News For, By and About People
When we met you told me stories of your ex,
How you were taken for granted, alienated, disrespected,
Mistreated, to the end never cherished.
I shook my head and as a man wished I could’ve shouldered the blame,
And with time show you love, take away the pain.
By Jonathan Livingston
“…And what of love”, wrote the poet Kahlil Gibran. Before reading this passage from The Prophet as a young boy, I never thought of love and what it meant to love and be loved. I was given and shown love by my family and my community, but I never had experienced the love between a man and a woman.
By Tony Jones
Special to The New Citizen Press
On Friday, Feb. 28, East Lansing gets to enjoy the rising surge of message music as the pioneering Hopeville Tour – United As One presentation brings the biggest gospel music tour in history to the Breslin Center, offering the perfect occasion for families to celebrate Black History Month together.
By Bro. Ishmael Muhammad
As the leadership of America seems determined to start a war with Iraq. President Bush has gone to great lengths to state his position as to why war with Iraq is necessary and why Saddam Hussein must be removed from power.
By Nadia Sellers
(Auburn Hills)—The Detroit Pistons continue to be one of the more enigmatic stories of this NBA season…a team without a superstar, without great size or speed, but one which just keeps piling up the victories.
The Gospel Music Hall of Fame & Museum (G.M.H.F. & M.) was founded by David Gough (The Mayor of Gospel Music in 1995.
In a recent article written in ‘‘Campaign Finance Talk,” which is a non partisan and non profit organization, State Senator Schwarz was asked why he was running for governor?
Comedian to star in remake of Poitier classic
Columbia Pictures is developing the remake of the 1967 classic, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” which originally starred Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
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