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Remembering the Other Michael Jackson |
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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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Near the end of the first week of Michael Jackson’s infamous child molestation trial in 2005, a large group of African-American community activists and leaders gathered at a community center in Los Angeles to talk about Jackson, the trial and whether he was a target because he was a rich, successful, and famous African-American. This is the slightly paranoid tinged chatter heard whenever a black celebrity, and there have been a lot of them, wind up in the court docket for real or alleged crimes or are lambasted in the media for bad behavior. |
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Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission Needs You |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission (GGCHCC) will hold a general meeting on July 7 to solicit ideas from the public about the establishment of a National Heritage Area that will span 12,000 square miles along the entire coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, and portions of the North Carolina and Florida coasts. |
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Renowned blacksmith Philip Simmons dies at 97 |
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Written by Robert Behre, The Post and Courier
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
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Philip Simmons, whose skill with the hammer and anvil elevated him from a humble working man to an artisan widely recognized as a national treasure, died Monday night. He was 97. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 June 2009 )
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Student Receives Award for Role in “The People of Clarendon County” |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
 Justin Walton at George K. Robinson Youth Awards ceremony, Avery Institute (Charleston). Photo: Louann Brown Justin Walton, a senior at Burke High School (Charleston), was one of 13 youths who received a George K. Robinson Youth Award for outstanding leadership in academics, athletics, and life, in a ceremony at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture in April. These awards are sponsored by the Gamma Lambda Boulé chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity whose mission is to encourage and acknowledge outstanding leadership in service to the community. The ceremony was hosted by Dr. Leonard Davis and Judge Bernard Fielding, two of Charleston’s revered community leaders. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 26 June 2009 )
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Oliver Washington, Jr. Receives Honorary Degree |
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Written by Jim Edwards, Associate Editor
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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The Bible contains a Book that tells of a blessed man named Job, that lived righteously, and possessed unquestionable faith in God, yet the man lost all that he held dear as a result of his faith being put to the test. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 26 June 2009 )
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Renaissance Foundation: Laying the Groundwork |
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Written by Jim Edwards, Associate Editor
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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In the Akan language of Ghana, the word Sankofa translated into English means to go back and take, or loosely, to reach back and bring forward. The visual representation of Sankofa is a mythic African bird named Sankofu that moves forward with its head turned backward. |
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