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Articles about African American Women (0-50 of 358)
- Is Global Dating The New Dating For The Next Decade?
By: Daniel DeLa Cruz | - The modern world is changing rapidly. Technology has revolutionized the world to such an extent that it has changed the dating game. Even dating has gone global. Previously men got an opportunity to date women whom he came into contact with. They lived in his city, went to the same clubs or worked in the same office. Often he failed to develop the relationship he had been looking for as he could not find the right girl.
Dating only girls who live in your town, city or state is no ...
Tags: international dating, foreign women, global dating, online dating, russian women, brazilian women
- Dating For Black Women - 3 Tips For Finding And Keeping Your Man
By: John Arnold | - The goal in dating for black women is usually to find Mr. Right. Granted some women just want to find, have fun and meet people. Whatever your goal is the question still lingers, where are all the good black men? A few years ago some women described a good black man as a bmw (black man working). Obviously it goes beyond that but ladies finding and keeping that good black man is still possible. Though black women face all kinds of issues when it comes to dating the search continues. Women ...
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- The Black Man And Dating - Becoming More Attractive To The Ladies
By: John Arnold | - When it comes to being a black man and dating every man thinks they are a catch. As you know every fish that a fisherman catches he doesn't keep some he will throw back. Well, how can I become the catch that the ladies want and not the one they throw back. By the way men my definition of ladies is not women you just want to sleep with and forget about them. I am talking about developing something real and long lasting.
The first thing you need to do is educate yourself. Studies ...
Tags: black dating for free, black dating, African American
- California - A Dynamic And Bustling Singles Hot Spot!
By: Michiel Van Kets | - California is the most populous state in the U.S. Known as the 'land of wine and food' some of the most famous cities to be found here include Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco and Long Beach.
If you live in the state of California then you are lucky enough to have the opportunity to explore its cities, climb the spectacular mountains, hike through its dense forests and swim in the ocean. Head to Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Ski resorts in the mountains if you like to ski or ...
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- Masai Tribe Sex Secrets Attracting White Women Kenya Safari
By: Edwin Muriithi | - Believe it or not most Kenyans who are fellow countrymen to the Masai tribe know very little about this African tribe in comparison to white European, Asian, American women and white westerners at large who have discovered many amazing Masai secrets through mainly word of mouth. Local Kenyans who don't belong to the Masai tribe don't have the slightest clue about these Masai top secrets. The reason is not too difficult to guess, Many Africans who believe that they are civilized norma ...
Tags: Masai, Tribe, Sex, white women, Kenya safari, Masai Mara
- Tummy Tucks Popular Among Blacks
By: Richard Bonn | - Despite the growing number of Black women getting tummy tucks, cosmetic surgery in general is still frowned upon within the African American community. Any procedure that changes the naturalness of Black looks is considered trying to act or be white. Changing what you were born with is considered an insult to your ancestors, by some. Yet Black women with increasing disposable income say they are about making themselves look good, in a Black way, rather than trying to emulate white women.
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- Tummy Tucks And African American Women
By: Richard Bonn | - Once solely the purview of Caucasians, tummy tucks and other surgical augmentations are becoming more and more popular with African Americans, particularly women. Since 2002, statistics show that more than 1.3 million people of color had had some form of surgical procedure. Facial cosmetic surgery followed by tummy tucks are the favored procedures.
This explosion has come as the Black middle class has grown and developed more disposable income. Recent medical advances have greatly ...
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- Black Natural Hair Politics: Is Hair Just Hair?
By: Sunshine Abuwi | - I really get irritated when people try to downplay the significance of hair in the African community. It IS something that needs to be addressed. I don't understand how an entire race of women,
a)chemically altering their hair to the point where it resembles hair of other cultures,
b) having no idea how to care for their natural texture, and
c) many believing that their natural texture, is inappropriate, ugly, unmanageable, and taboo, is not an issue that deserves attentio ...
Tags: natural hair, black natural hair, hair politics, hair, women
- Grants For Hiv Prevention
By: John Goldman | - Catching life of enjoyment is every one"s prodigy but what if this enjoyment becomes a curse! This is what happening with maximum youths that constitute the most vibrant and galvanizing country America. They have got into the grip of most dreaded of all diseases HIV with most affected of them are gay or bisexual men of all races, and sects including Hispanics or Latinos.
