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LANSING, MI — Lansing Community College and Rina Risper of the Nu Poet Collective bring Detroit’s Women of the World Poets to Lansing on March 5, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Cafeteria in the Arts & Science Bldg.
Cassie Poe
LANSING, MI — I am a small town guy who comes from a middle class background. Often times people think I’m a college student, not the stereotype of what homelessness conjures up. In fact, I found myself homeless two years ago.
The father of pop star Rihanna is blaming the Los Angeles Police Department for the leak of a photo showing his daughter’s battered and bruised face following a domestic dispute with Chris Brown.
Bravo’s Top Chef Pays a Visit to Capital Area District Library Stephanie Izard dishes
about hit show.
KANSAS CITY, MO — Something old, something new, something borrowed, something green?
Singer’s open letter condemns chimp cartoon; urges entertainers to stop granting them interviews
LANSING, MI — The Michigan Senate passed legislation recently that will encourage public schools at the middle and high school levels to focus on the advanced kingdoms of Pre-colonial Africa during world history instruction, instead of the most primitive Africans who did not represent the continent.
Above: Charles Six, President, Ending Stereotypes for America; Representative Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek) and former Representative Brenda Clack (D-Flint). Courtesy photo
Another Defining Black History Moment – Pittsburgh Steelers’ NFL Super Bowl Championship – African American Head Coach, Youngest Ever, and MVP Takes Top Honors –
Workers at Moncure Plywood, in Moncure, North Carolina, are steadfast but weary as they have walked the picket line through three seasons of weather. Workers voted near-unanimously last July 20 to strike.
"We are standing on the word of God that we can see through this, and we are gratefully receiving support from all over the state," said Lewis Cameron, president of Machinists Local Lodge W369. Workers receive $150 a week strike pay.
(BPRW) In a year of such firsts as Jamaican-decent pilot Barrington Irving’s trek around the world in a single-engine airplane, and the Tuskegee airmen earning a Congressional Gold Medal; perhaps it is fitting to go a little further back into aviation history to discuss the premier African American woman of flight. Bessie Coleman was born in a small town in northeastern Texas in 1892, the 10th of 13 children and would ultimately become the world’s first licensed black pilot.