Lee Jackson
Jun 12 2008

Hand-held cell phones will be banned July 1

Starting July 1, the Auto Club of Southern California said that two cell phone laws will become law.

Jun 12 2008

Hand-held cell phones will be banned July 1

Starting July 1, the Auto Club of Southern California said that two cell phone laws will become law.

Jun 12 2008

Hand-held cell phones will be banned July 1

Starting July 1, the Auto Club of Southern California said that two cell phone laws will become law.

May 22 2008

Woman killed in tragic bus accident

 Faith Creer, 31, was killed when she was thrown from a charter bus that left from the Fox Hills Mall in Culver City and overturned on Interstate 40 en route to Laughlin, Nevada. 

May 22 2008

Community outraged at slaying

 Residents in a Long Beach neighborhood are outraged over the shooting death of Roketi Su’e, 46, who was allegedly killed Saturday by Long Beach police about 7 p.m. 

May 22 2008

A shocking video depicting over a dozen Philadelphia police officers beating and kicking three black suspects has led to four of the policemen in the video being fired and four others demoted.

 The video stirred national attention as eight officers who were among 18 surrounded a car in North Philadelphia on May 5 after a shooting between two groups of men.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.