Just a day after his lawyer announced he would sue the City of Ferguson, Mo. and former police officer Darren Wilson, Dorian Johnson, a key witness in the Michael Brown shooting, was arrested....
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‘The Mugshot Series’ Reverses Ugly Stereotypes Of Black Men
Artist EJ Brown is fed up with the media perpetuating damaging and destructive stereotypes of black men....
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Spend Consciously
UTILIZE THEM! Physicians – Insurance Brokers – Car Salesmen – Holistic Health Centers Child Care Providers – Dentists – Restaurants – Real-estate Agents Beauty Salons – Counseling – Accountants Tutoring/Mentorship – Dance Studios Gymnastics...
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Chicago’s Reparations to Police Torture Victims Offer a Glimpse of the Power of #BlackLivesMatter
The youth uprisings around the country have ignited a fire that is blazing a path for change and justice....
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Why You Shouldn’t Allow Your “List” to Limit You
Let’s confront a very touchy subject in dating & relationships. It is a thorn in the side of many people searching for a serious relationship. I’m taking about: The List....
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Listen!
Full Graphics “If ever there was a time to fight back, stand up, and release your voice… it is now!” – Holly Roe The art featured on the cover, Listen! by Holly Roe, tells...
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We Do Not Because We Know Not
Full Graphics WE DO NOT — BECAUSE WE KNOW NOT! WE NEED EACH OTHER. IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE. No one will ever heal our community for us. The challenges faced by the African...
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Rethink Everything!
Full Graphics Love Black As a people we do whacky self-destructive things to one another, as if we hate one another; and often constantly berate and belittle each other. Now is the time to...
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I Saw… I Cried
I Saw I Cried Click to view this article in its original format as it appeared in The Transformational Agenda Magazine Inspired by From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried by Carrie...
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In Baltimore’s Wake Our Resolve Is Stronger
By Urban Cusp on February 16, 2015 I shook my head as I read tweet after tweet demonizing the residents of Baltimore because I understood, as so many of us do, that the sadness...
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The Night I Spoke Up About My #BlackSuicide
By Terrell J Starr on March 22, 2015 My entire life was shaped by violence, so I wanted to end it violently. But I didn’t — thanks to overcoming the stigma surrounding African-Americans and...
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Why I Know We Must Forgive
By Jasmine Cochran on June 23, 2014 Not long ago, some people hurt me. Not just me, but my family …...
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U.N. Unveils Memorial To Honor Victims Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade
By BuzzFeed on March 25, 2015 For the past seven years, the United Nations has recognized March 25 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade…...
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A Love Letter to the Black Church
By Urban Cusp on February 16, 2015 Dear Black Church, Your arms were the first to hold me after my parents, and your sanctuary was the first outing allowed after my birth....
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Without Struggle
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder...
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The Educational Guidebook
We, as African Americans, constantly preach the importance of education and its benefits, but we don’t demand academic excellence from our children or ourselves. While St. Louis puts more educational options at the fingertips...
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20 Years Later
Let us examine our status 20 years in the future: people always ask me how it is that African-Americans were able to turn their stuff around at the dawn of the twenty-first century and...
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The Battle for and the Reconstruction of African American Culture
By Erin Falker CULTURE IS EVERYTHING! Culture defines every aspect of life and governs all behavior and choice. Culture dictates how we think, how we respond and relate to others, and how we view...
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Rethink Everything
Love Black As a people we do whacky self-destructive things to one another, as if we hate one another; and often constantly berate and belittle each other. Now is the time to stop these...
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Culture is Everything
EMPOWERMENT IS OUR RIGHT We have the power to make our lives, our families, and our communities extraordinary, and now is the time to tap into that hidden potential and make it a tangible...
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And the Vision Caught On
I have to do a report for school on The Transformational Agenda Movement? Were you a part of it?...
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An Epic Un-Civil War
Many of us are blind to it, deaf to it, refuse to speak of it. Its battlements and ramparts are our homes and community centers, our parks and churches. Its casualties are our friends,...
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A Tribute to Nelson Mandela
“THERE IS NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM ANYWHERE, AND MANY OF US WILL HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH AGAIN AND AGAIN BEFORE WE REACH THE MOUNTAINTOP OF OUR...
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10 Pillars of Empowerment
THERE ARE NO SECRETS TO EMPOWERMENT— only awareness and knowledge coupled with focus and concerted action. Those who empower themselves do so with the proven methods that anyone can incorporate into the lives; the...
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Re-Think Everything
Love Black As a people, we do whacky self-destructive things to one another, as if we hate one another; and constantly berate and belittle each other. Now is the time to stop these destructive...
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