New learning center will more than double group’s community outreach (Akiit.com) Indianapolis, IN – The Center for Leadership Development (CLD) today announced that it has received a $1.4 million gift from the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation for the construction of a new learning center that will expand the organization’s ...
(Akiit.com) The undeniable history of our forefathers tells many stories of power, strength, leadership and prosperity. African kings like Mansa Musa, King of Mali, was a powerful leader who established trade, built schools, courts, and enclosed the cities of Timbuktu and Gao within his empire. Men like Musa seem almost ...
QB shies away from football-related questions at restaurant opening (Akiit.com) ATLANTA – Michael Vick was enthusiastic about his new winery restaurant, but the Atlanta Falcons quarterback steered away from questions about other endeavors. Vick spoke with the media Wednesday night at The Tasting Room in suburban Atlanta for the first ...
(Akiit.com) 10:50 am PDT March 21, 2007 Museum Planned In Fredericksburg, Va. RICHMOND, Va. — If you’ve ever dreamed of quipping alongside Bill Cosby, now’s your chance. A YouTube-inspired campaign will let Web surfers create homemade videos featuring America’s funniest dad, as he urges them to donate toward building a ...
(Akiit.com) Republican presidential candidates Rudolph Giuliani and Mitt Romney are skipping the National Urban League’s annual conference this summer, and league president Marc Morial wants them to know he’s not happy about it. “We’re sending notice, not just to the Republicans, but to all the candidates, that you’re not going ...
(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 ...