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AA Boomer Musician Brings Vibrant
American Music Overseas
BY Kevin A. Stanley
The sweet sounds of American jazz, soul, hip hop and rhythm & blues garner new fans wherever they are played....
An AABoomer Tribute
TEDDY PENDERGRASS
“The Teddy Bear”
March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010
By: Lois Ann Clark - Publisher
When the phone rings early in the morning, it is usually the harbinger of bad news. So, when my phone rang...
Book Reviews
HOW A FATHER'S LOVE AND 15,000 BOOKS BEAT HIP HOP CULTURE BY THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS
BY: Kam Williams
Activate Your Faith, Achieve Your Dreams
Increase Your Favor By Joel Osteen
Review By: Lois Ann Clark
Like millions of others, I watch televangelist Joel Osteen weekly ...
Sugar of the Crop:
My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves by Sana Butler
The Lyons Press
Hardcover, $24.95
256 pages
Careers
A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR OLDER WORKERS
BY: James Ridgeway
Originally published in the Unsilent Generation
Black's In Avation.com
Explores Chapter In American History
American Airlines has a new virtual museum, BlacksinAviation.com ...
Did you Know?
Emmitt Smith's
A Date With Destiny
Emmitt Smith is on a journey to discover his ancestors, who they were and what it all means...
OBAMA, MICHAEL JACKSON, TIGER WOODS & SAVING BLACK BOYS
By Darius Thompson
Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) - Recently, I had the privilege of attending a screening of a documentary...
Entrepreneurship
CATHY HUGHES
The TV One Interview
with Kam Williams
Catherine Elizabeth Woods Hughes was born in Omaha, Nebraska where she attended Creighton University and the University of Nebraska. But before graduating, she began working at KOWH, a local...
Finance
FAMILY, FOOD, FUN AND FINANCES
By Carlos C. Johnson III, President/CEO GoldCorp Financial Group
NEW STUDY FINDS NINE OUT OF TEN SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS OF COLOR LACK RETIREMENT SECURITY
BY: Senior Journal
AN AABOOMER FINANCIAL CONSULTANT OFFERS
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO, NOT ONLY SURVIVE,
BUT THRIVE IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE
BY: Carlos C. Johnson, III, President & CEO,
GoldCorp Financial Group
IRS to Negotiate Less
On Tax Settlements
BY Stephen Ohlemacher - Assoc. Press
WASHINGTON — IRS agents will be more flexible with taxpayers who have seen their incomes drop during the recession.
Big Changes Are Coming With New Credit Card Laws Most provisions of the new federal credit card law took effect on Feb. 22. The changes are significant, so you should take time to understand how they might affect you. ...
Read More...Health & Wellness
ONLINE HEALTH & WELLNESS TOOLS CAN HELP IDENTIFY RISKS AND IMPROVE HEALTH
By Cynthia Hill National Director United Health Care, Generations of Wellness
WHY ANNUAL HEALTH EXAMS ARE
VITAL FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
Review By: BLACKDOCTOR.ORG
The importance of annual physical exams for African American adults cannot be stressed enough....
FIRST LADY
MICHELLE OBAMA
TAKES ON OBESITY
BY Nancy Benac, Associated Press
First lady Michelle Obama framed her national campaign against childhood obesity in intensely personal terms Thursday, relating that her own daughters were starting...
Lifestyles
McCARTNEY JOKED THAT PRESIDENT MIGHT "PUNCH HIM OUT" AFTER SINGING ROMANTIC LYRICS TO FIRST LADY!
BY: Nancy Benac, AP
A REPORT BY
DOUG PIBEL
March 4, 2010
We've made meaningful progress towards embracing our cultural diversity in the United States...
BY KEVIN STANLEY
A recent study stated that there were 79,874 reported cases of domestic violence in the United States in 2009, up over 7,000 cases from the previous year, and up 13,000 cases from 2007. The profile of a victim of domestic violence—traditionally...
Politics
AN INTROSPECTIVE LOOK AT ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLITICS
BY: Walter Melton
LA Garment & Citizen
TIME TO HOLD THE GOP ACCOUNTABLE
INCLUDING TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS
This has to STOP
You've probably heard about Tea Party members shouting "Nigger!" at Black Congressmen during a protest...
Global Marshall Plan Required to Rebuild Haiti Haiti Support Project Institutes Haiti Relief Fund to Respond
Read More...Topic of the Day
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
FOR YOU?
BY Dr. KC Kelly - Fort Lauderdale Mental Health Examiner
"There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement." E. B. White...
Transitions
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR, POET, SINGER, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER, RENAISSANCE WOMAN CYNTHIA ROSE LANE SHARES UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
ON AGING
BY: Cynthia Rose Lane
PRISCILLA'S HOMECOMING
LEAVES AN ENDURING LEGACY
BY Andrew Jenner
Editor’s note: This is the final story in a three-part series about Priscilla’s Homecoming, the story
of a slave girl...
Carolina Woman Visits Sierra Leone with Her Ancestor In Spirit
The road to Dunkegba – a small village on the coast of Sierra Leone – was lined with school children. Dressed in green uniforms, dozens of them welcomed Thomalind Polite with a song:
Travel
COME ON LET ME TAKE YOU ON A SEA CRUISE
Edited By Lois-Ann Clark, Publisher - AA Boomers
BUTLER AND BUTLER MEETING SUPPORT
INVITE YOU TO COME & EXPERIENCE
"NEW ORLEANS - OUR WAY"
BY: STAN V. BUTLER, MA, CMP PRINCIPAL
GAMBIA TO HOST ATA'S
35TH ANNUAL CONGRESS
Online Registrations Available
African American Baby Boomers, many of whom initially became acquainted with The Gambia...
Elaine Lee is an avid world traveler, travel writer and media maven. She is the author/editor of "Go Girl: The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure" as well as a freelance travel writer who has contributed to the numerous national and local magazines,...
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