(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) 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 ...
(Akiit.com) Much to celebrate, much work to be done… The Black male crisis was the topic last week at the 18th annual PUSH-Excel scholarship breakfast honoring the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I had the distinct pleasure of sharing the stage that morning with two great Black ...
(Akiit.com) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday we celebrate today, moved a nation to confront the legacy of slavery, the consequences of legalized segregation and the devastation of racial inequality – including educational inequality. His abiding legacy provides a challenging context for the recent debate over the proper ...
(Akiit.com) We all are familiar with this expression of being “big-boned†or “thickâ€, are we not? There are some that may unwittingly use this as a crutch for being overweight, but there are others that will openly proclaim and proudly acknowledge themselves as such. Then too, several high profile celebrities ...
(Akiit.com) On February 23, 2008 Afropresencia will host the first conference on “Healthcare in the Black Americas†at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York from 10-6:30 p.m. Topics will include, but are not limited to, the impact of health policy; mental ...
(Akiit.com) “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.” – Mary McCleod Bethune “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people ...
(Akiit.com) Syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams has recently questioned whether historically black colleges and universities have outlived their usefulness and viability. While desirous of affording Williams all due respect, please let me — as a veteran HBCU faculty member and, now, president — respond. Simply ridiculous. Williams focuses his essay ...
(Akiit.com) Most of us women fit somewhere between Oseola Mc Carthy and Oprah Winfrey… We’re not pulling down the millions, but we aren’t washing clothes for a living either! Yet Oseola Mc Carthy quit school at 12 and began taking in laundry for a living. She never earned more than ...
(Akiit.com) One of the most damaging forces tearing at young black people in America today is the popular culture’s pernicious image of what an “authentic” black person is supposed to look like and how that person is supposed to act. For example, VH-1’s highly rated Flavor of Love show features ...
(Akiit.com) You don’t hear much about the nation’s “war on drugs” these days. It’s a has-been, a glamorless geezer, a holdover from bygone days. Its glitz has been stolen by the “war on terror,” which gets the news media hype and campaign trail rhetoric. Railing against recreational drug use and ...
(Akiit.com) In a Capitol Hill briefing, the head of the nation’s oldest black business organization said his National Business League (NBL) is addressing the problem with a focus on “creating more well-paying jobs for African- Americans“. NBL President W. Ronald Evans says that the solution is: “For America to secure ...