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This is an ongoing series I'm developing to begin dialogue and education around a topic that is rarely discussed except to encourage consumers to support black

I will be writing an ongoing series on this subject. I am currently working on a book of similar title.

First let me tell you

 

To braiders, like Oumou Wague of Chicago , her talent for weaving women's hair into elaborate styles isn't just a livelihood, it's an art form. But in a growing trend across America, this "art form" which dates back thousands of years in the African culture is illegal to practice without a state license.

Now in a clash between rules and tradition, hundreds of African American braiders in Illinois have chosen to ignore the law — including Wague, who said threats by state regulators to shut down her shop forced her to go underground, working only with established clients.

In the Institute

Before I give my own answer to the question above, I should explain why one statement and two questions gave me reasons to write an entire essay. It would be very simple to ask different people the same question, but there are times that the scope of a situation should be broadened to get responses that are given from deep thoughts or from perspectives that show that there really is not a proper answer to a question that should not be asked.

I was told that my my website is very black. My response to that statement was that I am a black man. I was then asked why there were no white people, and

From 1865 up to present day, the struggle for civil rights has been at the forefront of African-Americans' plight for equality and living out God-given liberties. "No justice! No peace!" has been the rallying cry of the on-going campaign for justice. Many notable organizations have fell dutifully in-step, bravely trailblazing through precarious territory to ensure Africans Americans are no longer the "invisible man" and have full access to their civil liberties. These organizations, some of which are the NAACP, SCLC, CORE, NAN, PUSH, The Black Panther Party, and Nation of Islam, are to be

 

As 2010 arrived I prepared for it with excitement seeing this new decade as an opportunity to achieve new goals and establish new commitments to myself. I also had the belief that I was not alone and many others shared this New Year excitement, and would be hitting the internet like an explosion marketing their products, businesses and services with a vigor unseen. I braced myself for an email explosion and great competition in the market place but as the first of January rolled in, then the second and third day, things have been relatively quiet. I began to wonder had internet

 

Reprinted from She Speaks Psalms by Michelle R. Yisrael

ISBN 1-60813-056-8

 

There's a sister in the White House!

braiding her daughters hair sitting on the kitchen floor betwixt her long brown legs

cooking chicken flipped and turned in a bowl of white flour

frying hot water cornbread with water from the White House kitchen tap

that satisfying scent she got from her black mamma in the hood

and smellin' the White House up with sweet potatoes, peach cobbler, black eyed peas, and collard greens on the stove

insisting her children make up their own beds

Whose youth are hopeful and now don't have so