Black Success

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 According to the Selig Center, African-American consumers will account for $1.2 trillion in sales by 2015. The purchasing power of Latinos already surpasses $1 trillion.    Asian Americans are projected to make nearly $ ...  

Editor's note: The information in this release concerning numbers of graduates has been checked against a National Science Foundation report on "Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities." In 2008, African-American students earned 50 doctorates in ...  

Editor's note: The information in this release concerning numbers of graduates has been checked against a National Science Foundation report on "Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities." In 2008, African-American students earned 50 doctorates in ...  

This month, Washington, D.C.-based historian Michael Twitty will begin touring the South from Maryland to Louisiana and back, visiting formerly enslaved communities — including those of his ancestors — to discover the connections between food and identity.  

Mitt Romney’s campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama’s most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters ...  

Polls suggest that instead of turning on President Obama, many African Americans are following his lead, and abandoning their opposition to same-sex marriage Obama really has changed public opinion: The shifting polls in Maryland demonstrate that "the ...  

Annapolis, MD -- The Naval Academy says Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the Academy, has died. He was 85. The Capital of Annapolis reported that Brown died Tuesday. An Academy spokesman did not know where Brown died.  

All poor Mitt Romney wanted to do was show some “compassion” to a group of African American schoolchildren in West Philly and explain to them that they are only poor because their mothers are sluts and their fathers are deadbeats, and what kind of ...  

Federal law enforcement officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) yesterday honored the first African-American federal agent killed in the line of duty after Reconstruction. William Henderson Foote was a deputy collector with the U ...  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall has officially asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into the UNC Department of African and Afro-American Studies. On Friday, Woodall requested that the SBI investigate whether the ...  

I commend President Obama for doing the right thing in expressing his support for marriage equality. As a president who has championed the cause of justice and equality for all Americans, his statement sends the right message at the right time. While some ...  

Dvorak concluded that an American compositional style should be built on the primary folk idioms of America - African American and Native American music. And so began a new identity - where American composers were no longer content with mimicking what was ...  

CNN political analyst Roland Martin says that the GOP will make Mormonism's treatment of African Americans fair game for criticism if they pursue a new line of attack against President Obama's ties to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The new proposal, commissioned by ...  

The Shreveport/Bossier African-American Chamber of Commerce (SBAACC) is pleased to announce its first ever membership campaign aimed at retaining or recruiting 55 memberships by the end of the year. The Strive for 55 campaign is part of a chamber makeover ...  

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation for African-Americans and for the entire United States of America. This act was intended to put an end to discrimination and provided an answer to the critical need for equal rights of ...  

African Americans have more severe complications from systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, than Caucasians. Findings published today in, Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), show that compared with ...  

Not only have we seen a shift in polling in places like North Carolina, we now have an institutional shift that will only, with any luck, advance the argument that civil rights are, well, civil rights and that each minority has a reason to support the ...  

But like many parents who have made a similar choice in the last 30 years, Honeywood's decision was partly based on bad perceptions of St. Louis Public Schools — not necessarily on how African-American students from the city were faring academically in ...  

You can say I'm opposed to it (same-sex marriage), but that doesn't mean I'm against the president." Though African-Americans provided Obama with record support in 2008, they are also significantly more likely to oppose same-sex marriage than are whites.  

his father and our fathers for generations were Americans,” he says. Because of his concern for issues he sees in the African American community, Horne focused his attention on defining black Americans’ role in American history. “As I learned the ...  

“White voters preferred McCain to Obama 53 to 47 percent,” said Lorenzo Morris, an expert on African-American political participation, during a Washington Foreign Press Center briefing May 4. “High black voter turnout in 2008, the highest ever and ...  

Washington — Social change is often a stimulus for art. A new Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) exhibition, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, underscores the role art played in achieving equality and exploring ...  

But like many parents who have made a similar choice in the last 30 years, Honeywood's decision was partly based on bad perceptions of St. Louis Public Schools — not necessarily on how African-American students from the city were faring academically in ...  

(KAKOLA, Uganda) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Somalia's most powerful insurgent group, al-Shabab. Earlier this year, a small contingent of U ...  

The Rev. Thomas W. Logan, the oldest practicing African American priest in the nation’s Episcopal Church and a founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia, died of natural causes Wednesday at home in Center City. He had recently turned 100.  

