african american

Dec 20 2012

First Southern Black since Reconstruction

 COLUMBIA, S.C.–Gov. Nikki Haley appointed U.S. Rep. Tim Scott to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of United States Senator Jim DeMint.

Gov. Haley said, “What we looked for in a new senator is a fighter, someone with courage and leadership for our state and nation at a time when we need it most, and someone who understands South Carolina’s issues and knows her people. That’s what we found in Tim Scott. It’s a great honor for me to appoint Tim as our next U.S. Senator.”

Oct 9 2012

States he's his uncle

LAWNDALE, Calif.—A 21-year-old man who allegedly stole a pickup truck in Lawndale with a 2-year-old boy inside was behind bars today, and the toddler was safely back with his family.

The boy's 42-year-old father had just strapped the child into the truck when he returned to his apartment near 173rd Street and Grevillea Avenue at 2:48 p.m. Monday to get a diaper bag he had left behind, said Sgt. Paul Schuerger of the Los Angeles County sheriff's South Los Angeles Station.

Sep 20 2012

Author Kelli London

“No” is a foreign word.

It’s something you simply cannot understand. It just doesn’t compute. Not in your vocabulary.

When you want something—whether it’s a boy, a job, a grade, a pet, or a new gadget you must have— ain’t nobody better say that word to you because you don’t get it.

It. Just. Doesn’t. Make. Sense.

Sep 20 2012

Three in custody; one suspect still being sought

Criminal charges were filed against three alleged gang members accused of robbing a Bank of America branch in Canyon Country and leading sheriff’s deputies on a wild chase on Wednesday, Sept. 12, during which stolen money was tossed from the windows of a stolen SUV in South Los Angeles.

Phillip Ely, 29, of Carson; Lavelle Lee Mosley, 22, of Los Angeles; and Terion Lamarr Collins, 25, described as a transient, pleaded not guilty in San Fernando Superior Court to four counts each of second-degree robbery and one count each of kidnapping to commit another crime.

Sep 13 2012

Author By Jonathan Kozol

Everybody looks different, but they haven’t changed a bit.

The classmates at your reunion got older, that’s for sure. Some have gotten a little wider, a bit grayer, too, and more lined than they were decades ago.

What’s funny, though, is that while you were reminiscing with these former-classmates-cum-friends, you didn’t notice gray hair. You didn’t see extra pounds or new wrinkles. You only saw children, the way they were in school.

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.