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A FEW YEARS AGO, a sterile Wells Fargo branch in southwest Los Angeles got some soul. Bland white walls were painted vivid red and African sunset yellow. A nondescript carpet was ripped up and replaced with an earthy brown zebra-striped rug. Framed and matted swaths of African kente cloth were hung on the walls; [...]

I have not seen this show yet, but I will be watching it tonight. If you already saw the first episode, please tell us what you thought.
In the meantime, LaShawn gives her 2 cents, and TruthDig gives the real scoop behind this show. Here is an excerpt of their article:
By Sheerly Avni
“Gangsta-rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube served [...]

A special thanks goes to Cedric Muhammad of BlackElectorate.com for featuring Monday’s commentary “The pass of a good “preachâ€ÂÂ.  Mr. Muhammad has also featured other postings of mine on his site quite a few times in the past. He has a very good site that features opinions from all over the black spectrum. Please visit [...]

“If the large percentages of black children dropping out of high school continues, the number of African-American engineers in the United States — already small — could shrink to nothing, a trade group warned yesterday.
“We’re no different than dinosaurs looking at a meteor heading right toward us — because we’re headed to our own extinction,” [...]

Submitted by:Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Call for Exhibition Artists:
The B-Girl Be gallery exhibition will take place on June 29-August 19, 2006 @ Intermedia Arts main gallery, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 55408.
2006 B-Girl Be Exhibition Artists Guidelines and Required Application available at www.IntermediaArts.org point to Program/ B-Girl Be or call (612) 871-4444 to have the [...]

Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) – Ben Jakes, executive director of Project Destiny is known for his innovative approach to reaching at-risk youth. Project Destiny, a DeKalb county school in Metro Atlanta, focuses on students requiring smaller class sizes and more individual attention. Jakes recognized his students could benefit from a world class coach.
Jakes called Be Someone [...]

JACKSONVILLE — The National Urban League has chosen Jacksonville to host one of five national Economic Empowerment Centers.
The local center will launch March 14, becoming the fifth of five national locations implemented by the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership. The program seeks to increase minority entrepreneurship, business development and job creation in cities where economic development is [...]