(Akiit.com) Boy, Black folks (my people) are a funny bunch. That’s “funny” as in ‘ha ha.’ Yep, Mo’Kelly said it. Mo’Kelly loves you all, but he knows y’all too. Only in the United States of Black America can Black folks send death threats to Tavis Smiley and his family because ...
(Akiit.com) Frederick, MD Feb 11, 2008 — PublishAmerica is proud to present Fruits of Our Labor: America’s Prosperity on the Backs of Blacks by Fayton L. Washington of Damascus, Maryland. The trend in America since the birth of this nation has been its unforgiving obsession with segregation, prejudice, and inequality. ...
(Akiit.com) There is a saying – “God cannot change the truth.†I’m an African-American political independent. The purpose of this article is not to debate the merits of belonging to a certain political party nor to pursue political converts. The purpose is to clarify history and to ask does the ...
(Akiit.com) Black history month is the time specifically set aside each year for the world to reflect on the contributions African Americans have made in the past and even the present. Inevitably, we also reflect on slavery times to learn something – good or bad. The Black woman’s role was ...
(Akiit.com) There was absolutely no surprise at the results of Super Tuesday. This writer flatly said days before the first vote was cast that Super Tuesday would be anything but super for either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, and that neither would or could deliver the knockout punch. There are ...
(Akiit.com) To mark the start of Black History Month, a calculation of what the continent lost… We know much about 16th century sub-Saharan Africa from surviving remains, archaeological excavations and written sources. There were integrated kingdoms and empires, with substantial cities (60,000 to 140,000 inhabitants) and significant towns (1,000 to ...
(Akiit.com) “Our elevation must be the result of self –efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.†Martin Delany 1852 Black History month provides an excellent opportunity for us to celebrate and ...
(Akiit.com) The history of blacks in business is an inspiring story of ingenuity and invention in the face of adversity… And our youth should know that long before slavery ended, black Americans were engaged in businesses of their own. Camden, New Jersey, Feb 3, 2008– Entrepreneurship is a concept that ...
(Akiit.com) *Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama recently found himself in some hot water when he was heard to compliment former President Ronald Reagan. During an interview, the Illinois senator said, “I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a ...
(Akiit.com) In lieu of recent celebrity deaths (Heath Ledger, Anna Nicole Smith, and others), there is one question that must be asked: Do you really know about all the dangers that lie in the drugs you have in your medicine cabinet? Daily, incidents are reported on about the adverse effects ...