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Sunday, July 13, 2008
The 3rd Annual Angel City Classic Is Coming To Los Angeles September 27th
3BAAS Media Group has been retained to do all media and branding for the upcoming Black collge football event in Los Angeles that will have Southern California buzzing. Please help us get the word out in our effort to support HBCU's.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Daytona Beach's Black College Reunion Now Just A Shell Of What It Once Was!
Host of Factors Deflates BCRBlack College Reunion entered the world in 1984 as a gathering of African American students mainly from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M universities. Crowds grew bigger over the years. An estimated 75,000 came in 1992 and 125,000 in 1995.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to remember Black College Reunion. Respect the corpse, please, because this bad boy is officially DOA.
Traffic gridlock snarling Atlantic Avenue and vehicles clogged routes to the beachside. Beachside residents relentless complaints of rowdiness. Visitors deriding the poor treatment from businesses -- some of which closed during the event -- and a tense, intimidating police presence. Want more reasons why the place to be is now just a memory?
Tensions resulting from the BTR hit a peak in 1998 when a gun-wielding Orlando man was shot dead and four law enforcement officers were wounded as they attempted to arrest him.
With the party now only a shadow of its former boisterous self, we asked who -- or what -- is killing BCR. As Bethune-Cookman University senior Keon Williams said of BCR, "It just doesn't attract me."
After Black Entertainment Television moved its show to South Florida in 2006, attendance has dipped and fell below 10,000 in 2007. This weekend's gathering was small again.
So, if the annual event's downward slide can be attributed to a fickle fan base, many wonder if there weren't some contributing factors. We take a look at a few of those most commonly cited.
The story continues...
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to remember Black College Reunion. Respect the corpse, please, because this bad boy is officially DOA.
Traffic gridlock snarling Atlantic Avenue and vehicles clogged routes to the beachside. Beachside residents relentless complaints of rowdiness. Visitors deriding the poor treatment from businesses -- some of which closed during the event -- and a tense, intimidating police presence. Want more reasons why the place to be is now just a memory?
Tensions resulting from the BTR hit a peak in 1998 when a gun-wielding Orlando man was shot dead and four law enforcement officers were wounded as they attempted to arrest him.
With the party now only a shadow of its former boisterous self, we asked who -- or what -- is killing BCR. As Bethune-Cookman University senior Keon Williams said of BCR, "It just doesn't attract me."
After Black Entertainment Television moved its show to South Florida in 2006, attendance has dipped and fell below 10,000 in 2007. This weekend's gathering was small again.
So, if the annual event's downward slide can be attributed to a fickle fan base, many wonder if there weren't some contributing factors. We take a look at a few of those most commonly cited.
The story continues...
Monday, January 7, 2008
Despite Hillary's Tears And Bill's Jeers, Barack Keeps On Truckin'
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Dying A Slow Death, Put Fisk University Out Of Its Misery... NOW!
If We're Not Going To Support These Black Schools, What's The Point?
The bad news keeps coming>>>
Reporting operating losses that totaled more than $7 million in 2005 and 2006, Fisk University has still not been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O'Keeffe into cash after two years. Already dealing with donor fatigue, the historically black college in Tennessee is on its last leg.
Although a legal fight over the latest $30 million proposal to share the 101-piece art collection with an Arkansas museum is scheduled for trial in February, African American leaders acknowledge that it could be years before any money changes hands.
So the Nashville school that was founded in 1866 to educate former slaves has had to look elsewhere to keep its doors open -- a difficult task in a community that has been asked to come to the school's financial rescue several times before.
"There is a fatigue factor there," said Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat and a former Nashville mayor. "There's a lot of people who give money traditionally for valuable projects who have given money to Fisk in the past, who don't think they've necessarily fixed the underlying problems. "They are really in the mode of 'I'm kind of through with that.' "
Fisk President Hazel O'Leary this month set a goal of raising $6.2 million by June 30, an effort that got a big boost this month when the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced it would give the school grants worth as much as $3 million. The Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically black colleges and universities among several other endeavors, said Fisk will receive $1 million up front.