Among all MSMs, young blacks between age group of 13 to 29 are most vulnerable of all as compared to any other a ...
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- Necessity Of College Grants For Women
By: John Goldman | - Women have definitely carved a niche for themselves in almost all arenas of life. However, in realm of industry-specific careers and higher education, women, on the whole, continue to remain greatly underrepresented. Statistics have shown that the number of women finishing undergraduate degrees is more than male counterparts of theirs these days.
However, several educators still tend to argue that the educational institutions undergo tremendous failure in terms of having female stu ...
Tags: college funds for women, financial aid for women
- Free Black Dating Websites For Afro-american Singles
By: Jenny Rogers | - The black sites of dating helped of the million women and men of Afro-American to becoming with the current of their associates on the Internet easily. Thanks to the online services of dating, thousands of black personnel on line was to accumulate a happy relationship. The African American singles are happy because it is coupled by seeking their companion of life with these free African black services of dating. There is not another manner simple to find a woman or a single man African because t ...
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- Black People Hair Styles
By: lifestyles | - Some of the most attractive people are black models and athletes. Consider just a few of them out there. Tyra Banks, Beyonce, Dwayne Wade and the list can go on and on. Something though can definitely be said about these people and their exotic look. Hair styles have definitely contributed to their attractiveness. Black hair obtainable many different hairstyles such as braids, locks, sleek and straight, curly, short and you choose a black hair styles that matches your facial bone and features as ...
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- Prosperity Of The Spirit Means To Tap In The Power Within
By: Omitunde | - Prosperity of the spirit comes about only with focused action and intention. It is not like cashing a check and seeing the goods you purchased.
Every action is not a transaction there is not a tangible exchange or payoff for every thing we do in life.
We operate in a system of values that is supposed to come from our family through the people that care for us and raise us.
We learn to be honest individuals functioning as produc ...
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- The Black Power Movement In America
By: Art Gib | - Black Power was a slogan used in the nineteen 60's and 70's to describe a political and cultural movement that rose at the same time as the Civil Rights Movement, though with different aims. Its aims, unlike Dr. King's approach, emphasized at times the value of separation and segregation -- not as an attempt to cow to white control or dominance, but rather as an acknowledgement that if the white man's culture and political regimes had only caused harms to black society at large, why not just ke ...
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- Do You Need African American Diet Instructions?
By: Shalisha Alston | - It is no secret that African Americans suffer to a greater degree from weight-related illnesses than other groups. That's why as a community we need African American diet instructions.
We Need What?
I can just hear the black women now saying, "What exactly would African American diet instructions look like?" Well, before I get into that, let's examine the types of African American foods that we eat on a regular basis that make us fat.
Grits Eggs and ...
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Social Web Results   Whitening’ the Résumé - NYTimes.com Shared By: SmartHome24 - Instead of Tahani, a distinctively African-American-sounding name, she began going by T. S. Tompkins in applications. Yvonne Orr, also searching for...
 Georgetown University: Closing the Gap Among Health Disparities Shared By: JoanSchilling - “What we’ve found is that for people of color… Africans were just 10 years behind catching what [African-Americans] already had here in the United...
 Krissy's Open Letter to Friday's Beauty Supply Store in Compton | mobile | Krissy's One Stop Beauty Spot Shared By: krissy90220 - Not many ladies can say they have an African American family owned & operated beauty supply store in their city, but I can and it’s no one I brag...
 Oxygen developing ‘Russell Simmons Project,' focused on women who run his business Shared By: Hashim - Order the workbook which... Frequently requested data on African American consumers Black Buying Power: $744 Billion (2006) Black U.S. Population:...
 Tiger Woods Should Retire...... - The Rock Report Shared By: StopCheating101 - The same person who was a clean cut African American considered by many as the world's most famous and trustworthy athlete is nothing more than a...
 Nikole Churchill, you too are Hampton University - Opinion Shared By: jehewty - How are African Americans arguing about this with a straight face? We just got finished fighting to have a black president elected and then we turn...
 Sporty Girls, Inc Shared By: joeydigital - Sporty Girls seeks to encourage African-American girls age 8 - 18 to participate and achieve success in non-traditional sports. Sporty Girls will...
