Hallmark once offended black families everywhere last year with it’s Father’s Day Card for black women. This time it’s Target and they’ve created a card in honor of Whitney Houston that doesn’t have many people laughing. Yes, we saw the card too. Not funny.
February 29, 2012


This disturbing video describes the plight of the “witch children” of Nigeria. Many of them are killed or kicked out of their villages for allegedly being witches. The video is below:

Scandal-plagued Hub bank OneUnited has begun foreclosure proceedings against Roxbury’s historic Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of Boston’s oldest and most-respected black churches, the Herald has learned. OneUnited, the nation’s largest black-owned bank — which got millions in federal bailout money — is threatening to auction off the church March 22 to cover a $1.1 million “balloon” mortgage that recently came due. “I don’t honestly know why a…

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World Dr. Julianne Malveaux is now stepping down as President of Bennett College. The historically black, all-women’s college is losing one of the nation’s most respected economists, writers and leaders with this decision, but the move appears to be the right one for Dr. Malveaux. “Five years is the longest time I’ve ever held a job inmy life,” Malveaux said in a statement. “And while I…

“Annette Larkins shows off her garden in her Miami- Dade County backyard. It’s full of fruits and vegetables. Every corner of her garden has something that is edible. She also collects rainwater to drink and water her plants. Annette says the food in her garden is her ‘Fountain of Youth.” Source.

A sign bearing the name of the late comedian Bernie Mac has been raised over a street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. About 200 people, including his widow Rhoda McCullough, daughter Je’Niece McCullough and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, gathered Tuesday on a corner near the home where he grew up. Je’Niece McCullough says she hopes renaming the street Bernie Mac Street reminds people “they can do whatever they want…

According to Reuters, a bankrupt Central Falls, Rhode Island school received a check for $10,000 from the three-time Oscar winner on Monday via Streep’s organization, the Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts. “We’ve just been screaming from the rooftops,” the school’s founder and director of operations Angelo Garcia says. “We’re excited Meryl Streep has gotten the ball rolling for us, but we recognize there’s a long road ahead…
![Misty Copeland, African-American Ballet Dancer Making History [VIDEO]](http://blacklikemoi.com/wp-content/themes/newsright/img/default-blog-thumb.jpg)
Misty Copeland, 29, did not start ballet until she was 13, beginning at a local Boys & Girls Club. To start learning what is usually a lifelong craft at a late age and still achieve national acclaim is a feat in itself. But the Californian’s most prized achievement to date happened in 2007, when she was appointed as a soloist at the famed American Ballet Theater. She is the…
![KKK Flyers Distributed In Georgia As Recruitment [VIDEO]](http://blacklikemoi.com/wp-content/themes/newsright/img/default-blog-thumb.jpg)
Messages promoting the Ku Klux Klan were distributed to homes in the town of Newnan, Ga. on Sunday morning. Paper print-outs stuffed into small plastic bags weighed down with rocks were left next to newspapers outside houses in the Churchill Park subdivision of the town. The message on the recruitment flyers said, “Neighborhood Watch: You can sleep tonight knowing the Klan is awake!” A sketch of a hooded KKK…

A sign bearing the name of the late comedian Bernie Mac has been raised over a street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. About 200 people, including his widow Rhoda McCullough, daughter Je’Niece McCullough and civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, gathered Tuesday on a corner near the home where he grew up. Je’Niece McCullough says she hopes renaming the street Bernie Mac Street reminds people “they can do whatever they…

Sources close to the ongoing investigation into the death of Whitney Houston tell E! News that her death will be deemed accidental by the L.A. County Coroner’s Office. According to the site’s report, the Houston family has always believed that Whitney’s death was a tragic accident. Officially, the cause of death is still listed as “deferred” pending result of toxicology tests. But their source says ”nothing suspicious” has been found…

Ironic, isn’t it?