A separate fundraising effort by black churches in Nashville has netted about $25,000 so far.
Fisk's board of trustees in December 2005 voted to try to sell off two signature pieces of the art collection to help keep the school afloat. Those efforts became bogged down in court battles over whether the sale of paintings violated the terms of O'Keeffe's bequest, and a Fisk lawyer told the judge that the school was likely to run out of cash before the end of the year.
The Mellon grant has halted that cash-flow crisis, but some feel that the school waited too long to focus on fundraising efforts because of a preoccupation with selling the art that was donated in 1949. "Why opt for the strategy of selling your art rather than developing a capital campaign?" asked Lucius Outlaw Jr., a Vanderbilt professor and Fisk alumnus. "The normal way of managing an institution is to have developed and implemented a plan for substantial fundraising to build an endowment." Davis Carr, a former member of the school's board, said donors are frightened off by Fisk's decades of financial problems.
Although a legal fight over the latest $30 million proposal to share the 101-piece art collection with an Arkansas museum is scheduled for trial in February, African American leaders acknowledge that it could be years before any money changes hands.
So the Nashville school that was founded in 1866 to educate former slaves has had to look elsewhere to keep its doors open -- a difficult task in a community that has been asked to come to the school's financial rescue several times before.
"There is a fatigue factor there," said Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat and a former Nashville mayor. "There's a lot of people who give money traditionally for valuable projects who have given money to Fisk in the past, who don't think they've necessarily fixed the underlying problems. "They are really in the mode of 'I'm kind of through with that.' "
Fisk President Hazel O'Leary this month set a goal of raising $6.2 million by June 30, an effort that got a big boost this month when the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced it would give the school grants worth as much as $3 million. The Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically black colleges and universities among several other endeavors, said Fisk will receive $1 million up front.
A separate fundraising effort by black churches in Nashville has netted about $25,000 so far.
Fisk's board of trustees in December 2005 voted to try to sell off two signature pieces of the art collection to help keep the school afloat. Those efforts became bogged down in court battles over whether the sale of paintings violated the terms of O'Keeffe's bequest, and a Fisk lawyer told the judge that the school was likely to run out of cash before the end of the year.
The Mellon grant has halted that cash-flow crisis, but some feel that the school waited too long to focus on fundraising efforts because of a preoccupation with selling the art that was donated in 1949. "Why opt for the strategy of selling your art rather than developing a capital campaign?" asked Lucius Outlaw Jr., a Vanderbilt professor and Fisk alumnus. "The normal way of managing an institution is to have developed and implemented a plan for substantial fundraising to build an endowment." Davis Carr, a former member of the school's board, said donors are frightened off by Fisk's decades of financial problems.
The bad news keeps coming>>>
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Morehouse College Is Bringing Sexy Back, In The Form Of Being Smart, Intelligent And Relevant
Morehouse College To Develop Socially Conscious "Renaissance Men"
Let the church say AMEN!!!
In unveiling his vision for the country's only historically black, all-male college, newly confirmed president Robert Franklin said it's time to take our people to the next level by producing brothers of character who will graduate and make a difference.
Franklin said he wants the 2,800 young, black men under his stewardship to understand that they carry with them "the hopes and prayers of a lot of people." In the next few months, students are supposed to read King's sermon, "Three Dimensions of a Complete Life," "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?"
The 1975 alum also wants to "begin a conversation about a culture of dignity and decorum" that includes encouraging respect for women and a proposed dress code. "We want Morehouse Men to look the part, act the part, talk the talk, and walk the walk," Franklin said. He is also placing a priority on strengthening the school's relationship with the surrounding community, which sits in the shadow of downtown Atlanta and is black and economically depressed.
Franklin's most recent book, "Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities," published this year, calls on the black church and historically black colleges to play a role in improving such communities. "We will be exporting this message to the surrounding community," Franklin said, adding that he has invited young men who live near campus to visit Morehouse. "We want to make being smart cool again." He hopes to continue successful fundraising efforts at Morehouse. Last year, the school capped a $119 million capital campaign boosted by the acquisition of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers, which are owned by the college.
