Features

Saving Black Males Before They Self-Destruct; Free Dvd To Help Young Black Men

4 Our Sons

Nationwide (BlackNews.com 3/6/10) --The film For Our Sons takes as its subject the plight of all newly born and even unborn young Black children in America. The story centers on the horrendous statistic that in the United States of America, 1 out of every 3 mostly fatherless Black boys born between 2000 and 2010 will end up in prison.

GOSPEL MUSIC REVIEW - by Ceci Bell, editor

3/9/10

Jammie Jolly's CD "So Strong"

(4.90 out of 5 stars)

Independent gospel artist Jammie Jolly is definitely worth listening to. The CD is contemporary gospel music with jazzy, neosoul accents, as well as a throwback to the early ‘90s sound. A chill and relax CD, So Strong is a serenade to God and His life-changing, awesome power. Jolly, a dynamic and talented singer / songwriter / musician and native of Jacksonville, Florida lives in Staten Island, New York.

Click here to read the Editor's Choice - Gospel Music Review.

African Americans in the Spotlight - Black Community Service News

1/8/10

Soulful New Song To Benefit Homeless Vets

Birmingham, AL (BlackNews.com) -- Soul 1st Records, an independent soul, gospel and blues label in Birmingham, AL has launched a special project with the release of the benefit song titled, "Please, Can You Lend A Helping Hand." The song chronicles an encounter with a homeless person on the streets and explores a situation many people deal with on a daily basis when being approached by the homeless. The song written and produced by soul and blues singer, Omar Cunningham, paints such a vivid picture in its story that the Soul 1st felt people could not help but to identify with the song.

Black Images in the Media - Black Cultural News Feature

11/24/09

Euro-Centricity Isn't Racism, But Afro-Centricity And Kwanzaa Are?

By H. Lewis Smith - Kwanzaa celebrations seem to be an enigma to many blacks, and some feel that they have a legitimate cause or concern for disregarding the event. For instance, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, is quoted as saying, “Celebration of Kwanzaa is racist; blacks should see themselves as Americans – not African Americans, thus no separate holiday. Get rid of it, reject it completely; just as we would do if a white racist came up with a false holiday to celebrate whiteness.”

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