This poem was written soon after the first allegations of sexual abuse against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky became known. I’m glad a jury convicted him yesterday of 40+ counts and that he was taken immediately to prison. I hope the survivors can find the road to healing in their lives that were ...
Wealth of Blacks/Hispanics devastated by decreased home ownership By Adeeba Folami (as published by Op Ed News) Excerpt: The foreclosure crisis currently sweeping America is a prime example of how banks and mortgage lenders have profited off the backs of millions of homeowners whose houses have been foreclosed upon, in many cases illegally. Last fall, ...
Op-ed by Adeeba Folami Every now and then, in flipping channels, I’ll stop on BET and try to make sense of whatever video happens to be on when I land there. Recently, it was a video with Keri Hilson and Chris Brown playing on the show 106 & Park. When the title of the video ...
DENVER – Recently, researcher Negus Dawit, delivered a presentation at the Blair Caldwell African American Research Library, entitled “African Global History: 200,000 BC to the Present.” He touched on many aspects of Black history around the globe, including how Black people have been on the planet much longer than Caucasians, who themselves originated from Black ...
- op ed by Adeeba Folami – (originally published Dec. 2006; republished 2008; revised 2011) It’s [2011] – the start of a new calendar year but it won’t be such a “happy” one for thousands of innocents who will become victims of CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. No, it won’t be such a “happy new year” for ...
Op-ed by Adeeba Folami There are many issues and problems that plague Black people in America; many that arouse anger, cries for justice and lead some to protest, rally and make great noise to bring attention to the cause for which they have been inspired to uphold. Often, these causes relate to what a White ...
Residents in and around Denver, Colorado received an update on latest information relating to the hanging death of Frederick Jermaine Carter in the Dec. 30, 2010 Denver Weekly News, the state’s only weekly Black news publication. The text of the article is below or Click here to view the PDF copy of the printed article. ...
Photos by Lens of Ansar, taken Dec. 18 at the funeral of Frederick Jermaine Carter in Mississippi. Not only is the NOI, under leadership of Min. Louis Farrakhan, taking a serious look at the hanging death of Frederick Jermaine Carter, but Benjamin Jealous, NAACP President has also called for the US Department of Justice’s Civil ...
The recent hanging death of Frederick Jermaine Carter, 26, in Mississippi has many outraged and wanting more answers. Ruled a suicide by hanging in an initial autopsy, a second, independent autopsy has been requested by the family. The Mississippi office of Operation Help Civil Rights Group has been actively involved in the tragedy, even conducting ...
GREENWOOD, MS – The above photo was featured in several news stories in relation to the reports of the hanging of Frederick Jermaine Carter, Friday, Dec. 3. Many of these news outlets, however, have now – as of Dec. 7 – removed the photo from their websites. The reason(s) are unknown at this time, whether ...