BTN STAFF After being rejected to give the graduation speech at a New Jersey university; Common will still be scheduled to speak at a ceremony for the Chicago City of Colleges in May. A police
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previous editions of Black Truth News starting with Volume 1
Blacktruth.net Interview w/ GreenGo Nick
Dixon California is a small town just outside of Sacramento. It is the type of town where everyone knows your name and your family. There is not much of nightlife there but I manage to
Read moreAlbum Review >>> Keith “Wildchild” Middleton: “Transitions”
By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer The title of Keith “Wildchild” Middleton album Transitions, could also be a way to describe the relationship Hip Hop heads of my generation have with Rap music.
Read moreEPMD Interview with Blacktruth.net
By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer In my haste to get to the EPMD concert in Chicago; one thing was stuck in my head. It was a quote from Phife Dawg of the group A Tribe
Read moreTop Story (03/13/15) >>> Kevin Hart’s ‘Get Hard’ Jokes, While Black America Pays the Price for Mass Incarceration
BTN STAFF Today’s top story comes from Antonio Morre of Blackbluedog who wrote about the new Kevin Hart movie “Get Hard.” He uses the movie to compare the mass incarceration of black people during this
Read moreTop Story (03/10/15) >>> YouTube Turns 10: How Competition Crashed the Party
BTN STAFF Today’s top story comes from Todd Spangler of Variety who writes about YouTube and the current competition it faces in the video streaming market. Companies like Facebook, Hulu and SnapChat are all trying
Read moreWhy Daughters Need Fathers
By Dr. Jawanzaa Kunjufu Article Submission The media and the academic community provide a wealth of information on why boys need their fathers. The most obvious being you can’t be someone you have not seen.
Read more50 Years after the Moynihan Report, More than One-Quarter of Young Black Males Are Neither Employed nor Enrolled in School or Vocational Training
The incarceration rate for young black men without a high school diploma rose from 10 percent in 1980 to 37 percent by 2008 By External Relations, Education Next Article Submission Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s 1965 report
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