IN REMEMBRANCE: 7-6-2008

ONESEPHOR BROUSSARD, ACTIVIST WHO FOUGHT TO INTEGRATE HISD
 
 

A 1966 lawsuit filed by Onesephor Broussard and his wife alleged that building schools in mostly black neighborhoods would perpetuate segregation.
Family photo

 

 

July 3, 2008, 12:13AM

By LESLIE CASIMIR and LYNWOOD ABRAM
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
 
 

Onesephor Peter Broussard, a civil rights maverick who tirelessly fought to integrate the Houston Independent School [...]

ALL-WILLIAMS FINAL IS ALL VENUS

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Published: July 6, 2008
 

WIMBLEDON, England — Sisters for life and doubles partners later in the afternoon, Venus and Serena Williams put most of that aside for nearly two hours on Saturday at Wimbledon, smacking serves and ground strokes in each other’s direction with a vengeance and an accuracy that have often been lacking [...]

OBAMA: MENTAL DISTRESS CANNOT JUSTIFY LATE ABORTION

 

Critics say Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s latest remarks on abortion don’t reflect his voting record.
JAE C. HONG: ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

 

July 5, 2008, 5:59PM

Senator suggests prohibitions must have exception based on woman’s physical condition
  

By JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press
 
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says “mental distress” should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key [...]

FILM SHOWS ZIMBABWE VOTE RIGGED: REPORT

Sat Jul 5, 3:44 PM ET
 

LONDON (Reuters) - A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential run-off vote, the Guardian said on Saturday.
 
The film taken by Shepherd Yuda using a camera supplied by the [...]

THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

 
 

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws [...]

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 507TH MAINTENANCE COMPANY AND THE 1ST BATTALION 2ND MARINE REGIMENT

On March 23, 2003, life for some of America’s finest ended, in America’s first major battle in Operation Iraqi Freedom, when the 507TH Maintenance Company was ambushed on the streets of Nasiriyah, Iraq, losing some of their company, and the Marines who went in to rescue them, the 1ST Battalion 2ND Marine Regiment, whose regiment suffered [...]

THE 4TH OF JULY

Here is a post I put up last year in observance of the Fourth of July. I feel that it should be re-posted again for those of you who missed reading it the first time around. My essay speaks to America’s still unfulfilled promise of integrity, honor, equality and acceptance towards all of her citizens.
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“WHAT IS THE FOURTH OF [...]

SAVE THE DATE: HAPPILY NATURAL DAY (8-30-2008) AND THE BLACK AND LATINO EXPO (9-13-2008)

Are you ready to make money this summer AND have a great time? 
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SEE YOU THERE!
 

 
HAPPILY NATURAL DAY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008
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BLACK LATINO EXPO
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
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EARLY PUBERTY IN BLACK GIRLS CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISKS

This article addresses the early stages of puberty reached by black girls, many beginning as early as  ages 7 to 9. The author of the article, Susan H. Shane, discusses the possible contributing factors as environmental causes including:  plastics (PVC), synthetic chemicals used to manufacture plastics (BPA), and animal sex and growth hormones. She even talks of [...]

SPC. SHOSHANA NYREE JOHNSON: I WILL NOT LET HER BE FORGOTTEN

Spc. Shoshana Johnson is a young  lady whose name registers practically nothing with many people when you speak her name. That Spc. Shoshana Johnson is not as well-known as Jessica Lynch is a travesty. That she was so savagely mistreated by a government that she put her life on the line to serve and protect [...]