight. After captivating Republicans hungry for an alternative to 2012 GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, Cain has made a series of stumbles that have left some questioning whether he’s ready for the ...
(Akiit.com) In America, many of the most ignorant citizens pretend that African Americans came here as slaves and never contributed anything to the nation. Even as slaves, Africans contributed by literally building the new nation. This racist view leaves way for the lie that African descendants left slavery and became ...