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Jan 14 2013

Investigation underway

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Two 31-year-old twin sisters were killed early Sunday when a fight between the two spilled out onto the streets of Leimert Park and they were struck by a vehicle, police said.

The fight and fatal crash occurred around 3 a.m. in the 4200 block of Leimert Boulevard, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department.

“The altercation they were having ended up out on the street somehow,” Eisenman said. “They were both struck by a vehicle.”

Sep 26 2011

Fight involved two dozen Black and brown inmates

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A racially divided fight among about two dozen Los Angeles County inmates left several recovering from injuries today.
  
 
The fight between black and Hispanic inmates from five holding modules
on the second floor of Men's Central Jail, 441 S. Bauchet St., occurred
sometime Friday night, the Los Angeles Times reported.
    
 

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Nov 25 2010

A history lesson transformed into a day of fun

In 1866, two U.S. Army African American regiments were formed called the 9th and 10th cavalries. Members of these two cavalry units as well as two all-Black infantry regiments, the 24th and 25th, came to be called Buffalo Soldiers.

By 1867, the first Buffalo Soldier units were sent to the West to fight Indians and protect settlers, cattle herds, and railroad crews. They distinguished themselves, so much that they won the respect of their enemies they were fighting—the Native Americans.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Oct 14 2010

Mothers accuse district

PALMDALE, Calif.—A group of mothers are speaking out against the Antelope Valley Union High School District for allegedly neglecting to properly educate their children with special needs.

The parents say that there may be a dysfunctional pattern of African American boys being mistreated in the district.

Oct 7 2010

What causes success? What is the constant present in every accomplishment? Struggle.

Struggle is defined as a verb meaning to contend resolutely with a task or problem. In the form of a noun “struggle” is defined as a war, fight, conflict or contest of any kind. In life, more often than not, we as people tend to avoid struggle. This avoidance often contributes to our own failure. I believe our reluctance to engage in struggle stems from our perspective or understanding of the term.

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.