Posts Tagged ‘National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’
Tyler Perry Donates One Million Dollars to NAACP »
Tyler Perry has made history again.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced today that the acclaimed film director has donated one million dollars, marking the largest gift ever given by an individual entertainer. In 2007, he became the first black or African American film producer to own a major [...]
Heather Ellis and the Bizarre Walmart Incident »
By Charles S. Mombo CNN News reported last night that Heather Ellis, a 24 year-old African American Xavier University graduate could face fifteen years behind bars for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest after she cut the line at Wal-Mart store in Kennett, Missouri. On Nov. 18, her case went to trial in Dunklin County, Mo., on two [...]
Chicago has Balbo why not Hampton Street »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo There is absolutely no comparison between the Honorable Chairman Fred Hampton and Italo Balbo. Balbo, was an Italian fascist and an associate of Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Hampton on the other hand was a murdered African American freedom fighter. Hampton and Balbo names in the same sentence is simply a point to raise the [...]