Being a Morehouse grad, I am totally feeling what the brother is trying to do and applaud him big time for stepping up to the plate and assuming this responsiblity. We'll be watching and keeping you updated on what's jumping off in Atlanta.
Let the church say AMEN!!!
In unveiling his vision for the country's only historically black, all-male college, newly confirmed president Robert Franklin said it's time to take our people to the next level by producing brothers of character who will graduate and make a difference.
Franklin said he wants the 2,800 young, black men under his stewardship to understand that they carry with them "the hopes and prayers of a lot of people." In the next few months, students are supposed to read King's sermon, "Three Dimensions of a Complete Life," "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?"
The 1975 alum also wants to "begin a conversation about a culture of dignity and decorum" that includes encouraging respect for women and a proposed dress code. "We want Morehouse Men to look the part, act the part, talk the talk, and walk the walk," Franklin said. He is also placing a priority on strengthening the school's relationship with the surrounding community, which sits in the shadow of downtown Atlanta and is black and economically depressed.Franklin's most recent book, "Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities," published this year, calls on the black church and historically black colleges to play a role in improving such communities. "We will be exporting this message to the surrounding community," Franklin said, adding that he has invited young men who live near campus to visit Morehouse. "We want to make being smart cool again." He hopes to continue successful fundraising efforts at Morehouse. Last year, the school capped a $119 million capital campaign boosted by the acquisition of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers, which are owned by the college.
Being a Morehouse grad, I am totally feeling what the brother is trying to do and applaud him big time for stepping up to the plate and assuming this responsiblity. We'll be watching and keeping you updated on what's jumping off in Atlanta.
Monday, October 1, 2007
U of M's Taylor Bradford, A Black Defensive Lineman And Kappa From Nashville, Is Murdered On Campus
Classes Canceled And Campus On Lockdown With Killer Reportedly Still At Large
Taylor Bradford, a 21-year-old defensive lineman from Nashville who had just transferred to the University of Memphis in 2006, was pronounced dead late Sunday evening after being shot in what authorities are saying was no random attack. Bradford is believed to have driven his Lincoln after being hit before colliding with a tree near Zach Curlin. According to police, no witnesses have come forward so far.
Right after the incident, students stood in sweatshirts, hugging and some crying outside Carpenter Complex and in Central parking lot, confused about what was going on. "I'm just concerned that I don't know anything," said biology major Krista King.
Several football players were among the many who assembled in the parking lot. As Bradford's car was being towed away, they stood in a line across from the stoplight with somber faces. Gionni Carr, Student Government Association president, urged the administration to cancel classes Monday. "School will be shut down, if I have my way, in his memory. I would like to have some sort of mass assembly so we can all talk about this…we are in a situation where no one feels safe. I don't feel safe."
Nicknamed "Booger" among friends and family, Bradford had stopped by all the sorority houses with the president of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Will Terrell, and another Nupe to encourage all the sororities to participate in an up-coming fraternity event in order to promote diversity. Being so close to the murder, the African American sorority women living in the Carpenter Townhouses expressed uneasiness about the safety on campus.
"As a young woman who lives in the new sorority houses, I'm concerned about the safety not only of residents, but for all students here on campus because of the amount of crime that has recently occurred," said communications major, Molly Phinney.
"Taylor was my brother," Terrell said speaking by phone from the hospital. "We will miss him dearly. He will be remembered. He loved to play football. He loved his family, he loved his friends and he loved Kappa. He was always full of innovation and ideas. If you were around him, you were going to have a good time."
Taylor Bradford, a 21-year-old defensive lineman from Nashville who had just transferred to the University of Memphis in 2006, was pronounced dead late Sunday evening after being shot in what authorities are saying was no random attack. Bradford is believed to have driven his Lincoln after being hit before colliding with a tree near Zach Curlin. According to police, no witnesses have come forward so far.
