FAMU’s Board Puts Together a Plan to Stop Hazing on Campus
Could FAMU End Up Losing It’s Accreditation?
FAMU student who was killed Had Major Bleeding in Back and Shoulder

Robert Champion, the FAMU student who was killed in a homicide, was in terrible shape after the beating that killed him.
FAMU Students Protest Governor’s Mansion Over Recommended Suspension of Their President

After the hazing death of Robert Champion at Florida A&M University, the governor of the state of Florida is getting some backlash from students.

An article on USAToday.com—Jay-Z provides the blueprint for college course—has rekindled the polarizing topic of whether or not author, radio host, and Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson‘s course on the hip-hop mogul and entrepreneur is a good idea or bad idea.
One thing is for sure: It’s brilliant marketing and publicity. The class has been mentioned in the news plenty of times. Critics and supporters have been quoted in major news outlets. And here I am writing about it on a blog that’s mainly about soft skills, personal development, and youth empowerment.
So…
Good idea or bad idea?
Dr. Boyce Watkins: It’s Time For Black People to Own Our Own “Stuff”

HBCU Bands Under Increased Scrutiny After Hazing Death of Student
How Do You Go from South Central to Princeton? Just Ask Dominique Reese

Dominique Reese was the first student from Crenshaw High in Los Angeles to go to Princeton University. When she found herself without her prestigious Wall Street job, she turned challenge into triumph and went on to start her own business.
What? The Cost of Raising a Child Just Rose to $226,000
Group Teaches Black Boys What it Takes to be Successful
HBCU Marching Bands Get Their Debut on Reality TV
Congressman Compares the NCAA to the Mafia
Black Entrepreneurs Helps African Americans to Buy Black
Black Scholars Are Now About “Less Talk, More Action”
Dr. Boyce: Why Qualified Black People Simply Don’t Exist
NCAA Athletes Now Demanding to Be Paid Too
If She Insists on Having the Baby, Should a Man Be Able to get a Financial Abortion?

Optimum Launches the “Less Talk, More Action Empowerment Tour”
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Optimum Launches the “Less Talk…More Action” Economic Empowerment Tour Sponsored by George Soros Open Society Institute
On October 27th, 2011 in direct response to economic hardships faced by the Black and Hispanic communities as a result of a lagging economy, The Optimum Institute of Economic Empowerment (“OIEE”) will launch its economic empowerment tour entitled “Less Talk…More Action”. While going through as many as 13 cities with the possibility of adding more, Ryan Mack (President of OIEE, Author, and National Media Commentator) has galvanized a dynamic team of world renowned experts to create tangible solutions to multifaceted economic hardships that continue to plague minority communities.
Black Women and the Dangers of the “Booty Pose”
Dr. Boyce and Ryan Mack Discuss the “Less Talk More Action Economic Empowerment Tour”

175 Occupy Chicago Protesters Arrested

- Spirit of “Occupy Wall Street” Captured by New Musical; Billionaire Investor Reprimands Hedge Fund and Presents Insightful Solution for Main Street and Wall Street
- What would a doctor’s version of Occupy Wall Street look like?
- “Occupy Wall Street” Goes global
- Occupy Wall Street protesters attacked and arrested at Times Square
Dr. Julianne Malveaux: What Does Occupy Wall Street Want Anyway?

Which One of These Two Has Actually Done Time in Prison?
Where Would Dr. King Be If He Were Alive Today?
Dr. Boyce Watkins asks: “If Dr. King were alive today, would he be occupying Wall Street or hanging out at a dedication ceremony sponsored by BP and Walmart?”
Rick Ross a No-Show at Concert After Yet Another Health Scare
Rick Ross did not take the stage as scheduled in Greensboro, N.C., tonight. A spokesman at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex said the rapper, who suffered seizures in two different incidents on Friday, would not be performing at a homecoming concert tonight, reports the local Fox station, WGHP. According to the station’s website, Andrew Brown said the Coliseum received word of the cancellation around 6:45 p.m.

by Raynard Jackson
Howard University, in Washington, DC, is one of the elite Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the U.S. Howard students are quick to call their school the “real H U!” The reason is so they won’t be confused with another well know HBCU—Hampton University.
Legendary Harvard Law Prof. Derrick Bell Dies at 80
College Basketball Player Shot this Weekend
Black and Brown Kids Seeing Consistent Declines in SAT Scores
Racial Profiling? Dr. Boyce Debates U. Akron “Incident” on NPR
Report Says NCAA Athletes are Worth Six Figures: Are You Really Surprised?
Arizona State University Students Wear Black Face to a Football Game
Julianne Malveaux: Don’t Paraphrase Dr. King, Just Change It!
HBCUs Aggressively Recruiting Non-Black Students
HBCU Network Still Set to take off in 2012
by Kirsten West-Savali, Your Black World
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States are scheduled to make their television debut in 2012.
by Kirsten West Savali, Your Black World
As worries over the astronomical debt held by the United States reaches a fevered pitch, college education may be the next cut on the spending chopping block.
Moody’s Analytics released a report in July that suggests that continued high unemployment rates among college graduates — compounded with increased federal student loan debt accumulated by graduation — equals the student loan economic “bubble” being the next one to burst.
College Student Killed over 50 Cents
by Antoine Scroggins, Your Black World
Another promising young man’s life ended too soon over a senseless act of violence.







































