(Akiit.com) Demeaning images of black women didn’t begin with those conjured by the words of disgraced shock jock Don Imus. There’s the rap music industry — the new focus of public ire — and a decades-long history of black men dressing in drag to portray loud, offensive and usually dark-skinned ...
(Akiit.com) E! Online reports that Anika Noni Rose has signed on to provide the voice of the title character in the upcoming Disney animated feature The Frog Princess. CNN previously announced that the Walt Disney Company will make history by introducing its first black princess in the animated fairy tale. ...
(Akiit.com) Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, has forged two major partnerships in the faith-based entertainment genre, it was announced by Lionsgate President Steve Beeks. The Company has reached a distribution agreement with publisher Thomas Nelson, Inc., making Thomas Nelson the exclusive distributor of Lionsgate product in the Christian ...
(Akiit.com) The Reverend Dennis Meredith’s mouth had to drop when his head deacon brusquely accused him of turning the church into a “sissy church†and left in a huff. Reverend Meredith had committed the unpardonable sin to the deacon and as it turned out hundreds of other black members at ...
Upland, CA (Akiit.com) – On a cold Monday morning in a buzzing academic community at Virginia Tech, the lives of thousands were changed drastically within a two and one-half hour period. A troubled 23 year old man acted out everyone’s worse nightmare, when he allegedly took the lives of 32 ...
Atlanta, GA (Akiit.com) – Black grand mothers have stayed on their knees praying and many parents died early worrying about their children. Black fathers faced violence, just trying to protect their daughters from thugs and a Black on Black hateful lifestyle. Where is respect for what Jesus died for in ...
Book Review: Acolytes (Akiit.com) Nikki Giovanni is a name recognizable to poetry readers and anyone else who was intellectually living and breathing during the Black Arts Movement. She is the author of at least 30 books for adults and children and the recipient of almost an equal number of honorary ...
New York, NY and Phoenix AZ (Akiit.com) – The DLS II Group filed a $47.5 million dollar lawsuit against Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless for Business Discrimination, Violation of Civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference, and Violation of the Hobbs ACT in United ...
(Akiit.com) A deal with the devil? Is that really what the Congressional Black Caucus has cut with Fox News Network? ColorofChange.org, a political black political advocacy group, has burned up Internet sites with petitions, launched a letter writing campaign, and orchestrated waves of writers and activists, including Jesse Jackson, to ...
(Akiit.com) Don Imus is gone! Like a gladiator kneeling in the coliseum before a foe that just defeated him, Imus experienced the terror of waiting for the thumbs up or thumbs down decision of the crowd. This time the decision for the seasoned media warrior was professional death. He was ...
(Akiit.com) An organization called Historically Black Colleges and Universities Connect is launching a multi-institution alumni magazine targeting the more than 400,000 graduates, faculty and current students of America’s historically black schools. The new title, HBCU Connect The Magazine, is the latest brand extension for the organization, which already hosts experiential ...
(Akiit.com) CBS has announced that they have fired Don “Nappy-Headed Hos” Imus for his controversial comments regarding the Rutgers women’s basketball team last week that caused a national outcry. So what? How about getting those “nigga lovin’, ho slappin’, bitch callin'” rappers dropped from their record labels? Can we get ...