(Akiit.com) In America, Black people imagine that they have made progress. The truth is that in many ways, we have gone backwards. Our problem is that we are going in circles seemingly without direction, in desperate need of a new and consistent direction. The best one that we could embrace ...
(Akiit.com) According to the World Health Organization, more than 33 million people are now living with HIV. So far this year (2007), over two and a half million people have become infected with the virus. Nearly half of those infected will die within 10 years of contracting HIV and before ...
(Akiit.com) Tyler Perry’s movie Why Did I Get Married? has sparked a renewed interest in Black male/female relationships, a subject that is more likely to be addressed in barbershops and beauty salons than at social/mental health conferences. The growth of America’s minority population is a threat to White Supremacy advocates. ...
Columbus, OH (Akiit.com) – The horrific news of Dr. Donda West’s tragic demise has rocked the African American community. Once again, we have lost a very inspirational leader unnecessarily. The most difficult aspect to accept about this tragedy is that it was undoubtedly preventable. Let’s face it, today’s society dictates ...
(Akiit.com) Comedian Bill Cosby turned black morals pied piper has got to be beaming. His relentless pitch to blacks to get their act together, and stop blaming the white man for their failings almost certainly has done much to spur the radical reversal in black attitudes on race. A new ...
(Akiit.com) Philadelphia, PA Volunteers will patrol high-crime areas. Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson is joining with civic leaders in an effort to recruit 10,000 black men to fight crime in Philadelphia’s toughest neighborhoods. Dubbed “A Call to Action: 10,000 men – It’s a New Day,” the effort will begin Oct. 21 ...
WASHINGTON — (Akiit.com) Much has changed since Ben’s Chili Bowl opened nearly 50 years ago on a bustling strip known as America’s Black Broadway for its thriving black-owned shops and theaters. Back then, the red-and-white diner was a popular hangout for black bankers, doctors and blue-collar workers who lived and ...
WASHINGTON (Akiit.com) – Black people in America had less health care last year than they did in 2005 and they remained at the economic rock bottom of America – also below Hispanic-Americans. According to a report released Tuesday by the U. S. Census Bureau, the median household incomes for Black ...
(Akiit.com) Back to School: The First ‘R’ / Race Seven members of the monthly reading group Sisters That Are Readers (STARS) gather at the Homewood Library. Clockwise from bottom left, are Nichole Jordan, M. Gayle Moss, Mercedes Taylor, Velma Harris, Denice Coker, Vivian Shelton and Donna Stilo. When it comes ...
(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 ...
(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 ...
(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 ...