 Black Women May Need Different Mammogram Guidelines Shared By: womenshealth365 - Many African-American women don't fit the profile of the average American woman who gets breast cancer. For them, putting off the first mammogram until...
 Obama Resistance: THE MICHELLE O' RACE FACTOR Shared By: ObamaResistance - On many levels Obama is foreign to the average African American. He was raised in the exotic locations of Hawaii and Indonesia. His mother is white,...
 HIV, AIDS Rising Fastest Among Black Women; 3,500 African-American Women In Chicago Have HIV, AIDS Shared By: educationroom - According to public health officials, some 3,500 African-American women in Chicago are living with HIV and AIDS, but of even greater concern is the...
- American History In Obama's Inauguration Speech
By: Nate Gillespie | - As anyone who saw a campaign poster in 2008 could surely tell you, Barack Obama is all about change. Change in the White House, most profoundly in the simple, yet stunning, fact that we now have our first black president. Change in the tenor of politics, in an effort to step back from the ferocious partisanship of the past decade. And change in the direction of the country, in the form of a dramatic shift in the priorities and policies of the government.
Yet change, Obama also knows, can ...
Tags: American History, obama, speech, barack Obama, lincoln, americans
- The Many Faces Of American Patchwork Quilting
By: Eddie Lamb | - A long time ago, patchwork quilts were made out of scraps of left over fabric. Today patchwork quilting has emerged as a skilled art which involves fine fabrics, detailed stitch work and intricate designs.
Patchwork quilts are made up of three layers - the top most being the patchwork layer, then the insulating layer and finally, the backing. The insulating layer is known as batting in the US, while the British prefer to call it wadding. The three layers are then stitched together ...
Tags: american patchwork quilting, batting design machine quilting, home quilting machine, patchwork quilting
- The Famous Women Of Alabama
By: David H Urmann | - There are many famous women who hailed from Alabama. The likes of Helen Keller, Rosa Parks and Courtney Cox bring pride to this wonderful Southern state.
Alabama is not only popular for its scenic attractions and landscapes. It is also home to a lot of famous women who not only excelled in their chosen fields but made significant changes in the world. Let us get to know some of them.
Helen Keller
Helen Keller was a famous American lecturer, author and activis ...
Tags: Alabama, The Famous Women of Alabama, women of Alabama, Helen Keller, Rosa Parks, Courtney Cox
- My Battered Mother- Pretend Reality
By: Arthor Pens | - Those sirens. My God, those sirens just wouldn't stop. Sissy and I are crying. Where is everybody? Can't those sirens just stop. Red all over the outside of the house. What is it, and why won't those sirens stop.
Probably my first memory. My first years were in a slum called "blackbottom" on the Chattanooga, Tennessee and Rossville, Georgia border. Those sirens just would never stop. Get in the house, uncle Bob has just been shot! Hide, uncle Boyd is being chased!
W ...
Tags: battered women, victims of domestic violence
- Women Hair Loss Treatment Tips And Treatment
By: Matt Chang | - Women experience hair loss in two ways. Usually they experience hair loss as temporary or permanent. Temporary hair loss is usually followed by some kind of stressful event. Some of the things can cause hair loss could be through pregnancy or illness.
Temporary hair loss is easier to deal with because once you identify the cause of stress, you can immediately take action to prevent further hair loss. If you are experiencing excessive hair loss however, it should be diagnosed ...
Tags: hair loss vitamins, hair regrowth, how to grow back hair, women hair loss, female hair loss
- Hiv Aids And Women
By: Vinay Gupta | - Around the world, women now make up half of all people living with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus (im-myoo-no-duh-fish-in-see), and AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In the U.S., more than 25 percent of new infections are in women. Women of color are especially impacted by the disease. HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for African American women aged 25 to 34.
Although most of the cases reported early in the epidemic were men, it was not long before AIDS in wo ...
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- Quality African American Wigs That Look Natural
By: Lance Thorington | - There are good wigs and there are fantastic wigs. You can tell the difference by the quality. The best wigs are made with translucent lace, and quality real hair. They are hand sewn so that the seams are flat and do not show. They look natural when you wear them.