Right after the incident, students stood in sweatshirts, hugging and some crying outside Carpenter Complex and in Central parking lot, confused about what was going on. "I'm just concerned that I don't know anything," said biology major Krista King.
Several football players were among the many who assembled in the parking lot. As Bradford's car was being towed away, they stood in a line across from the stoplight with somber faces. Gionni Carr, Student Government Association president, urged the administration to cancel classes Monday. "School will be shut down, if I have my way, in his memory. I would like to have some sort of mass assembly so we can all talk about this…we are in a situation where no one feels safe. I don't feel safe."
Nicknamed "Booger" among friends and family, Bradford had stopped by all the sorority houses with the president of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Will Terrell, and another Nupe to encourage all the sororities to participate in an up-coming fraternity event in order to promote diversity. Being so close to the murder, the African American sorority women living in the Carpenter Townhouses expressed uneasiness about the safety on campus.
"As a young woman who lives in the new sorority houses, I'm concerned about the safety not only of residents, but for all students here on campus because of the amount of crime that has recently occurred," said communications major, Molly Phinney.
"Taylor was my brother," Terrell said speaking by phone from the hospital. "We will miss him dearly. He will be remembered. He loved to play football. He loved his family, he loved his friends and he loved Kappa. He was always full of innovation and ideas. If you were around him, you were going to have a good time."
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Bats At Texas Southern University: I'm Down With Black Colleges But C'Mon, Can't We Do Better?
We had some ghetto moments at Morehouse College back in the day, but this takes the cake!
It's obvious these brothers are just having a good time with this. I just wish they sounded a little more like "college students."
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
OJ Will Just Have To Sit In Jail For A Minute, It's All About The Jena 6 This Week
'Jena Six' Rally; It's On, Expect 60,000 Prayers Take to Pennsylvania Streets to End Violence
Black College Awareness Day Shows Options
Worldwide Protests Call for Swift Darfur Action
Africa Flood Relief Gathers Pace
Sister to Sister Event Focuses on Wellness
Kanye 'Loses' Again at Emmys
Farrakhan to Visit Jamaica Later this Week
New Efforts in Africa to Educate in Traditional Languages
'K-Ville' Old-Fashioned Cop Show
Woods Picks Up Two Trophies and Pockets Millions
Friday, August 17, 2007
HEY MICHAEL VICK, YOUR BOYS ARE PLEADING LEFT AND RIGHT: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT??
Hurricane Dean Poses Major Caribbean Storm Threat
US Food Aid is 'Wrecking' Africa, Claims Charity
NAACP Launches Strategy to Reduce Drop-Out Rates
US Food Aid is 'Wrecking' Africa, Claims Charity
NAACP Launches Strategy to Reduce Drop-Out Rates
Insurer to Sell Black Art Collection Over Protests
UK: Bright Black Pupil Branded a 'Slave'
College is a Different Reality for Nation's Black Students
Cynthia McKinney Drops AJC Libel Lawsuit
Monday, June 25, 2007
BLACK COLLEGE ENROLLMENT UP IN THE SOUTH
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- For the first time ever in the South, blacks are as well represented on college campuses as they are in the region's population as a whole -- something not yet true of the country overall.The milestone is noted in a new fact book to be released Monday by the Southern Regional Education Board, a nonprofit organization that promotes education.
In the 16 states measured, the number of blacks enrolled in colleges has risen by more than half over the last decade. They now make 21 percent of college students and 19 percent of the overall population.
The number represents progress but it also has to be seen in context. A major contributing factor is the South's rapidly growing Hispanic population, which has reduced the proportion of the population that is black, and thereby made the milestone easier to reach mathematically.
And educators also stressed that the number should not obscure the persistent achievements gaps affecting blacks both in the South and nationally. In particular, black enrollment rates for college-age students, while improving, still lag well behind those of whites, as do the graduation rates of black college students.
With a college degree now almost a prerequisite for high-paying jobs, those achievement gaps pose an economic threat -- and the South will be on the cutting edge of that. In 2005 about 61 percent of public high school graduates in the South were white, the education board said, but by 2018 that figure is expected to be 45 percent.
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