Saturday, July 26, 2014

Leaders Summit convenes August 4-6, four countries not included

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President Obama will welcome leaders from across the African continent to the U.S. Capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Sum...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Concern over unpeaceful world increases

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As I watch news reports from around the world, I'm very concerned about the lack of compassion and hate rhetoric surrounding events. ...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Google's Nelson Mandela tribute is awesome!

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Photo attribution: South Africa The Good News Google has animated the words of Nelson Mandela on its website banner, and if you click o...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Lupita Nyong'o's Vogue cover shielded at Publix Supermarket

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July issue of Vogue Magazine While in the check out lane at my local Publix grocery store, I noticed that the July issue of Vogue Maga...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Thad Cochran's Mississippi ranks first in US Poverty Areas

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  U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R) won last election with help of Black voters. If you are a Black child living in French Camp, Mississippi, ...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Maya Angelou: a glorious life of sharing

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Homage to Dr. Angelou Maya Angelou was a relevant, sermonizing, power poet. Here are excerpts from my hour long interview with her i...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Wisdom from the NBA

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Photo by Keagan Stromberg TOMI JOHNSON:  Growing up, who was your role model? TAYSHAUN PRINCE:  Besides my parents, Magic Johnson...

Dick Parsons, CNN, and the NBA

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If you're wondering how CNN got that Sterling interview and how the NBA will use it to help oust Donald Sterling, here are some facts a...

Sterling vs. Magic: Jewish/Black tinderglass

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When my father died in 1969, the first person I remember coming to my house to pay his respects was a Jewish shopkeeper who sold seeds a...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Breaking News: Sterling banned for life

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The NBA has banned Donald Sterling for life, fined him $2.5 million, and will take action to force him to sell the Los Angeles Clippers bas...
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Sterling sends wrong message on "owning" a team

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Is it o.k. to take a picture with a basketball player? (Former NBA star Ben Wallace and Tomi Johnson) Charles "Chuck" Cooper...
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Friday, April 25, 2014

Shan Cooper: Woman of Integrity

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(From Cooper’s appearance at Aflac’s “Women of Integrity” Luncheon, April 24, 2014, Marietta Country Club. Digital images by Ilea Johnson) ...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Bob Ott, Cobb County Commissioner, sits alone in hot seat during citizen's Town Hall

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Ott (seated at left) listened while citizens discussed how to hold politicians accountable. Bob Ott, one of four Cobb County commission...
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Census Bureau to release U.S. population estimates

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  There is a growing concern that the U.S. is losing population, and the Census Bureau is the clearinghouse for population estimates. ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Community groups demand government transparency in Cobb County, Ga.

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Taxpayers in Cobb said they are tired of government officials not listening to them. A coalition of 13 community groups ranging from Te...

Thought for today...

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"Prayer is the ardent wish that every way of life be light; that every act be crowned with good; that every living thing be prospere...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

LGE announces 2014 scholarship program

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LGE Community Credit Union is continuing its college scholarship program this year and will be awarding  five scholarships in the amou...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Peace Corps volunteers back from Ukraine

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I have it on good intelligence that some Peace Corps volunteers have been safely evacuated from Ukraine and are now in Washington, DC. Pr...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Black History Month Factoid

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African American or Afro American? You decide. Asking the question, where did the term "African American" originate, and can ...

Quote for today...

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"If you will it, it is no dream." Theodor Herzl, founder of the State of Israel
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Cobb County, Ga. citizens wail against immoral government

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Decided to put last night's call for government transparency Town Hall Meeting notes into a poem. Snow image effects added. "Po...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

State of Emergency could negatively affect employees in Right to Work state

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Two weeks ago, some Atlanta motorists were stuck in their cars for 24 hours after a snow storm dumped less than three inches of hazardous p...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Are we just existing or are we committed to being awake?

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Religious life after King: stay awake! As I sit here looking out the window on an icy afternoon, I contemplate my own moral attitude an...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Birthdays time to reflect

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My singing and hearing aren't what they used to be, but I can still remember and count my blessings! I told my friends who wished m...

Facebook, Google hold deleted images/content without permission

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Delete this! With Facebook turning 10 the other day, they gave me a big surprise - a movie that looks real appealing which I included o...