Plain Talk 4-1
It was a cold December morning. I was standing at the gasoline station down the street from my job, pumping gasoline.
I was very, very cold and half asleep. I heard a voice coming from the other side of the gas pump saying… good morning. I was surprised. Not that someone was saying good morning, but that someone was so happy and cheerful so early in the cold morning.
Excuse Me 4-1
(This Edition Celebrates our start of our Fourth Year. Celebrate with us by sending in letters or e-mails about the edition that you like or hated the most. If you just have something to tell us that you learned, that would be great. Also let us know what you would like to see. We are working on some great articles for 2005. I have started a wall of fame in my office so call and come by and visit .)
B. I. G. Misconception Guerilla Black is not Biggie Smalls reborn
“That gangsta stuff is dead,” Guerilla stated. “[Rappers out on the West] don’t understand that times are changing.”
Power of Red for Women Tips Ten Ways to Take Charge of Your Health
Here are some tips for you to stay heart healthy.
February is American Heart Month: Recognize Heart Attack, Stroke & Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs
OKEMOS, MI — Women throughout America and Michigan will be “going red” in February to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease, women’s No. 1 killer. A recent survey shows that only 13 percent of women consider cardiovascular disease their greatest health risk, but heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases claim the lives of nearly half a million women each year – about a death a minute. That’s more lives than the next six causes of death combined.
Capital Area District Library’s “Have We Realized the Dream?”
LANSING, MI—The African-American community owes a great debt to Susan J. Hill, the director of the Capital Area District Library, which governs 13 local libraries and a bookmobile, and Kathy Johnson, the head librarian at the downtown main library, and their staff for their annual honoring of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday with a relevant, insightful, and delightful presentation with prestigious guest speakers.
War and basketball
By Jonathan Livingston
Like many Americans, this past weekend and every weekend during this time of year, I watched what many argue is the purest form of entertainment, the NCAA tournament. Like most folks this season, as the field narrowed, my bracket sheet was thrown out of the window, but while watching these games, like most Americans, in between commercials and when we turned the channel, my attention was focused on the war of Iraq, liberation of Iraq, or the strike against Iraq, depending on what channel you stumbled across.
I tried to teach them
I tried to teach them
Hey little youth, can I speak with you?
Wearing your jeans real saggy and your T-shirt too
And your favorite color is either red or blue
And you take a lot of pride in the name of your crew
Nobody better disrespect or there is no telling what you will do
Because you’re crazy! A little thug is in you.
I know a secret: Sexual assault is prevalent in the Black community
By: Jonathan Livingston
Until I was 13, I never knew what rape was. I was introduced to the word rape in the most unusual of circumstances. While under the influence of alcohol, a man who my aunt had been dating for six months tried to seduce my younger aunt while my older aunt, the one he was dating, was asleep. From what I can remember about this experience, my older aunt hit him on the head with a lamp, woke up her older sister, and called over my uncles.