PHILADELPHIA— Michael Vick made no excuses for an awful performance, taking the blame for missing open receivers and throwing poor passes. Perhaps two broken ribs had something to do with it. Vick broke his two lower ribs on the second play of the Eagles’ 21-17 loss to Arizona on Sunday. He didn’t tell anyone that […]
The president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Freeman Hrabowski, was profiled on CBS’s 60 Minutes last night in a segment that focused on the great work he’s done in the areas of science and math at his university. Check out the video here The opening line of the piece: “We met a man with […]
On November 14, 1915, one of the most prolific educators and political leaders in U.S. history, Booker T. Washington, died in Tuskegee, Alabama. Washington fell ill while in New York City, and was brought to his home in Tuskegee, where he died at the age of 59. He was buried on the campus of Tuskegee […]
WASHINGTON — Minority lawmakers say House and Senate plans to rewrite the No Child Left Behind education law fail to protect minority children, those with disabilities and children learning English. The black, Hispanic and Asian Pacific American congressional caucuses insisted in a letter that they want a strong federal role in ensuring all students meet […]
NEW YORK — NBA players rejected the league’s latest offer Monday and began disbanding the union, likely jeopardizing the season. “We’re prepared to file this antitrust action against the NBA,” union executive director Billy Hunter said. “That’s the best situation where players can get their due process.” He said players were not prepared to accept the […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out Oakland’s weeks-old anti-Wall Street encampment just before dawn Monday, arresting Occupy demonstrators and removing tents from a downtown plaza after issuing several warnings over the weekend. Protesters appeared to put up little resistance and officers could be seen calmly leading some demonstrators away in plastic handcuffs. […]
In an emotional interview on Phoenix KPHO TV, Jerice Hunter, the mother of missing Glendale, Ariz. girl Jahessye Shockley has promised her daughter that she will find her. “Jahessye, somebody’s thinking about you, if nobody but us [the girl’s family],” said Jerice Hunter, on the brink of tears. “Mamma coming to get you.” See Also: Black Travel: Visit Martha’s […]
More than 45 years after the Department of Labor issued “The Moynihan Report,” a study which examined the breakdown of the Black family, sociologist Herbert Gans revisited the report, offering his own critique in the Fall 2011 issue of the Du Bois Review. See also: Jay-Z Talks Kanye West Collaboration And Baby With Beyonce See also: […]
NEW YORK — After a decade of the police spying on the innocuous details of the daily lives of Muslims, activists in New York are discouraging people from going directly to the police with their concerns about terrorism, a campaign that is certain to further strain relations between the two groups. Muslim community leaders are […]
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Sunday reported a fresh spill from a key delivery pipeline in southern Nigeria, but said it has contained the leak. “SPDC (Shell Petroleum Development Company) contained a spill in Adibawa delivery line which was reported yesterday (Saturday),” Shell’s Nigerian joint venture said in a statememt. See Also: Meet J.Lo’s New Boyfriend See Also: Black Travel: Visit […]
RIO DE JANEIRO — More than 3,000 police and soldiers backed by armored personnel carriers raced into Brazil’s biggest slum before dawn Sunday, quickly gaining control of a shantytown ruled for decades by a heavily armed drug gang. The takeover of the Rocinha neighborhood was the most ambitious operation yet in an effort to increase […]
Recently launched Black television network, Bounce TV, is being criticized for its lack of original programming and creativity. See also: Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones Receive Honorary Oscars At Governors Awards See also: Delois Blakely: ‘Sister Act’ Lawsuit Alleges Disney, Sony Stole Her Story The Root writer Charles E. Cobb Jr. calls the network “uninteresting,” […]
