Whatever She Wants, starring Vivica A. Fox, is the latest work in a growing genre (Akiit.com) Not long ago, Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut were among the top stars of a modestly successful movie subgenre — the all-black romantic comedy — that seems to have lost some of its ...
(Akiit.com) HARTFORD, Conn. — The idea of strolling the beach in a bikini isn’t what motivates Sandra Mosby to bake her chicken rather than frying it, or to lightly season her collard greens rather than dropping in a fatty ham hock. For Mosby and a growing number of black women, ...
WASHINGTON (Akiit.com) — Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert says he will retire at the end of June 2008. In a letter to the university community dated Friday, Swygert, 64, outlined goals for his final year in office and pointed to his accomplishments since taking the helm of the historically ...
(Akiit.com) The African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” is finding new application among African-American parents who are opting to educate their children at home. But these parents are choosing their own village, rejecting the public education system that at first denied them and later failed them. ...
“You are not a victim of circumstances. You create your life.” (Akiit.com) Neither Don Imus’ words nor a rapper’s degrading lyrics can silence Ariel Kelly’s voice. On Sunday, it fell on Kelly’s slight, 16-year-old shoulders to open the annual EspeciallyMe conference for young African-American women by singing “Lift Every Voice ...
(Akiit.com) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Because Democratic White House front-runners Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton decided to go to Selma and Orangeburg, they have reminded the nation that for many people, the bloody struggle for civil rights happened in their lifetimes. As they travel around the country in their own ...
DETROIT (Akiit.com) — The NAACP held a symbolic funeral in Detroit 63 years ago for Jim Crow. The civil rights organization will do the same this summer for the “N” word, the Rev. Wendell Anthony said Sunday. Anthony, president of the civil rights organization’s Detroit branch, said members and supporters ...
Cure every cell – a sickle cell support group (Akiit.com) There’s quite a lot of stigma toward the whole subject of sickle cell anemia. People can feel guilty because they carry a gene and they choose not to talk about it. So they need to talk about it to start ...
(Akiit.com) Combating negative images is just a part of the undeclared war within the black community, fought on multiple fronts. We are up against: “House Negro” fence-sitters. In the antebellum period in the South, such people always saw things through the eyes of their master or boss. No matter how ...
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Akiit.com) — The Queen of Soul is looking for a few good subjects. Auditions for singing and non-singing parts in a musical production based on music legend Aretha Franklin’s autobiography have been scheduled for May 1-3 in suburban Detroit. The musical based on the 1999 best-seller “Aretha: From ...