African people
values traditions and
heritage that we
share because of a
common origin
values traditions and
heritage that we
share because of a
common origin
| Afrikanness |
| © 2009 Afrikanness all rights reserved. |
Custom Search
Man After 35 Years Behind Bars Freed By DNA. Using a cell
phone for the first time, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been
freed after 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Mobile
devices didn't exist in 1974, the year he was sentenced to life in prison.
Neither did the sophisticated DNA testing that officials more recently
used to determine he could not have been the rapist... More
White Americans' Majority To End. The United States has 308
million people today; two-thirds are non-Hispanic whites. The total
population should climb to 399 million by 2050, under the new
projection, with whites making up 49.9 percent, Blacks will make up
12.2 percent, virtually unchanged from today. Hispanics, currently 15
percent of the population, will rise to 28 percent...More
There was another woman from footnote to fame in civil rights
History who refused to be treated like a substandard citizen on one of
those Montgomery buses and she did it nine months before Mrs. Parks.
Yet instead of being celebrated, has lived unheralded in the Bronx for
decades, initially cast off by black leaders who feared she was not the
right face for their battle, according to a new book. ..More
Charles Taylor the first African head of state to be tried by an
international court, blamed an "intelligence plot" for the fact that he is
standing trial for war crimes. He has been on trial since January 2008
charged with 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in
Sierra Leone from November 30, 1996, to January 18, 2002...More
phone for the first time, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been
freed after 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Mobile
devices didn't exist in 1974, the year he was sentenced to life in prison.
Neither did the sophisticated DNA testing that officials more recently
used to determine he could not have been the rapist... More
White Americans' Majority To End. The United States has 308
million people today; two-thirds are non-Hispanic whites. The total
population should climb to 399 million by 2050, under the new
projection, with whites making up 49.9 percent, Blacks will make up
12.2 percent, virtually unchanged from today. Hispanics, currently 15
percent of the population, will rise to 28 percent...More
There was another woman from footnote to fame in civil rights
History who refused to be treated like a substandard citizen on one of
those Montgomery buses and she did it nine months before Mrs. Parks.
Yet instead of being celebrated, has lived unheralded in the Bronx for
decades, initially cast off by black leaders who feared she was not the
right face for their battle, according to a new book. ..More
Charles Taylor the first African head of state to be tried by an
international court, blamed an "intelligence plot" for the fact that he is
standing trial for war crimes. He has been on trial since January 2008
charged with 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in
Sierra Leone from November 30, 1996, to January 18, 2002...More
| The Black Family The Obamas family offer America a new look at the black family Seek African Roots More blacks in the United States are looking for their African roots, with the interest in DNA testing fueling a push for dual citizenship |
| We welcome your feed back an any suggestions Contact us Afrikanness |
| Celebrate Kwanzaa |
