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Atlanta Black Pride Weekend, the country’s leading LGBTQ+ annual pride prepares for its 26th year with an exciting line-up during the 2022 Labor Day holiday weekend. Taking place in Atlanta, the five-day celebration will include special appearances by: Kandi Burruss, Jussie Smollett, Joseline Hernandez, Natalie Nunn, Stasha Sanchez, Saucy Santana, Big Latto, Jhonni Blaze, Erica Banks, Jerrie Johnson, Melissa “DJ M” Scott. Kicking off on Sept. 1 with an Atlanta Black Pride Weekend Opening Reception presented by the City of Atlanta and Mayor Andre Dickens, additional Pride nightlife events will take place in many of Atlanta’s premiere Midtown venues. **SNIP**...

Martin Luther King Jr. said to all Americans from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” I went through elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia and experienced the civil rights struggle up close and personal. But by the time I left for college, Martin Luther King Jr. was delivering his dream in Washington, D.C., and later marching to Selma. With a dignity and commitment to peaceful demonstrations,...

The nation’s first African-American President has severely damaged his fellow blacks citizens in three crucial ways: By his economic policies, by making blacks less independent, and by showing his own incompetence as leader of a country. Obama undoubtedly has dashed the hopes of many of the 96 percent of black voters who supported Obama for the presidency, as measured by exit polls. The U.S. Department of Labor in September reported that black unemployment rose to 16.3 in August from 15.6 percent in July, according to a Sept. 8 Politico story. The increase was considerably more than for either Whites or...

D.C.-born rapper Wale has backed out of an agreement to perform at D.C. Black Pride, after allegedly feeling uncomfortable with a gay event, reports the Washington Blade. Wale, a local artist with national recognition, had been scheduled to headline the the May 30 festival. The Blade reports: Earl Fowlkes, a board member and spokesperson for Black Pride... said Black Pride organizers were startled this week when they received two e-mails from Wale’s agent, one saying the rapper had to cancel due to "family obligations," and the second saying he didn’t know Black Pride was a gay-related event when he agreed...

Erykah Badu in the Classroom by: Bethany Stotts Chicago, Ill—Interdisciplinary writing may offer a way to overcome value judgments and examine literature from “multiple perspectives” incorporating social, political, and economic factors, argues Professor Akua Duku Anokye. The Arizona State University professor told a Modern Language Association (MLA) audience this December that “if we label texts illogical, maybe they’re illogical to us... so sometimes we make these kinds of evaluative judgments without taking into consideration the circumstances and the culture from which they come.”... An associate professor of Africana language, literature, and culture, Anokye adopted a similar non-judgmental attitude following the...

A crowd attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child, police said Wednesday. Police believe 2,000 to 3,000 people were in the area for a Juneteenth celebration when the attack occurred Tuesday night. The man who was killed had been trying to stop the group from attacking the vehicle's driver when the crowd turned on him, authorities said. The Austin Police Department identified the victim as David Rivas Morales, 40. The child was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police spokeswoman Toni Chovonetz said she had no further information, including how...

Plan for U.S. Black Museum Gains Speed By Christina Ling WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost a century after an African-American memorial was first proposed for the U.S. capital, a grand vision for a museum encompassing black life in the United States is moving toward realization. Backed by $2 million in federal funds, a special commission appointed by Congress and President Bush (news - web sites) started work this summer on a feasibility study for a national museum of African-American history and culture. "I think it goes without saying that African-Americans have been the major backbone in building and developing America...