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Political figures send a message to the killer as well as to the community that these crimes will not be tolerated.

Is Serial killing (just) 'a White thing?'

"Man's psyche is obsessed with social comparisons, with a need for achievement, and with the desire to gain control over the reproductive capacities of women. In 1992 women made up roughly 22% of victims of murders. In the same year roughly 90% of the perpetrators and 78% of the victims were men. What this means is that women are more likely to be killed by a man than a woman. This trend seems to have been continuous over time and so many have come to the conclusion that this trend is tied to western culture and specifically to the fact that it has been and is male-oriented.

~See full article by Bud Johnson~

Shady Acres Church of Christ Celebrates 40th Anniversary

 On a sunny, Sunday afternoon a "multitude" of worshippers celebrated the 40th Anniversary of The Shady Acres COC as a congregation, at the church building, 730 West 26th Street, Houston, Texas where Frank Melton Jr. has served as Minister since conception. The program consisted of (call to worship) Greg Jones and Kevin Barnes (Prayer) Greg Watson, Bryant Johnson, Herbert Henry, James Alexander and Anthony Fletcher Jr.

~See article by Jesse Simon~

DAVID LLOYD RICHARD, who God blessed with the talent to make beautiful music was born during an era when African American musicians were the cornerstone of what is recorded in American History as the Harlem Renaissance, which was characterized by an overt racial pride that came to be represented in the idea of the "New Negro," who through intellect, the production of literature, art, and music could challenge the pervading racism and stereotypes from the larger white community of that era to promote progressive or socialist politics and racial integration and social integration.

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Why? Who is that "Mask Man"? Ohh That’s the "Lone Ranger", and just who is the pretty lady in the costume… That’s Momma Wonda Bookgee a.k.a. Ms. Sherry Browning of Kids and Momma Wonda Bookgee Productions. Ms. Sherry Browning has a lot in common with the Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger is incognito in his Lone Ranger outfit and Sherry Browning is incog-negro in her Momma Wonda Bookgee costumes.

~See full article by Malik Kenyata~

The history of the Black Seminole "Indians" is indeed a fascinating story. The story begins in Georgia and South Carolina where the Red Seminoles lived and rebelled against the Creeks or "White Sticks, as they were known. Many of whom had accepted "white ways," and were considered "traitors" by the "Red Sticks," later to be called Seminoles. These Native Americans, after an internal civil war, fled to Florida, where they intermingled with free black Spaniards. Spain "owned" Florida during this period in the early 1800s.

~See full article by Mario Salas~

 Despite the efforts of the "Texas-Six" representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives to turn back the clock on voting rights and pour salt in the old civil rights wounds of the past, Texas Republican Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison did the right thing to vote YES with 96 other U.S. senators in support of renewal of the Voting Rights Acts.

~See full article by Darwin Campbell~

Poor Leadership and Condoleezza Rice

 The recent crisis in the Middle East has place the spot light on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. More importantly, grass roots African Americans are calling "Conde" Rice a total "yes woman" for the Bush Administration. Looking back, when Rice was questioned before the Senate, about the bogus reasons for going to war, Rice defended the administration’s now infamous false claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Many in African American community now compare Rice’s antics to that of high lord of "uncle tomism" Clarence Thomas.

~See full article by Mario Salas~