With their soft fuzzy leaves and delicate blossoms, it's easy to see why Americans rank the African violet as one of their favorite houseplants. This charming plant was officially discovered in the 19th century in a region in Tanzania, Africa, by the ...  

African-Americans in Virginia are making economic progress, but a gap persists in their levels of employment and earnings, a new study shows. Michelle Claibourn, who studies population trends at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, took a close ...  

Each performance week will begin on a Thursday evening and end on Sunday afternoon. Sanctified is a hilarious gospel comedy that opens a window to the African American church, gospel music, and the congregations that sustain it. East Piney Grove Church ...  

DENVER- Celebrate African American Visual and Performing Artists at this year's Colorado Black Arts Festival on July 13-15 2012 in Denver City Park West. There is truly something for everyone - food, entertainment, artwork and even a parade! Hundreds of ...  

On Saturday, June 30, the Harvey B. Gantt Center will become home to the award-winning exhibition, America I AM: The African American Imprint. Conceived and presented by broadcaster Tavis Smiley, this exciting exhibit celebrates nearly 500 years of African ...  

African immigrants want no part of “community” with African Americans, is the finding of African Immigrants and African Americans: Community or Conflict?, published by EWEmedia and distributed by Amazon.com at: The main focus of the e-book is on the ...  

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing ...  

A new University of Georgia report shows African-Americans have increased their purchasing power in Georgia, reports WABE. A UGA researcher says the increase is due to population growth, rising levels of education and a high amount of entrepreneurial ...  

Motivational Day is the premier source for all things motivational: speakers, books, blogs, news, success stories ... The reviews will cover African-American books for women, men, relationships, teenagers, students, entrepreneurs, best-sellers, and ...  

EINPresswire.com/New York, NY - Success is defined by the individual ... raised the level of economic activity and enhanced the quality of life of the African American community. Michael Roberts broad range of professional knowledge and experience has ...  

As the first, youngest and only African-American female driver on the NASCAR circuit ... public's help we can get Tia on the track and testing in two weeks. "To ensure the success of this effort to fundraise," says Hayes, CEO of Tiapower.com, "we have ...  

"Being the first female, African-American principal -- words can't explain it ... Tooten said Williams has a lot invested in upholding the school's reputation of academic success. "I know why I'm in here. I've been through the ranks and I know exactly ...  

Fourth oldest school in Los Angeles has less than 200 Black students out of 2,100 Jefferson High School ... As part of the program, young men are intro­duced to a variety of successful unsung he­roes in African American history, participate in a series ...  

MORGANTOWN -- The African American Arts and Heritage Academy is accepting applications for its summer academy Monday through Friday, July 9-14, at West Virginia University. The academy offers students ages 13 to 18 one week of concentrated study ...  

First, don't backtrack. Any step backwards at this point would look weak or insincere. The president must hope that African-Americans will respect him for his conviction. Second, explain the distinction between civil marriage and religious marriage.  

NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Madea may have a job - as evidenced by the success ... celebrating five successful years at New York's legendary Village Underground with her own homegrown vehicle, the "Back in the Day, Black ...  

St. Phillips African Moravian Church is the oldest African-American Church in North Carolina and one of the oldest Black congregations in the United States. It is also the only African Moravian church in the country . Located at 911 South Church ...  

Clarence Still Jr., patriarch of an illustrious African American family whose annual reunions he organized for decades, died Friday at age 83. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. at Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Lawnside, with burial to ...  

He's one of the most promising African-American drivers to come along in decades and arguably the best talent to come through NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program, which was started eight years ago to give women and minorities a better chance of ...  

The Republican Party once had a lock on the African American vote. But that began loosening 125 years ago when the "Lily-White" movement openly began to push blacks out of the party. Even though Southern Democrats were the official party of Jim ...  

Black ministers have been among the most vocal opponents of gay rights, yet liberals seem scared to call them out. Mansfield Frazier and Larry Durstin write that needs to change. As anticipated, the result of the 2004 presidential election came ...  

For this reason, my husband and I are already applying the recipe for success to our 18-month-old grandson. In Fayetteville, a city in which African-American boys are over-represented among the students who aren't doing well in K-12 schools and ...  

