Ever wonder why there is such a disparity between the number of African-Americans in prison vs. the number of Anglos? Here's something to consider. Folks like the Big Creek Six involved in the torture of Megan Williams are able to walk the streets while others do prison time for lesser...
According to cnn.com , six West Virginia residents have been charged with kidnapping, torturing and sexually assaulting a Charleston woman for at least a week. 20-year-old Megan Williams had stab wounds on her left leg and bruises around her eyes. A WSAZ news report says that the 4'11" Williams was...
Back in March of this year, the U.S. learned of a young girl in Paris, Texas who would supposedly spend 7 years of her life in prison for pushing down a teacher. When people read the story by Howard Witt in the Chicago Tribune, many were moved, but to what...
This response from Judy showed up on the comments page. Hello from England. I lived in the Alabama for a year, over 30 years ago, and was able to pass my mixed-race self off as white, to free myself of the huge disadvantage of being black. I am not in...
Satire is not lost on me, I promise you. One of my favorite movies is Spike Lee's Bamboozled, where people walked out at the showing I went to. And Boondocks, loved and loathed by many, is one of my favorite show on T.V. (when it airs). But Read a Book...
According to Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune, Judge J.P. Mauffray in Jena, La. threw out a conspiracy conviction against Mychal Bell, one of the Jena 6. Judge Mauffray granted a defense motion that Bell's June trial was improperly held in adult court and should instead have been conducted...
One of the main goals of the Day of Blogging for Justice creators was increased media coverage regarding the Jena 6. Today I saw a piece on Headline News where they spoke to parents on both sides of the issue. I went to the Headline News website and there was...
September 4, 2007 (Dallas, Texas) – CWC Entertainment Group Founder Vincent Tucker has officially become the Fall 2007 North Texas Booking agent for The Harlem Starz Basketball Team. With this agreement, Vincent Tucker & CWC Entertainment Group will be booking The Harlem Starz to perform in both middle & high...
Britney Exline became the youngest African-American female accepted at an Ivy League when Pennsylvania University welcomed her into their freshman class. The 15 year-old Colorado native began reading at the age of two, and scored 1400 on her SAT. Britney plans to study politics and engineering while at Penn. "I'm...
I came across an interesting piece in the Austin American-Statesman about a Ghetto Handbook that was distributed among Houston school employees. According to the Statesman, the eight-page booklet, subtitled "Wucha dun did now?", was handed out to about 15 Houston Independent School District police officers at a May roll call...
