Real Talk

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Websites

• NYC Wide Awake
• True Discernment
• Black Business Coach
• Black Male Appreciation
• Preaching Woman
• Invite: Blog for Pentecostal Tabernacle
• AfroSpear: A Think Tank for People of African Descent
• Pure Church
• A Man From Issachar
• What About Our Daughters
• Life's Journey
• Black Star Project
• Why Black Women Are Angry
• The Way Christian Center
• Wake Up Christians
• Cities for Progress
• Angry Indian-Voice of a Native Son
• America Blog
• 100 Black Men
• Take Back the Media
• Exodus Mentality
• Police Brutality and Accountability in the U.S.
• Adriel Luis: Spoken Word Artist
• Topix
• Positive Black Image
• Urban Report
• Blogging Black
• The Joy Box
• Soul of My Folk
• African American Political Pundit
• Electronic Village
• Mirror on America
• The Way Christian Center
• Comics Alliance
• African American Opinion
• New America Media
• Hope Street Youth Development
• Seeking Him
• Christian Resource Network
• Cinematical
• Idealist
• One World
• Education Wonk
• Comic Book Movie
• Shanessence
• Trustintruss
• AllAfrica
• National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance
• Teacher Magazine
• Pentecostal Tabernacle-The awesome church I attended while in Cambridge!
• The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
• Brandelyn Castine's Website - A great friend of mine who is both a phenomenal writer and poet
• Urbana- A Christian Missions Publication and Conference
• Truthout
• Facing History
• Covenant with Black America:Curriculum and Movement
• Re:Generation-An Online Socially Conscious Magazine
• Saartjie Baartman
• Realize the Dream:Quality Education is a Civil Right
• The Black Heritage Trail
• Maria Stewart-America's First Black Woman Political Writer
• Lewis Hayden
• William Cooper Nell
• civilrights.org
• The Mavin Foundation-Organization that empowers people of mixed heritage
• My Boy Joe's Spoken Word Website- His CD is now available for purchase!
• Change it all-Goapele's Website

Previous Posts

• Just a Thought...
• A New Day
• A Few Thoughtz: White
• A Few Thoughtz: Red (Part 2 of the Circle Trilogy)...
• A Few Thoughtz: Black
• Following the Evidence...
• Process - Oriented
• Random "Why" Question of the Moment
• Marvel-ous (Throwback): X-Men: God Loves, Man Kill...
• Political Stategy 101

Archives

• December 2005
• February 2006
• March 2006
• April 2006
• June 2006
• September 2006
• October 2006
• November 2006
• December 2006
• January 2007
• February 2007
• March 2007
• April 2007
• May 2007
• June 2007
• July 2007
• August 2007
• September 2007
• October 2007
• November 2007
• December 2007
• January 2008
• February 2008
• March 2008
• April 2008
• May 2008
• October 2008
• November 2008

Technology

• Bionic arm gives amputees freedom to move

Activism

• Iraq War Resolution Passes in Durango, CO
• Iraq War Resolution
• Freed Vietnam Activist Returns Home to San Jose
• Cali Sues Carmakers for Contributing to Global Warming
• Scholars for 9/11 Truth
• U.S. sues black activist on Voting Act violation
• First Casualty of Student Walkouts
• Protesters ask Philly newspaper to aplogize for shady cartoons

Education

• Family Learning Contract
• Million Father March Makes Impact in Multiple U.S. Cities
• According to Expert, Education Alone Cannot Solve Social Problems
• Nigeria Stes Up Committee on Basic Education
• Curriculum, Not Education the Issue in Nigeria
• New Hampshire Tackles Shortage of Special Education Teachers
• More African Americans are Getting Home-Schooled
• Comics in the classroom
• Using Spider-Man as a tool for Literary Instruction
• 8th graders engage in a curriculum on the "Little Rock 9"
• Successful education reform programs
• Students Getting a Double Dose of the Three R's
• NBA Reading Program for Young Adults 16-24
• Using Child Development as the Cornerstone of Academic Success
• A Year at Malcolm X: Second Chance at Success
• Community colleges finding unusual homes
• Consultants replacing high school counselors
• Venture Capitalists Are Investing in Educational Reform

People

• Will Smith to Play Philadelphia Principal in Upcoming Film
• Man Risks his Life to Save a Stranger
• Comedian Paul Mooney Divorcing the "N" and the "B" Word?
• You Can't be Serious O.J...
• Donald Rumsfeld Accused of War Crimes
• The First Chinese Person to Lead a U.N. Agency
• Obama May Run For President
• Indiana Nun to Become a Saint
• Democrat Poised to Become First Muslim in Congress
• BART's Longest Serving Director Dies at 78
• Dad Finds His Daughter After 13 Years
• 5 Year-old Girl Forgives Man Who Shot Her
• Gordon Parks, pioneer Black director dies at 93
• Autistic Team Manager Makes Hoop Dream Come True
• Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Kevin Garnett Announces Hurricane Katrina Assistance
• Coretta Scott King knew, do you?
• Betty Friedan, philosopher of modern-day feminism, dies
• 37-pound woman gives birth to son
• Guy gets jail time for denying the holocaust