In October, Herman White and Stephan Gater, young African-American men, both professionals and Denver residents, attended a conference on philanthropy in South Carolina. White and Gater are active volunteers in the community. Neither would have ...  

For more than 30 years, he has played on the popular daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" in the longest-running role for an African American actor on U.S. television. Reynolds believes in giving back to his California community. On Tuesday nights ...  

"She is selling us out," said Valerie Yerger, assistant professor of health policy at UC San Francisco medical school, who has written extensively about the tobacco industry manipulation of African American consumers. Porter, 46, who is African ...  

While the church does not track members by race, there are thriving Mormon churches with hundreds of black members today in many urban areas, including Washington, Chicago and New York, although African-Americans represent only a tiny fraction ...  

Even more compelling, 55 percent of African Americans said same-sex marriages should have the same rights as other marriages. African American support has pole-vaulted. In that Post-ABC News poll, African Americans favored same-sex marriage by ...  

When President Obama gave his full-throated support of marriage equality last week, Mitt Romney immediately responded with his full-throated opposition to same-sex marriage and civil unions. There could not be a more stark contrast between the ...  

The honor was announced at a graduation ceremony at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Downtown. Asked afterward what he would tell parents and young men about the program, Robin said, "To the parents, I'd say, make them do it.  

The Rev. Tim McDonald, founder of the African-American Ministers Leadership Council, says he opposes same-sex marriage, but he is more concerned about issues like health care, education and jobs. He's interested to see how black pastors handle ...  

HOUSTON -- An all-white jury found a white former city police officer not guilty Wednesday in the videotaped beating of 15-year-old African American burglary suspect Chad Holley, eliciting cries of outrage from community members. The jury had ...  

"His longevity and his breaking down the doors, breaking the color barrier, he really made it possible for African-Americans who followed him to work in the medium," Heine said. Jackson had been on the air as recently as a couple of weeks ago ...  

FLINT, MI – More than 240 Genesee County African American seniors will be honored tonight at the Urban League of Flint's 30 th Annual "Salute to Black Scholars" tribute. This event will give recognition to Flint-area African American scholars ...  

"His longevity and his breaking down the doors, breaking the color barrier, he really made it possible for African-Americans who followed him to work in the medium," Heine said. Jackson had been on the air as recently as a couple of weeks ago ...  

A majority of Southern Baptist pastors surveyed said they think it would be good for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to have an African-American leader. Six in 10 of pastors responding to a LifeWay Research survey said they agree ...  

An African American shopper who says he suffers emotional distress and mental afflictions caused by a racist intercom announcement he heard two years ago at a Wal-Mart store in Washington Township, Gloucester County, is suing the retail giant ...  

The series examined changes over time reflected in information collected in the 2010 census. One article focused on progress made by African Americans and stated that black residents in Madison County saw gains in population, median household ...  

While the benefits of physical activity among children has given rise to little, if any, debate, the benefits of midday playtime has. On one end of the spectrum some say that recess poses safety hazards and cuts into much needed instructional ...  

Will President Obama's support for same-gender marriage have repercussions within the African American community, specifically the historical black church? Some African American pastors stated last week that their congregations would stay at ...  

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is hosting the African American Men's Health Conferences (AAMHC) in June. According to studies that have been done over the past several decades, evidence shows that cancer rates for African American men are ...  

The Rutherford County Suicide Prevention Coalition will be sponsoring a suicide prevention conference Saturday at Patterson Park. The conference is a follow-up to a similar mini-conference held in Murfreesboro last year. Registration for the ...  

Harahan officials are compiling hiring data on women and African Americans to determine whether the Police and Fire departments have complied with a 32-year-old anti-discrimination consent decree. The decree dates from a lawsuit that the U.S ...  

If you’re into growing new Greater Jacksonville festivals, then the third Jacksonville African American Cultural Arts Festival needs you. Scheduled to open at 11:00 a.m. on Sat., May 19 in A. Philip Randolph Heritage Park, the festival seeks ...  

African Americans bear the brunt of harsher complications from systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, compared to Caucasians. Findings published today in, Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR ...  

Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage triggered a storm of reactions from LGBT, religious and political leaders. Many Jewish groups including the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism ...  

Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage triggered a storm of reactions from LGBT, religious and political leaders. Many Jewish groups including the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism ...  

