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Own YOUR Life!
I recently read an old passage of scripture that gave me new insight. John 5 describes a man who suffered with an incurable disease for 38 years. At some point in his life, he made it to a pool of wa
Ex-Offender Employment
I am conducting research on ex-offender hiring in the DC Metropolitan Area. What is your view of ex-offender hiring and what impact do you believe it has on African Americans?
Why is education important?
Why do you feel that education is so important? Can a person reach their goals without the sheep skin? Convince me!
President Obama
Happy Saturday Morning! As I was laying in the bed with some much needed free time...it struck me that a good number of folks have varied opinions about the state of America (bailouts etc...) and t
Follow up: Money for the Holidays
Whatz up y'all. On November 11th I posted a gut check (Part XXI- Get Rich Quick) and promised follow-ups...so here's the first. QUICK BACKGROUND: I was asked by a BIA member to join a group exp
Creating a Professional Image from the Inside Out
A few months ago, my neighbors chopped down their thirty-foot oak tree. Though the old tree was green, vibrant and stood for more than forty years, it's outer appearance camouflaged it’s inner condit
November 18, 2008-Take Back our schools
UPDATE: Dr. Ahmad’s 1st Annual BIA-Take Back Our School Initiative! Okay, we are getting very close. Are you prepared? What is your local plan? http://blackinamerica.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?cid=1
Money For the Holidays: Get Rich or Die Trying! Idiots
It's gut check time again. Same rules: If you are not ready to explore your inner feelings and beliefs...leave now...don't read another word! AS ALWAYS YOU'VE BEEN WARNED ----- Part XXI- Get Ric
Happy V-Day Black Folks
Well Barack has been elected President of the USA, my book is flying off the shelf…I guess as a collector’$$ item Is Barack Black or White?…and it’s Veterans Day. What a great time to be an Africa
Enter the New Negro: A Spiritual Coming of Age
This is one of my favorite essays from the Harlem Renaissance era, written by legendary Black intellect Alain Locke. It is stunning to see so many similarities between the African American experience
THE EARTH MOVED!
"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed--you can speak to this mountain. Tell it to be moved and cast into the sea. It will be done." On November 4, 2008, America spoke. The sound r
VOTE FOR ME!
It's gut check time again. Same rules: If you are not ready to explore your inner feelings and beliefs...leave now...don't read another word! AS ALWAYS YOU'VE BEEN WARNED ----- Part XX- Who you