African Amercian Community

Apr 16 2013

Shooting under investigation

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — A man was found shot to death today in a vehicle in Inglewood, the apparent victim of homicide, authorities said.

The 35 year old man was pronounced dead at about 12:30 a.m. in the 600 block of West Hardin Drive, according to  Coroner’s Chief Craig Harvey.

Authorities withheld the name of the dead man, pending notification ofhis relatives. The circumstances of the shooting were under investigation.

Mar 22 2013

Crenshaw and Jefferson boulevards

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A proposal to name the intersection of Jefferson and Crenshaw boulevards in Jefferson Park for Bishop Charles E. Blake, the pastor of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, is expected to be approved today.

The more than 24,000-member church is adjacent to the intersection.

Blake has also been presiding bishop of the General Assembly of the 6.5 million-member Church of God in Christ since 2007.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 14 2013

Family to hold a second funeral

South Los Angeles resident Evans Davidson has to make arrangements to bury his wife for a second time after the Simpson Family Mortuary in Inglewood inadvertently switched her body with someone else’s.

Davidson says he repeatedly told officials that the woman in the casket didn’t look like his wife, Darlene Davidson, but they claimed it was a result of embalming.

A few days after the funeral, Davidson got a call from the mortuary asking him to come identify a body.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Nov 18 2010

America’s most wanted slaves

Dare we not forget the solemnly shameful, yet strangely glorious past of American history, when Africans were stolen from their homes, stripped of their languages, religions, cultures, and families; when countless ancestors perished over the Atlantic in the bowels of grand ships, locked in chains and human waste; when Black people were bought, sold and traded.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Nov 11 2010

The new generation’s lack of work ethic

Today it amazes me how my generation has such a negative attitude towards hard work (and sometimes any work at all). With unemployment nearing the heights that it was during the Great Depression, and with it being especially detrimental in the African American community one has to wonder how much of this is because of our attitude towards doing the jobs that are probably the easiest to get.

Across Black America

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

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”