Education

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 31 2008

Local artist opens studio for business

 Graffiti does not normally lead to creation of an arts-related business, but in Patrick Johnson’s case it did. But it was not the type of business one would expect such as a tagger-turned-fine artist.
 

Jan 31 2008

M.A.M.A. targets battered women

 “I was in a bad relationship, and I prayed to get out. God said ‘don’t worry, I got you, help this other lady,’” recalls Los Angeles resident Arlene Dyer.
 

Jan 24 2008

Themes and slogans can take one off track in doing what is most important, being correct.

While doing research for a doctorate at UCLA, most of the literary investigation was done at their world renowned Research Library, the Music Library, the African Studies Library, and the African American Studies Library. The focus was on Afrikan world music and Afrikan world history. My first priority was to find as many works by scholars of Afrikan descent as possible. 
 

David L. Horne, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Jan 24 2008

Reparations United Front

Clearly, the festive, celebratory appearance each year of parades, official presidential accolades, hero-worshipping articles from both conservatives and liberals claiming Dr. King’s support for their various positions, and all the other pageantry currently associated with the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday and week, are much more positive than negative for African Americans. Even though commercialization and time have dulled the remembrance of a lot of what Dr.

Jan 24 2008

Reparations United Front

 Clearly, the festive, celebratory appearance each year of parades, official presidential accolades, hero-worshipping articles from both conservatives and liberals claiming Dr. King’s support for their various positions, and all the other pageantry currently associated with the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday and week, are much more positive than negative for African Americans.

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.