Wigs have come a long way from the way they used to look and feel. Do you remember the full cap wig that was so heavy and hot to wear? They looked like wigs, it was not like you could not tell when someone was wearing one ...
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- Eminem Continues To Follow In The Footsteps Of Elvis
By: Jerome Butterfield | - The famously controversial Marshall Mathers, also known as Eminem, has a life story similar to that of the late Elvis Presly and, in recent years, the rapper has grown more and more like The King.
Turned recluse, Eminem imprisoned himself in his Michigan home and steered clear of the limelight for nearly three years. Since 2005, rumors have spread about his weight gain, addiction to sleeping pills and his passion for Taco Bell. His rise to fame, bitter divorce, drug ...
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- Bbw: A Big Term For Big Women
By: Jerome Butterfield | - BBW" was once copyrighted and used only in the context of BBW Magazine but now, with the growing swath of web-based dating sites available to the public, the term's usage has spread over the years, to the point that women are now identifying as BBW, BBBW, DBBW and more.
As the acronym slowly infiltrates the daily English vocabulary, many women have been adopting the term to describe themselves favoring it as a self-descriptive term over words like chubby, obese, overweight or fu ...
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- Beauty And The Holidays - Makeup And Skincare Needs
By: Christopher Carter | - The holidays are approaching so fast. Christmas parties are popping up everywhere and wanting to look your best seem to follow suit. For the black tie affair, its all about glamourous shimmers. But for the office party, or the family and/or friends get together, looking your best is still the theme for the season.
This is a time to assess your makeup and skin care needs to ensure that you will look your best for all your holiday activities.
Cleansing
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- Look African American Naturally And Easily With Human Hair Extensions
By: Lance Thorington | - Having a short hair cut or waiting for the hair to grow back is not the end of the story. Human hair extensions can come to your help in those critical moments. These can blend in perfectly with your original hair and all face shapes.
They are of high quality and if you want more they come in premium too. They are completely natural looking as they are made from human hair. Men and women can transform themselves and they come in unisex too. Either be a sophisticated African Ameri ...
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- African American Senior Citizens On The Rise!
By: Kristi Ambrose | - Recently I was searching around online for different women's sites, and I just happened to find one I think you really might enjoy. These website are for African American women over the age of 50, of course society calls these women baby boomers, which usually means they were born between 1946 and 1964. Obviously these sites don't bar the age limit and anyone can visit the site but it is especially for African American baby boomers. I just found the site to be really inspiring, humorous and i ...
Tags: Black Seniors, Black Senior Citizens, Black Baby Boomers, Elderly Blacks, African American Seniors,
- How To Get College Grants For Women
By: Charles Bretz | - Women have definitely carved a niche for themselves in almost all arenas of life. However, in realm of industry-specific careers and higher education, women, on the whole, continue to remain greatly underrepresented. Statistics have shown that the number of women finishing undergraduate degrees is more than male counterparts of theirs these days. However, several educators still tend to argue that the educational institutions undergo tremendous failure in terms of having female students of their ...
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- Diversityworking.com- A Minority Job Search Engine
By: Diversity Working | - A Decade Ago, online diversity job search engines were mainly the field of a small population of hard-core techies. Nowadays, online recruiting forums pretend as one of the primal pillars of a smart serving strategy for companies in all economic sectors. Diversityworking.com is among the Largest Job board online, acting as a Minority Job Search Engine for Gay & Lesbian Community Channel, Gay & Lesbian Jobseekers, Hispanic American Community Channel, Hispanic American Jobseekers, Hispanic Career ...
Tags: Minority Job Search Engine, Gay & Lesbian Community Channel, Gay & Lesbian Jobseekers, Hispanic American Community Channel
- Symptoms Of Inflammatory Breast Cancer
By: Roselyn Capen | - Inflammatory breast cancer takes lives of most of the people who develop it. It is a very "hostile" type of cancer, which thankfully, is also rare. It gets its name from the inflammation the breasts of the victim develop. Contrary to other forms of cancer, inflammatory breast cancer can develop in relatively younger females, too. Rarely do men develop IBC.
In Inflammatory breast cancer, the cancer cells block lymph vessels of the breast. This gives rise to the apparent inflammatio ...
