(Akiit.com) ATLANTA, GA — Does hip hop hate women? That’s the question being asked on Tuesday night on the campus of Spelman College. The school is hosting its annual national town hall meeting on the effect of negative images of women in the rap music industry. Also in town is ...
(Akiit.com) ST. LOUIS — Luther Ingram, the R&B singer and songwriter best known for the 1972 hit “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right,” has died. He was 69. Ingram died Monday at a Belleville, Ill., hospital of heart failure, friend and journalist Bernie Hayes said ...
(Akiit.com) Thu Mar 22,12:11 PM ET Vivica A. Fox was released from jail early Wednesday after she was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, authorities said. The 42-year-old actress was pulled over late Tuesday after her vehicle passed a patrol car on the Hollywood Freeway at 80 mph, ...
Symposium to Advance Policy Agenda to Restore the Gulf Coast Baton Rouge, LA (Akiit.coom) – The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA), and the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation will present a District-Level Forum on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31, 2007 from 9:00am – 5:00pm. ...
Safe Kids Worldwide Targets African-American Parents and Caregivers During National Poison Prevention Week, March 18 – 24 Washington, DC (Akiit.com) – African-American children account for more than one out of four children killed by accidental poisoning in the United States, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data for ...
Akiit.com (March 13, 2007) Roland S. Martin, a nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago-based radio host, will join CNN, it was announced today by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. Martin will serve as a contributor across several programs effective immediately, and, in the coming months, the network will develop various other ...
Akiit.com (March 13, 2007) TV One and the Washington, DC Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation have announced that TV One has signed as an official media partner of the initiative to build a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the National Mall. As a media ...
Akiit.com (March 12, 2007) The National Medical Association (NMA) has released results of a membership survey that overwhelmingly indicate that NMA physicians are even more positive toward direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising now than they were in 2001. Further, NMA physicians said that consumer-focused advertising of prescription medications provides substantial educational benefits and ...
Akiit.com (March 8, 2007) Walgreen Co. store manager Johnny Tucker claims it was an open secret among his African-American colleagues that their chances of being assigned to stores in white neighborhoods were slim. “It was something many of us accepted and tolerated,” said the 21-year Walgreens veteran, who manages a ...
Akiit.com (March 16, 2007) A campaign to educate and empower African-Americans to take control of their financial destiny and the rebirth of a publication nearly devastated by Hurricane Katrina took top honors in the 2007 DaimlerChrysler Financial Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award competition. The winners, Washington, D.C.-based The Washington Informer and ...