Poor women and African Americans with ovarian cancer are less likely to receive the highest standards of care, leading to worse outcomes than among white and affluent patients, according to a study of 50,000 women presented by UC Irvine's Dr ...  

The totally ineffective War on Drugs has made a bad condition even worse, especially for African-Americans. The 40 million drug convictions, since the appointment of the first drug czar in 1971, has disproportionately targeted and imprisoned ...  

The preeminent lifestyle publication for African-American women asked male readers to write ... We wish all of them great success in their future together." Pick up the June 2012 issue of ESSENCE, which features each of the couple's touching ...  

But in reality the punch line would make a lot of their dreams come true. As Marguerite Driessen, an African-American who converted to Mormonism while a student at Brigham Young University in the 1980s told the Times, 30 years ago, having a ...  

When one thinks of civil rights, they do not think of young white men from South Carolina. I, however, am a young white southern male who is in love with the Civil Rights Movement. As a young boy, I was fascinated with the history of one of ...  

College basketball has long been dominated by African-Americans on the court. The same can't be said for the sidelines. And the numbers of minority coaches aren't getting much better — they're stagnant or even declining at the Division I level.  

*A former USIA Research Officer found that African immigrants to the U.S. want no “reunion” or “community” with African Americans. The focus of this e-book is on the “Why” and how these attitudes could lead to conflicts in the future if not ...  

tax credits are also available since the proceeds benefit a 501©3 working to ensure the success of small businesses. This Memorial Day, AACCNJ’s Diversity Recruiting Center is running a promotion allowing companies to post all of their open ...  

Monday's ceremony celebrating the program's success marks the fifth year of the program's existence in teaching black students to make good decisions, cope with stress and other leadership skills. Patrick said the group is led by men in the ...  

CNN- Wanda Butts dropped the phone and screamed when she heard the news that her son was dead. Josh had drowned while rafting on a lake with friends. The 16-year-old didn't know how to swim, and he wasn't wearing a life jacket. "I couldn't ...  

African-Americans are 12.6 percent "Americans like to obsess ... Romney has tried to push past anti-Mormonism, with mixed success. His membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been an issue his entire political career.  

Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living. He was 85. "It's important for ...  

The life and career of great African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner is on exhibit at Cincinnati Art Museum, opening Saturday and continuing through Sept. 9. Tanner’s first solo exhibition was in Cincinnati in autumn 1890. More than a ...  

Fifty-one years ago the song Moon River was a hit, gas was under 50 cents a gallon and Marie Hendricks became the first African-American woman to drive a school bus in Halifax County. For more than five decades Hendricks has been the first ...  

The proclamation noted Kansas' history as an anti-slavery state but one that became an oppressive society with segregation and "Jim Crow" laws. Brownback signed the proclamation during a ceremony on the 58th anniversary of the landmark U.S ...  

Bobby Ferguson’s bid-rigging trial has triggered a race controversy: an African American woman from Detroit was bounced from the jury pool because she has two tattoos, and refused to look at a prosecutor. The defense is demanding a do-over ...  

Wright Museum of African American History, as will the Harlem Rens ... He co-wrote the documentary "On the Shoulders of Giants," which chronicles the plight and the success of the Rens basketball team, the first all-black, black-owned team ...  

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Integrated Marketing announced today it is launching a new African-American marketing division, Allied Moxy. The new division will create innovative campaigns that integrate publicity ...  

WASHINGTON — About two hours after declaring his support for same-sex marriage last week, President Obama gathered eight or so African-American ministers on a conference call to explain himself. He had struggled with the decision, he said ...  

In southern Los Angeles most would assume correctly that many are in favor of Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage regardless of their religious affiliation. The reason for this is that it boils down to equal rights and not a singular ...  

That's a looming peril for Obama in his support base. In Obama's political base, African Americans and Hispanic Americans are notable among the most churchgoing and most hostile to the idea of gay marriage. Yet comparing recent polls with ...  

Findings show that African Americans had higher frequencies of certain scleroderma-specific autoantibodies compared to Caucasians: anti-U3-RNP (40% vs. 2%), U1-RNP (16% vs. 7%) and anti-topoisomerase (27% vs. 21%). Anti-topoisomerase auto ...  

Romney repeated that declaration during the school visit, but struggled to defend his view that class sizes aren’t a major factor in educational success. Local African-American leaders also said his push for more two-parent families isn’t ...  