-isms

• Female Soldier a Victim of Military Sexual Violence
• Lawsuit Alleges County in New York Not Fair in Housing
• Duke Case Reopens Old Wounds for Black Women
• Mandatory Minimums in U.S. Sentencing Racially Discriminatory?
• Gautreaux Housing Case Lawyer Calls for End to Black Ghettos
• Teacher uses racial epithet towards student

Worldwide

• Beef Between Rwanda and France Ends Diplomatic Relations
• France Accused of Complicity in 1994 Rwanda Genocide
• Pope sees islamic envoys in an attempt to heal rift
• World Leaders Bump Heads at U.N. General Assembly Meeting
• Three Brothers to Serve in Iraq Together
• Iranian Woman Becomes First Woman Space Tourist
• British Firm Wins Artificial Intelligence Prize
• Nigeria militants take hostages, attack oil terminal
• Transcripts on the drought in Malawi

Christianity

• Christ and His Bride: A Lesson from Ephesians
• A Powerful Story of Faith and Redemption: Emmanuel's Story
• Hundreds of Letters to God Found in the Atlantic Ocean
• Cross-shaped beam that survived 9-11 was moved from WTC to allow reconstruction
• SPEAK LIFE, not death
• Who is My Neighbor?

Health

• Scotland Bans Smoking in all enclosed job places
• Irrigation Wells Test Negative for E. Coli
• Popular Lettuce Recalled for Precautionary Reasons
• Feds hunt for source of E. Coli outbreak
• BET promotes AIDS awareness via film competition

Misc.

• U.S. Economy Loses Jobs in the First Time in Four Years
• Kids Come First For Mayor's Philly Compact
• Myspace Helps a Woman Find Her Brother's Body
• Major: New Orleans will seek aid from other nations
• Study Finds that Youth Who Listen to Rap Music are More Prone to Substance Use and Aggressive Behavior
• Malcolm X Quotes

Christian Hip-Hop

• Rapzilla: Your Daily Source for Christian Hip Hop
• 3hmp3.com: It's like iTunes for holy hip-hop
• Cross Movement Records:What a Christ-powered Def Jam Records would look like
• Beatmart Recordings-Record Label for Christian Hip-Hop Artists(Straight Fire!!!)
• Da Bus Shop-Christian Hip-Hop and Gospel Music Store
• Holy Culture Radio
• Feed Magazine
• Review of "13 Letters" by 116 Click (2007)
• Offical website for the artist "Viktory"- reviews of his new album "Believe it Now" are in the "news" section of his site
• Listen to tracks from "Believe it Now"
• Review of "The Seasoning" by Json (2005)
• Listen to tracks from "The Seasoning"
• Review and tracks from "Moment of Truth" by Da Truth (2004)
• Review and tracks from "The Faith" by Da Truth (2005)
• Da Truth.net
• Review of "Open Book" by Da Truth (2007)
• Listen to tracks from "Beatmart recordings presents: Best of the submissions v.1" (2004)
• Listen to tracks from "Beatmart recordings presents: Best of the Submissions v.2" (2005)
• Review and Tracks from "Collaborations" by KJ52 (2002)
• Review and Tracks from "It's Pronounced Five-Two" by KJ52 (2003)
• Listen to tracks from "7th Avenue" by KJ52 (re-released in 2004 with additional tracks)
• Review and Tracks from "Behind the Musik" by KJ52 (2005)
• Review and Tracks from "The Thesis" by Ambassador (2005)
• The Ambassador Online
• Review and Tracks from "Higher Definition" by Cross Movement (2004)
• Review of "HIStory: Our Place in His Story" by Cross Movement (2007)
• Review of "The Process of Illumination and Elimination" by Everyday Process (2007)
• Review of "Our World Fallen" by Flame (2007)
• Review and Tracks from "Real Talk" by Lecrae(2005)
• Review and Tracks from "After The Music Stops" by Lecrae(2006)
• Tracks from "The Rebirth" by Shabach(year unknown)
• Peep Shabach's bio, more tracks, tour info, etc...
• Review of "Pages of Life" by Japhia Life(2000)
• Peep Japhia Life's bio and samples of his new album "Fountain of Life"
• Listen to Tracks from "Boogiroot" by DJ Maj(2005)
• Review and Tracks from "Incredible Walk" by Phanatik(2005)
• Review and Tracks from "Stereo" by 4th Avenue Jones(2005)

Contemporary/Country/Rock Christian Music

• Review of "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns (2005)
• Review of "Look to Tou" by Hillsong (2005)
• Review of "Redemption Songs" by Jars of Clay (2005)
• Review of "Coming Up to Breathe" by Mercy Me (2006)
• Review of "If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something" by Rebecca St. James (2005)
• Review of "Nothing is Sound" by Switchfoot (2005)





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