Article Archive for February 2010
Their story is portrayed in the dramatic, Oscar-nominated movie “The Blind Side”. Now they’re coming to share their story in person. On Thursday, March 4, from 12 to 1:30 p.m., Michael Oher.
As African-American male students at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University, the eventual founders of dN|Be Apparel were dismayed at the lack of positive options in the streetwear market. Frustrated by T-shirts adorned with snowmen and marijuana leaf images that glorified drug use and dealing in the young black community, these four did something about it.
If two young Houston entrepreneurs have their way, the whole process of finding, purchasing and selling a home is about to get flipped on its ear.
Mannie Fresh put the South on the map in a big way as the GRAMMY nominated in-house producer for Cash Money Records. His productions have sold over 23 million units and Mannie is stepping up yet again in partnership with Bright Riley, owner of Eyecon Music Group LLC.
n recognition of Black History Month, the Honey Brown Hope Foundation will host an educational and interactive discussion about every concerned black parent’s worst nightmare—his/her child being treated, called and defined as a nigger.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed on the benefits of the $98.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds allocated to the Houston Ship Channel. Among those attending the roundtable session were Congressman Gene Green, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.
Red and yellow, pink and green, purple, no orange, but there was blue. Though not quite all the colors of the rainbow, the contestants at Texas Southern University’s H.P.E. Arena for Sprite’s Regional Step-Off were representing their colors and their schools in hopes of getting the pot of gold.
The NAACP named Roslyn M. Brock as Chair of the Board of Directors at its Annual Board Meeting on February 20 at the New York Hilton.
Winning gold could mean even more money for the Winter Olympics’ superstar athletes. Of the top earners, experts say Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White and Bode Miller stand to gain the most.
Rev. Al Sharpton, president and founder of the National Action Network, has appointed Munson Steed as Director of the Madison Avenue Initiative (MAI), a program under NAN that addresses fairness in advertising. The formal announcement will be made at NAN’s upcoming national convention in April.
The Florida Education Association (FEA) announced its endorsement of Kendrick Meek in the Democratic primary this morning at their education conference in Orlando.”We are gathered in Orlando to fight on behalf of Florida’s teachers and students.
Authorities have charged two men with arson for a church fire in east Texas, and think they are connected to string of other such fires in the area.
Silkie Soul Entertainment Presents Live In Concert “Sho-Tyme”
A week from today, the White House will host a televised health summit with top Democratic and Republican leaders, in hopes of coming up with a deal to move forward with health care reform.
The Houston Rockets will host the third annual Environmental Awareness Night presented by Republic Services on Monday, March 1 when the team faces the Toronto Raptors. The Rockets will use in-game features to raise environmental literacy.
Women’s health advocacy is making tremendous strides, with government, foundations, non-profits and private industry leading the charge for greater awareness and treatment of health conditions impacting women.
There are many big names in fashion and design: Halston, Chanel, Laurent, Gucci, Kani, Karon, Burrows and Dereon come to mind. But the emergence of Claratoli by Celestial Hall, a junior Fashion Merchandising and Marketing student at Prairie View A&M University.
Being first means being a trailblazer. Dr. Bernard Harris became the first African American astronaut to walk in space so that Winston Scott and Robert Curbeam could follow in his footsteps. Dr. Zeb Poindexter, Jr. blazed the trail in the field of dentistry for other African Americans.
The Recovery Act wasn’t a silver bullet, but it’s very good policy. It cut taxes for 95% of working families to give them a leg up as they fight to get by. It invested in our nation’s infrastructure and clean energy. it gave tax breaks to small businesses to help hire workers.
