By Manny Navarro mnavarro@miamiherald.com He’s officially Dr. O’Neal now. NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal received his doctoral degree in Education from Barry University Saturday morning along with another 1,100 students during multiple commencement ceremonies at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami. Like all things done by the four-time world champion, 15-time All-Star, movie star, [...]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Tuskegee Airmen (disambiguation). “Red tails” redirects here. For other uses, see Red tail (disambiguation). Tuskegee Airmen (unofficial) Emblems of wing Active 1940–1946 Country United States Branch United States Army Air Corps United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force Role Fighter [...]
Related Content This photo provided by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office shows Patrick J. Lott, … SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) — An educator using a secretly installed camera videotaped teenage boys in the shower at a Catholic high school for nearly three years, authorities said. Patrick J. Lott, who was arrested last week, was arraigned Wednesday on [...]
Suspect worked at Stephen Decatur School where boy was pupil BY Ben Chapman, Christina Boyle & Erik Badia NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, November 23 2011, 8:36 AM Google Maps Middle School 35, the Stephen Decatur School, in Brooklyn. via Facebook Claudia Tillery, 42, has been charged with raping a sixth-grade male student and [...]
D-Source 12/18/2011 I have been contacted by several people, asking for my take on the sudden rise in the Murder Rates in my hometown community of Akron, Ohio; along with the sudden finger pointing, as Politicians and Residents search for who is to blame. My response is as follows… Note that my response is relevant [...]
AYP Results for 2010-11 Author(s): Alexandra Usher Published: December 15, 2011This report updates previous CEP research with data from the 2010-11 school year on the number of schools not making adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The estimated percentage of all U.S. schools not making AYP was 48% in [...]
Braylon Edwards pays for 100 students to attend college Post by Byakuugan_Mod in News on Jun 1, 2011 at 1:59 pm Braylon Edwards was very popular in the headlines for all the wrong reasons not too long ago. His name could have easily been added to my earlier Celebrity Trouble Again? blog. This time he’s [...]
By D-Source 11/12/2011 In 1985, the average American had 3 Friends, according to a recent study. Today, the average person has 2. We have lost one. This is another result of the decline in our Morals, Values and Ethics in this nation. There are less people we can trust; Also, (I), as in me, has become much [...]
The most untalked about, unappreciated, unknown giant in the African American community [b. 1910 - d. 1985] Vivien Thomas received an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1976, and while this was undoubtedly memorable, the decades which preceded this moment were equally unforgettable. In Nashville, TN, this high school honors graduate dreamed of becoming [...]
Glen / March 4th, 2009 / Subscribe via RSS There’s no doubt that we are the generation that takes everything for granted. We’re the group that expects everything on our plates with a dash of instant results on the side. We “have the worst day of our lives” when a plane is delayed for 20 [...]
Lynn Tolliver Jr What I want to do is – give all of my proceeds of this song due me to a non profit organization like what Yvonne Pointer or Dale Davis, is involved in. I wrote this behind Haiti’s Earthquakes and the other problems we IN THIS COUNTRY are having. ____________________________________________________________ D-Source (Dale Davis) Lynn Tolliver [...]
My father was born as a Half Black/Half Indian Man. His mother was a full blooded American Indian, of some Tribe, although I don’t know which one. He had two sisters; Aunt Pinkie and Aunt Kate and they all had prominent cheek bones, which gave them a distinct American Indian look, although they were dark [...]
D-Source Today, I had to go to the Library to use their Scanner. There is an older, retired gentleman there who works as a Security Guard. He is a very nice man! He always speaks to me and one day, he asked me to come sit with him and the other older gentlemen over in [...]