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States That Recognize “Stand Your Ground” Law 1.Alabama                              2. Arizona 3.Georgia                               4.Idaho 5.Illinois                                (The law does not include a duty to retreat, which courts have interpreted as a right to expansive self-defense.) 6.Indiana                               7.Kansas 8.Kentucky                            9.Louisiana 10Michigan                           11.Mississippi 12.Montana                           13.Nevada 14.North Carolina                15.Oklahoma 16.Oregon (Also does not include a duty to retreat.) 17.South Carolina                18.South […]

THE CONCLUSION:  Not Guilty another sad moment for the Martin family as the justice system has failed another Black Family in the death of a 17 year old young man … Trayvon Martin.  As the verdict was being read Zimmerman smile as if he already knew. An unbalanced jury proved the tragedy this country’s Judicial […]

 After 3 years of imprisonment on tax evasion and still professing his innocence. Ron Isley  picks up where he left off and keeping it musically relevant with his new cd “This Song Is For You”, dropping July 16th.  He spoke briefly about his time behind bars, his wife who is featured in his latest video and family. “Where I […]

Whenever GOD is moving us upwardly to our Peak, we tend to want to know where we are going, so we want GOD to show us a Peek of what’s to come. Oftentimes, its a dangerous thing for GOD to show us what our Peak looks like, because the “road” of building your character to […]

Fantasia, Patti LaBelle, Raheem Devaughn, K Michelle, Ravaughn, Luke James and Sterling Simms took over at this year’s Stone Soul Stage 2013. Tens of thousands of people braved the heat to see some of the top artists in the music industry grace the stage of the largest FREE African American Festival in the northeast. Check out the sights of […]

Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner City Funeral Home is an enchanting memoir about Sheri Booker‘s experiences working in the Albert P. Wylie funeral home in West Baltimore. This coming-of-age story was birthed at the death of her favorite aunt. Booker’s grief took an unexpected turn when she was asked to take […]

In the infinite realm of religious worshipers and believers, there are sheep and there are shepherds. Spiritual leaders who are called to govern and guide congregants from the powerful pulpit of influence and divine enlightenment, by whatever God they serve. In some religions, the objective is to save or purify your beliefs and behavior, a prerequisite […]

Due to the recent violence surge in Baltimore city since this weekend weekend were 36 people were  shot, 14 of those dead, Community activist Munir Bahar is organizing a 300-man march to end the violence. They are calling on community organizer, the youth, business professionals, concern citizen and anybody who is concern about the violence […]

Over the weekend the violence in Baltimore skyrocketed when  19 people were shot in 11 separate incidents. Eight of those victims did not survived. During the summer months there tends to be a surge in crime and violence in Baltimore city. Concern citizen are left wondering what can they do to protect themselves and their […]

Earlier this week journalist Roland Martin tweeted his feelings on the headlining hot topic of Paula Deen’s racist remakes and the fascination with a Plantation style wedding for her brother Bubba,  also named in the deposition for sexual harassment of a Black female manager at one of their restaurants. Martin had this to say about […]