Romney repeated that declaration during the school visit, but struggled to defend his view that class sizes aren't a major factor in educational success. Local African-American leaders also said his push for more two-parent families isn't ...  

The novel’s lead character, Gemini Jones, is a successful African-American attorney who manages a high-profile ... A story of pain, tragedy, endurance and success, the novel sends a powerful message of hope as told through the compelling ...  

Black Enterprise will celebrate their 40 th year of listing Americas top ... it’s truly is a labor of love for us to report the state of African American business success in the US, highlighting the achievements of intrepid entrepreneurs ...  

(Medical Xpress) -- New research from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing has shown that older African-Americans use religious songs in a personal way to cope with stressful life events. Songs long have been an ...  

Three U.S. congressmen demanded Friday that Metra reject a pending contract to build a $141 million railroad bridge on the South Side because it would not provide enough jobs to African-Americans who live nearby. Metra officials, however ...  

African Americans have more severe complications from systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, than Caucasians. Findings published today in, Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), show that ...  

"I was more or less terrified," said Daniels, 48, an African American man who lives in Burlington. Horrified by the noose, which evokes lynchings, Daniels looked twice to make sure, then called a coworker into the locker room to witness it.  

"I was more or less terrified," said Daniels, 48, an African American man who lives in Burlington. Horrified by the noose, which evokes lynchings, Daniels looked twice to make sure, then called a coworker into the locker room to witness it.  

Researchers say 3 proteins linked to worse outcomes are found more often in blacks than Caucasians with a common form of scleroderma A new analysis finds that compared to Caucasians, African-Americans with systemic scleroderma have more ...  

Shirley Ann Vaughn-Merchant, well known in the Sacramento community for her work mentoring at-risk African American women, died Monday of pulmonary fibrosis at Mercy San Juan Hospital. She was 65. She was active in several organizations ...  

African-Americans suffer from smoking-related disease at greater ... "We made a big effort to recruit MDs, and we had some success," said Jose Hermocillo, who heads the APCO office in Sacramento and worked for the drug companies' campaign.  

He was, over the course of a long life (1812-85), a writer, editor, abolitionist, Harvard medical student, physician, judge, acquaintance of John Brown, and the first African American commissioned a major in the Army. He is also widely ...  

He was, over the course of a long life (1812-85), a writer, editor, abolitionist, Harvard medical student, physician, judge, acquaintance of John Brown, and the first African American commissioned a major in the Army. He is also widely ...  

As of Wednesday (May 16), Grace Community was about $170,000 short, but its plight has gained considerable attention within and without the UCC, thanks to one of several reasons the predominantly African-American church may lose its home.  

With the history of so much stuggle that still continue - some in the black community have aligned themselves in oposition to same-sex marriage.  President Barack Obama, the nation's first African-American president, has "come out" in ...  

They are baaaack! Just in time for the November elections, the “black overseers” have returned to make sure that black voters do not stray from the Democratic Party and President Obama’s liberal agenda. In a recent “open letter,” four ...  

"We don't know much except that he is gone," said the statement. The Black Sabbath Motorcycle Club was formed in 1972 by seven African American men who liked to ride motorcycles on Sundays. The club, according to its website, is now a ...  

The former Chicago Bears halfback and Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, who also hails from Omaha, said Boozer’s success as an African-American in the late 1950s and ’60s opened a lot of doors. “He and Bob Gibson showed people that minority ...  

The Associated Press reports the number of African-Americans coaching at the NCAA's Division I level is at 21 percent, down from the high of 25 percent in 2005-06, according to a study by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports.  

While African Americans are generally less supportive of marriage equality as a whole, a growing number of black leaders and community members have come to embrace the issue since President Obama endorsed the freedom to marry last week.  

There are less famous people, but the famous get you hooked for the rest. As I wrote about the earlier series, “African American Lives,” which traced the African and slave roots of celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey and Chris Rock ...  

The Riverside African American Historical Society, Inc., and the Evergreen Historic Committee recently completed the Evergreen Cemetery Project of honoring African Americans buried at Riverside’s Evergreen Memorial Historic Cemetery.  

In 2008, African-American students earned 50 doctorates in chemistry ... "This department and its faculty are absolutely devoted to the success of minority students, regardless of whether they are undergraduate or graduate students."