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- Social Network Built Through Dating Sites Help People To Meet Men And Women They Only Fantasize Abou
By: Francis K Githinji | - If you want to meet people and get pride in having the best acquaintances, you have to establish a great social network. It helps add value to your life so effortlessly. It will be a normal thing to meet men and women of your choice. In this very fast world of ours, technology has come to make things even easier. Online dating sites offer the best social network there can be. People from all over the world meet and chat to find their goals fulfilled. Men meet women of their dreams through online ...
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- Why African American Dating Is On The Rise
By: Francis K Githinji | - How was the world like without the Internet? Sometimes i think and wonder how we used to survive the boredom. Did we see it anyway? Nobody thought we were missing something great. It is fun to have Internet around you. It makes days and nights pass so easily. Internet has made life better as many things are done online. All aspects of life have been changed to the better. You can place anything on the Internet as it offers several Internet dating services. Nowadays meeting potential soul mates i ...
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- The First American Women Who Led The Way Towards Change - The Grimke Sisters' Life - Infancy Through
By: Dawn Wilson | - The following is part 1 of an 8-part series about the history of two privileged sisters, Sarah and Angelina Grimke. We will follow their life from infancy through to their death. You will better understand the struggles they encountered through life and how they found and embraced their purpose in life and became the first American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights.
They were very humble yet bold, practiced gratitude and gave service. They believed in God, but throug ...
Tags: First American, Women's Rights, Women Advocates
- The Church Needs To Ã"'Ëœdo Church Vs. Have Church'
By: Rosie Milligan | - Yesteryears the church was the pillar of the community. The church was there for the community, not just for its members. The church was concerned about the whole man, not only his spiritual self. The Black Church also served as a school house for the community. Many of our parents were educated in a church school. In times when Black folks did not have access to televisions and newspapers or other means of media, the church was where people assembled for information that was necessary for t ...
Tags: African American Society, African American society, historical significance of the church, and
- Tips On Preventing Hypertension In Women
By: Mike Jennings | - In women 45 years of age or older, sixty percent of Caucasian women and seventy-nine percent of African-American women have hypertension. It is estimated that thirty percent of elderly women over 65 years are diagnosed with isolated systolic hypertension. Therefore, as you age your risk of developing high blood pressure increases drastically. Although the risk factors are similar between men and women, gender differences have not been documented conclusively by research studies.
C ...
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- Imus Is Sunk - Hip Hop Sails Away Unscathed
By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - Among the fairest and most balanced offerings on the Imus incident hails from journalist Ellis Cose in Newsweek for the week of April 23, 2007 in an article entitled What Will We Learn. Another offering well worth the read is Imus' Safety Net Failed penned by the World Net Daily columnist Barbara Simpson, April 16, 2007.
TV interviews are too numerous to cite even though not much variation is offered. It seems like a replay of the same interview and it goes like this. Imus had ...
Tags: Imus, rappers, hip hop, Maya Anjelou, World Net Daily, Ellis Cose, Barbara Simpson, Proverbs, African American, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Sharpton, Da Vinci, War
- Causes Of Hair Loss And A Permanent Solution - How To Find A Qualified Hair Transplant Surgeon
By: Lawrence Shapiro | - Thinning hair and baldness afflict millions. These conditions are caused by several main factors:
1. African-Americans and others who style their hair in "corn rows" or tight braids often suffer hair loss, because chronic pulling of the hair follicles (roots) slowly destroys them. This usually results in permanent hair loss of the frontal scalp.
2. Pattern baldness is a genetic condition that usually afflicts men but also occurs to a lesser degree in women. This condition, also kn ...
Tags: hair loss, thinning hair, male pattern baldness, corn rows, African-American hairstyles, DHT
- Permanent Hair Loss -- Finding The Permanent Solution
By: Lawrence Shapiro | - Millions of people suffer from severely thinning hair and baldness. The causes of these conditions are multiple.
One type of permanent hair loss is caused by continually wearing the hair in tight braids or corn rows. Some African-American hairstyles promote this type of baldness, which destroys the hair follicles (roots) over time.
Another type of hair loss is pattern baldness, a genetic condition that occurs most often in men but can also occur with less intensit ...
