African-American News - July 15, 2010

African-American News - July 15, 2010

 

 

Jackson: NAACP's focus is on jobs; not tea party (WHAS)

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the NAACP wants "jobs and justice and peace." And he doesn't want the group's resolution condemning racism within the tea party movement to be a distraction.

NAACP state president banned from Wake County school property (Examiner)

President of the North Carolina NAACP, Rev. William Barber, and three others have been banned from Wake school property.

Al Sharpton Attacks Rush Limbaugh, the Last White Guy He Isn't In Bed With (Village Voice)

Thank God for Rush Limbaugh. So long as he's calling George Steinbrenner a "cracker" who "made a lot of African-Americans millionaires," there's still a white guy with power in America that Al Sharpton is free to attack.

Store's closing is end of an era (The Enquirer)

Cady Superette, a landmark grocery store in the black community, has closed. Cady was located on the corner of Angell Street and Hamblin Avenue.

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch to be Turned into a California State Park? (WWWZ-FM North Charleston)

Neverland Ranch could be transformed into a California state park, if some officials have their way.

Community Mourns Loss Of Judge Sugg (The Gazette Virginian)

A funeral will be held Saturday at noon at Mt. Olive Baptist Church for the first African-American judge to preside in Halifax County.

Tea Party Spokesman Says NAACP Has No Right to Lecture About Racism (James Wolcott)

After the NAACP criticized the Tea Party for tolerating racism, Tea Party spokesman Mark Williams said, "I am disinclined to take lectures on racial sensitivity from a group that insists on calling black people 'Colored.'" Take that, America's most venerable civil-rights organization, which was founded before the term "African-American" was ...

Book Review: Put on Your Crown by Queen Latifah (womenseyeonmedia)

Queen Latifah is a fabulously respected, savvy businesswoman. She is an Oscar-nominated actress, a Grammy winner, a Cover Girl, and a self-made entrepreneur. She has been an inspiration to many women and young girls throughout the years as she has proven time and again that you can become a successful woman without compromising yourself or your standards in order to fit into some magic mold society insists you must fit into. Queen Latifah has been a positive role model when it comes to body image and body acceptance. That in itself was the reason why I was excited to read her newest book, Put on Your Crown. The book, she says, is "a wake-up call to empowerment", written predominantly for young women after noticing the severe lack of self esteem held by young women, which she believes is an epidemic throughout the US. She wrote this book for those young women who need to know that as you learn and grow from the experiences of your past, you can use them to turn yourself into a strong, confident woman.

Program Boosts Safe-Sex Habits Among Black Couples (MediLexicon)

A new study has found that heterosexual African American couples in which only one partner is HIV-positive practiced safer sexual behaviors after participating in a culturally specific intervention program designed to reduce the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.