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George Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with second degree murder

A law enforcement official announced that the shooter in the Trayvon Martin case will be charged with second-degree murder and is in custody. The official with knowledge of the case says that the …

Earl’s Post-Prison Playdate – HIV/AIDS awareness video

HIV/AIDS is a huge epidemic in our community regardless of sexuality. Earl’s Post-Prison Playdate was created as part of an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign addressing lifestyle issues affecting our …

What does Easter mean to you?

For most children, Easter is a time when they get to eat a lot of chocolate without being told off. For some adults, it’s a nice long weekend away from work. As a Jamaican, my family have long …

Drug use in 50-64-year-olds has increased in England since 1993

As children of the swinging sixties grow up, the number of older people who admit they take illegal drugs has risen dramatically, a study has found. Until now, illicit drug use has not been common …

Uncovering the Origins: Mitochondrial Eve and the genetic connection of all humans

Every person on Earth possesses a unique genetic code that defines their physical characteristics, personality traits, and predispositions to certain diseases. In the quest to understand …

Who was Sarah Baartman?

When 20-year-old Sarah (also spelt Sara) Baartman got on a boat that was to take her from Cape Town to London in 1810, she could not have known that she would never see her home again. Nor, as she …

Rape – I never said yes and I didn’t report it

On 12 March 2012, Mumsnet website launched a rape awareness campaign following research that it said revealed the “hidden scale of rape and sexual assault”. The shocking figures revealed …

Book: Dr Chancellor Williams The Destruction of Black Civilization

The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams sixteen years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African …

Video – Dr Chancellor Williams The Destruction of Black Civilization

Bookshelf: Stolen Legacy by George G M James

Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James aims to improve race relations worldwide by revealing the underlying truth concerning the contribution of the African continent to the rest of the world. It is …

The MisEducation of the Negro

In his book, The Miseducation of the Negro, Carter G Woodson addresses many issues that have been and are still prevalent in the African American community. Woodson believed that while receiving …

The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B. Du Boi

W E B Du Bois was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He graduated from high school there in 1884. After an undergraduate career at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he …