LiveScience.com By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer Posted February 2nd 2012   There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy. The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold [...]

mxoentertainment.com Posted January 31st 2012 Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, in Buckingham County, Virginia, to parents who were formerly enslaved. He was instrumental in bringing professional recognition to the study of African American history during a period when most historians held the opinion that African Americans were a [...]

ClevelandHeights.Patch.com By Michelle Simakis Posted January 31st 2012     A year ago, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library added half a dozen or so eReaders to its collection at Lee Road Library. Heights Libraries has decided to expand that program and now offers Nooks and Kindles at the Coventry Village, Noble Neighborhood and University Heights [...]

AOL.com By Stefanos Chen Posted January 22nd 2012   Twenty-six years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was first honored with a holiday, his legacy has flourished — and not just in the annals of history. Today, there are more than an estimated 900 streets in America that bear the civil rights leader’s name. [...]

RainbowPush.org By Reverend Jesse Jackson Posted January 14th 2012   New Hampshire’s primary grabs headlines today, but if history is any guide, the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary will play a far greater role in determining the Republican winner. Of that state’s population, 28 percent are African American, and could be a major factor in [...]

Associated Press By Andrew Welsh Huggins Posted January 13th 2012   COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Cincinnati landlord who claimed a black girl’s hair products clouded an apartment complex’s swimming pool discriminated against the child by posting a poolside “White Only” sign, an Ohio civil rights panel said Thursday in upholding a previous finding. The [...]

City of Cleveland Posted January 12th 2012   CLEVELAND –  Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon and others will kicked off Financial Aid Awareness Month, a community-wide campaign to help students and families learn about financial aid options for college and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). [...]

TheRoot.com By Lynette Holloway Posted January 11th 2012   The New York Times is reporting that MSNBC will add a talk show next month that will be hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry, the outspoken Tulane University professor of political science. The untitled program will begin on Feb. 4 and will be shown on Saturdays and Sundays [...]

Associated Press By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Posted January 10th 2012   (PHOTO: JUDGE ALISON L. FLOYD,  CUYAHOGA JUVENILE COURT)   COLUMBUS: A new report says the state should transfer mentally ill juvenile inmates to psychiatric facilities as soon as possible and find money for treatment. The report on the status of Ohio’s youth prison system says [...]

ABCNews.com By Olivia Katrandjian Posted January 10th 2012   Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings. Christopher Braxton told ABC News affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta that he couldn’t believe the assignment his 8-year-old son brought home from of Beaver Ridge Elementary school in [...]