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David L. Horne, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Aug 19 2010

Hasta la Vista, CAAPEI Baby

A few short years ago, I started writing this column at the request of a very good friend of mine who happens to own Our Weekly.  I was and am a prolific talker and community activist more than regular writer of journalistic hubris, but I saw a golden opportunity to better educate the public on the Reparations Movement in particular, and our shared political environment in general.

Ebony Hoofe  |   OW High School Intern
Aug 19 2010

Changing her attitude changed her life

Fifteen year old Jabre Byers went from having a bad attitude and fighting all the time to becoming a model high school student and changing her attitude for the better.

Aug 12 2010

George Elliott Olden

Born George Elliott Olden in Birmingham, Ala., the trend-setting graphic designer became the first African American to design a United States Postage stamp. On Aug. 19, 1963, the five-cent stamp went on sale in Chicago. It commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation being signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.

Olden was invited to the White House to participate in a ceremony introducing the historical stamp.

Joseph Wright  |   OW Senior Staff Writer
Aug 12 2010

L.A. prepares for September conference

In a gala affair featuring professional networking, keynote speakers, and fine food and beverages, the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) held its 32nd annual pre-conference media reception in downtown Los Angeles.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Aug 12 2010

Alumni association honors the memories

As you listen to the men and women gathered to pay tribute to one of their comrades, there is a single thread that runs through conversations: Working at Golden State Mutual Life (GSM) Insurance was a bedrock in their lives.

It did not matter if they worked at the venerable insurance company for a few years or decades, each of the individuals who gathered recently at Billy Campbell’s All State Insurance office in Inglewood on Manchester Avenue had a story to tell about how a company founded on hopes, dreams, and determination impacted their lives.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.