Tags: hair loss, thinning hair, male pattern baldness, corn rows, African-American hairstyles, DHT
- Reflections On A King - One Woman's View Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
By: Lisa Jey Davis | - It's the beginning of January, 2007, and I am here, comfortable, in my home in Moab, Utah. It's actually a second home. I live in Aspen, CO the rest of the year, but the place in Aspen is tiny, and "charming," while this place in Moab is grand and expansive by comparison. It's a real house, with a two-car garage, a great little back yard with a therapeutic hot tub, and an incredible gas grill. It's on a corner lot, in an adorable little neighborhood.
As our nation enters the yea ...
Tags: Martin Luther King, Jr, Dr. King, Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights, African American, nobel peace prize, Nobel aureate, assassination, Alabama,
- Trends In Wigs And Hairpieces
By: WigShop.com | - Want a change? Don't buy that bottle of hair dye or self-perming kit just yet. Hairpieces are becoming more and more popular as a healthier, quicker, and easier option for changing your hair and your look. Celebrities have been using hair extensions, clip-on hairpieces, and full wigs for yearsand you can, too! Here are just a few popular trends in wigs and hairpieces that anyone can follow.
Hair extensions add length without the wait. Hair extensions are one of Hollywood's ...
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- Important Artists In Black Art Painting
By: Maigida africanarts | - Since its conception, art in all of its various forms has been created for the sole purpose of the artist describing for the world his or her personal visions of a person, event, or place. As a result visual works of art leave the viewer with an impression of an extreme emotion. Whether that feeling is joy or the deepest pits of despair, the artist has done their job if something of their reality shows through their work. Painters of all races and ethnic backgrounds can surely relate to the s ...
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- Juneteenth Celebrates The History Of Freedom In America
By: Kathryn Lively | - Throughout the year our nation sets aside time for people to reflect upon our history, and to celebrate the momentous events and influential people who helped shape America into what it is today - the land of the free, and a prosperous world power. February is often acknowledged as Black History Month, while March for women's history. June, however, extends the celebration for African-Americans as Juneteenth is observed.
It may sound like a made-up number, but Juneteenth actually ...
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- The Legacy Of Black Fatherhood
By: Dana Ross | - Some write and speak on the importance of embracing the historical contributions and legacies of our ancestors who were enslaved because of the significant role they played in shaping American society and culture. They emphasize the need of knowing where we come from in order to plant a stronger foot on the path to our future. However, few of us embrace the historical examples and legacies of family structure and life as set by our ancestors; in particular our male ancestors.
Desp ...
Tags: Black fathers, Black men, Black fatherhood, fatherhood, fathers, slavery, african american
- African American Scholarship
By: Low Jeremy | - The African American population had been the most discriminated race in the country for the past decades. This resulted to fewer opportunities for the Blacks and lesser chances for them to prove their worth. And the worst hit was their opportunity to study.
Meanwhile, the new generation of African Americans is slowly entering the world of the all-White dominated society including the all-White fields such as Medicine, Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, and Business. However, the ...
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- Breaking The Rules To Success: A Writer's Journey
By: Maxine Thompson | - Copyright 2006 Black Butterfly Press
In October of 2000, as I sat on the white sands of Cancun with other fellow literary entrepreneurs, it occurred to me: Things would be different if I hadn't broken the rules. Instead of sitting there, looking out at the aqua blue waters, I'd still be waiting by the phone for a call from my then agent. Instead, here I was, surrounded by 13 book clubs representing 25 states, on a Caribbean cruise. It was literary nirvana for me.
I ...
Tags: Writing, Self-publishing, African American literature, Black mothers and daughters, slavery, Self-publishing, Carribean Cruises,
- In Search Of Books About African American Fathers: In Honor Of Father's Day
By: Maxine Thompson | - Copyright 2006 Black Butterfly Press
About six years ago, during a guerilla-marketing effort, I would sell books with a fellow doll maker/artist in what I can only euphemistically describe as street-corner campaigns. On a weekly basis, here in Los Angeles, California, we would set up colorful tables with African print table cloths, flowers, baskets filled with my books, incense, ribbons and the other womans handmade dolls.
That year, on Mothers Day, we sold ou ...
Tags: African American literature, Black fathers, sons and daughters, slavery, stereotypes, debunking myths
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