(Akiit.com) Two historically black colleges, faced with almost constant obstacles to stay afloat and continue their missions, are adding to their game plans in their efforts to bring in more degree-seeking students and their dollars. Atlanta’s Morris Brown College is launching a full, Internet-based degree program in organizational leadership and ...
(Akiit.com) Count me among those who seriously questioned whether “justice” was properly meted out to Donte’ Stallworth, the NFL wide receiver who spent only 24 days in jail after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter. Let me restate the obvious for the thousandth time: Michael Vick got almost two years in ...
(Akiit.com) Chicago, Illinois – There’s something special about the city of Chicago. Whether it’s the palatial skyline, the lights of the Magnificent Mile, or the diversity of art, food and culture, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. But in recent years, Chicago’s beauty has been diminished by the wanton slaughter ...
(Akiit.com) The Society of Architecture Historians Conducts Historic Tour… The Society of Architectural Historians is holding a four-day study tour from October 8-12 featuring the architecture, urbanism, and commemorative landscapes associated with the civil rights movement in Alabama and Georgia. The tour, conducted by university professors such as Dell Upton ...
(Akiit.com) I am among those who tremble when I hear people refer to “The Black Church.” Christians believe that there is only one church and the only proper description of the church is the Christian Church. However, ever since the beginning of the Christian movement, ethnic and doctrinal distinctions were ...
(Akiit.com) Last week in Hagerstown, Maryland, the Secret Service detained a man outside a town hall meeting. He was holding a sign that said death to President Obama, Michelle Obama and their kids. The man said he came to debate health care but couldn’t get in because it was too ...
(Akiit.com) Last week Kenneth Gladney, a black conservative, was assaulted outside a health care town hall meeting hosted by Missouri Democrat Rep. Russ Carnahan. Fox News pushed the black conservative’s allegations of racial assault – at the hands of another black man who also allegedly used the n-word – to ...
(Akiit.com) There’s an age-old adage that states, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” As it is in life, so it is in politics. A political entity’s ability to measure and influence public opinion plays a significant role in its ability to further its ...
(Akiit.com) I have attended far too many funerals of young African American men whose lives have been extinguished – denied the right to experience the full breadth of life – at the hands of someone who looked like them, from the same tribe, who share the same blood, African American ...
(Akiit.com) The current philosophy of governance – and this includes governance of the democrat and republican variety—is that there is tremendous capacity in government to better the lives of average folks; it is the power of administrative policy that can end poverty, cure disease, and ultimately save the planet. It ...