Book Review: The Covenant with Black America by John Woolf

The Covenant with Black America is the brainchild of Tavis Smiley. For the past seven years, the talk show host has had his own "State of the Black Union" symposium. Seeing that simply exchanging opinions with the nation's top black leaders was not sufficient, he decided to chart a course for the

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African Stories – Azuka Monyei Excites With African Stories by Nelson Powell

From times past, African stories have thrilled and excited people on the continent and around the world. This is not surprising due to the richness of the African tales originating from the continent. Many tales or stories from authors on the continent, contain a rich blend of proverbs and good o

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Designer Jeans Make You Feel Fabulous by Carol Carini

In a recent series of focus groups conducted for the The Designer Jean Company, women were asked one very specific question, How important are your designer jeans to you? Answers were a rating on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being the least important, I could care less. A 10 rating meant that is was of t

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Wondering Why We Bother to Read Books by Joseph Langen

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.~Sir Francis Bacon I recently got to thinking about why readers read. I woke up early one morning trying to recall the exact words of Sir Francis Bacon's statement which I first encountered in high school.

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