We Highlight The Street Our first Highlight goes to the self proclaimed “Chi-City Goddess of the Hip Hop street grind” Lady Nile. We caught up with Lady Nile on the streets of Chicago pushing her music; grinding
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Geronimo Pratt Remembers Johnnie Cochran
I woke up this morning at 4 am, wide awake. Something led me out of my bed and out the door of my Shamba home here in Tanzania. I walked outside and looked into
Read moreThe Sting of Betrayal
This Open Letter from Mumia is really moving to me and illustrates how dedicated he was to put out the truth in his reporting and some of what he had to pay for doing so. That same year, he would be shot, beaten, kidnapped and thrown in hell…. Read More
Read moreHip Hop Legend Afrika Bambaataa, to the Head of the Class
Ben Ortiz, the assistant curator of the Hip Hop Collection at Cornell University, was talking about his latest hire: D.J. Afrika Bambaataa, the South Bronx hip-hop legend and creator of the Universal Zulu Nation.
Read morePreserving the Foundation> Interviewing Curtis Sherrod
Harlem’s Hip Hop Culture Center Honoring the Legends Jarrod Horton Staff Writer 125th Street in Harlem is famous for everything. From the hustlers and merchants who hawk products and goods on the sidewalk, from Malcolm
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Voice of the PEOPLE is a New Blog Section From April A. Goodwin Debuting in THE BLACK TRUTH NEWS this Month> MAKE SURE YOU GET A COPY OF BLACK TRUTH NEWS THIS MONTH> Read Her Opinions
Read moreFormer Major Leaguer Dimitri Young is Unlikely Owner of Huge Rookie Baseball Card Collection
CAMARILLO, Calif. – One of the nation’s foremost baseball-card collectors, a self-described nerd who spent the last 13 years accumulating about 500 unblemished rookie cards of Hall of Famers, iconic achievers and interesting characters, settles
Read moreThe Satya Interview: A Word with Dick Gregory
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dick Gregory has been a humorist and social activist for over 30 years…..
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