African American News

Summer Camping Confrence at The Ohio State University

Sexual Violence is still widespread and committed in Public and in Front of Family Members including Children in the Provinces of Kivu.

Reverend Dr. J. Wendell Mapson, Jr. of Monumental Baptist Church will be honored during the week of November 5, 2007 for 20 years of pastoring to the people and for his place as the 20th pastor of the Church. Monumental Baptist Church was once a station along the Underground Railroad, assisting slaves as they traveled North in search of freedom.

BlackFind Inc. has produced its first historic National Black Pages Directory. BlackFind.com, an internet search engine online since 2001, has partnered with Black Pages Inc. to produce the first National Black Pages Directory of this magnitude.

April 16, 2007 – Dorise Dixon releases a must read riveting book of poetry Life Poems includes 144 poems to choose from. Life Poems sums up the real life traumas of a multiple time abused child now all grown up, sharing her life experiences through poetry. Two poems from the book Life Poems, “A Single Independent Woman’ and “The Love I Thought I Found” were nominated for best poems of the year by Poets.org and Poets of America.

A must read real life experience of a multiple time abused child now all grown up, sharing her life experience through poetry. Tantalizing, fresh and riveting poetry in today’s language.

From May 25th - May 27 (Memorial Day Weekend), the award winning Soul-Patrol.com will partner with the Philadelphia Black Heritage Festival to bring the 2007 Soul-Patrol Convention to Philadelphia. The Soul-Patrol Convention is a 6 hour Black Music Concert / Awards Ceremony, a 6 hour Black Music/Culture Town Hall, a 6 hour Black Music Film Festival and a 6 hour Black Music Cabaret spread out over the three day festival. It is expected that 15,000 + music & culture lovers will be in attendance for the event featuring 51 award winning national artists from the world of Classic Soul, Nu Soul, Funk, Jazz, Southern Soul, Spoken Word, Broadcasting/Journalism, Education and Film. This free festival is open to the general public and is being called "Black Woodstock 2007" not only because of the outdoor concert and town hall, but also because of it's stated goal of "bringing together the tribes" of the currently dysfunctional Black community across all it's demographic segments. Media Alert: Press Conference - Saturday 5/26/2007 9am at Clark Park (PRWeb May 16, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/TWFnbi1DcmFzLUxvdmUtRW1wdC1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Veteran Civil Rights Attorney, Fred D. Gray, Sr. Shares Insights with Carmen M. Carter, Founder & CEO, Multicultural Women's Council, Inc. (PRWeb May 9, 2007)

Kyra Hicks' new children's book "Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria" tells the uplifting story of an ex-slave who pursued her farfetched dream despite numerous challenges and ridicule. (PRWeb Mar 26, 2007)

A small hat business in Harlem doubles sales by expanding marketing efforts online. A combination of Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click Marketing allows Harlem's Heaven to increase sales of their hat collections in under 6 months. (PRWeb Mar 15, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3F1YS1UaGlyLUZhbHUtU3VtbS1NYWduLVplcm8=