

When I was 18, I was stopped on a moped by white police officers and rudely arrested, booked, finger printed and locked up as I tried to explain they had the wrong guy for the alleged stolen moped I was driving.
The police dropped all charges. But, I got the message quickly: I’m a black man in America and this is the reality of my life when it comes to dealing with police, so be quiet, shut my mouth and obey law and order.
Fast forward 25 years later, and some white cops often escort me via police cruiser to any of my properties or home or even the office building on occasion.
While I cannot make any excuses or justifications for the wrongful and ridiculous conduct of Sgt. James Crowley, who arrested the 58-year-old highly-respected professor, I can only say I am a bit taken aback that Professor Gates says that he now realizes “if this could happen to me in Harvard Square, it could happen to anyone in America?”
This statement has a duality that alarms me: Is he suggesting that because he was at Harvard, somehow he is exempt from the basic pains and struggles of folks in Harlem, USA vs. Harvard square?
Or, is he saying that it took this arrest and fiasco to get him in touch with the real struggles of the Black Community with regards to racial profiling?
In 1995, U.S. Rep. Rush was appointed to the exclusive and powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. In 2007 he was elected chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection. This committee has jurisdiction over:
Dr. Baruch Ben-Yehudah - Biography
Dr. Baruch Ben Yehudah has dedicated himself to improving the overall health of his fellow man, perpetuating the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Dr. Baruch received his Naturopathic Doctors Degree from the School of the Prophets Institute at Jerusalem in Israel in 2004. He majored in Communications at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he began his career in radio broadcasting. Dedicated to healing people from health related issues caused by poor diet, stress, lack of exercise and educational awareness on controlling ones health, Dr. Baruch developed a revolutionary concept called "Eat the Cure." From his wealth of knowledge developed over 20 years in the health industry "Eat the Cure" shows us how we can cure ourselves from virtually every known ailment by taking a proactive approach to what we allow to enter our bodies. "Eat the Cure" cleanses our minds from the stereotypical illusions of the "Soul Food Diet" and standard American diet.
In 2007, Dr. Baruch began his tenure as a featured health expert on the ABC syndicated Michael Baisden show with his "Your Body is Your Temple" which reaches 13 million plus people on a daily basis and today remains a constant "force" on the show. He was also a guest panelist on the talk show "Baisden After Dark" on TV One. He also served as a nutritional consultant on Michael Baisdens' "Island Jam" held in Jamaica in June 2007.
In Kevin Gray’s new book take is radical…so his focus is always ample and humane. In these passionate pages, he takes his readers into areas of darkness—South Carolina’s heritage of slavery, for example—and into the vibrancy and heat of James Brown and Richard Pryor. In essays like “Why Does Barack Obama Hate My Family?” and “”Dixie 101,” Gray’s intellectual footwork is as sure as Muhammad Ali’s in his prime, and the knockout is as deadly.
No one should venture a mile into the rough terrain of black politics and culture in America today without reading Gray’s Waiting for Lightning to Strike. There’s no keener mind, no sharper eye focused on the condition of black politics.
Kevin Alexander Gray & his younger sister Valerie were among the first blacks to attend the local all-white elementary school in rural, upstate South Carolina in 1968. Since then he has been involved in community organizing working on a variety of issues ranging from racial politics, police violence, third-world politics & relations, union organizing & workers’ rights, grassroots political campaigns, marches, actions, and political events. He is currently organizing the Harriet Tubman Freedom House Project in Columbia, South Carolina which focuses on community-based political and cultural education. Kevin was a founding member of the National Rainbow Coalition in 1986, former co-chair of the Southern Rainbow Education Project—a coalition of southern activists—and former contributing editor of Independent Political Action Bulletin. He was also the 2002 SC United Citizens’ Party & Green Party Gubernatorial candidate. He was managing editor of The Palmetto Post and Black News in Columbia, South Carolina, served as a national board member of the American Civil Liberties Union for 4 years, is a past eight-term president of the South Carolina affiliate of the ACLU and an advisory board member of DRC Net (Drug Policy Reform Coalition).
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June 2008 was another milestone in my life. I was appointed to the Minority Pest management Association’s board of directors. Wow! Life is getting better day by day. The MPM is a association within The National Pest Management Association. One of the Minority Pest management’s purposes is to show the public that minorities are in the pest control business and we are MAJOR players.
Dr. Israel Barsh is the catalyst behind DreamCity Northwest Developers. Dr. Barsh founded Northwest Academy of Excellence a privately owned K-12 grade school in 1992 and For the Love of Children Daycare Center that operated successfully for eight years. He received a letter of accommodation from the Mayor of Puyallup in September 2002 for his leadership and contributions to the community. Prophet Israel was licensed under Bishop Bill Hamon of Christian International Prophetic Churches in 1998. He also oversees the Kingdom 1st Embassy, the fastest growing church in the metropolis of Seattle, Washington and conducts Annual conferences for prophets and leaders. Dr. Barsh is an international speaker who has traveled abroad and across America teaching institutions to maximize their potential and effectiveness as companies and increase personal power.
Dr. Barsh obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Washington State University, Pullman and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree for his outstanding ministry work and community service from the distinguished Bishop A.L. Hardy Theological School, Seattle, Washington. He served in the Army for ten years and was a commission 1st Lieutenant. Dr. Barsh possesses a cadre of professional experience including grant writing, consulting services, non-profit organizational management, fiscal management and curriculum development. He has served as a guest lecturer and workshop facilitator for various conferences and organizational functions. Dr. Barsh has over twenty years of experience in corporate training and management.
Turner was raised in Detroit, and sang in doo wop groups and high schoolchoirs while young. He first began recording after winning a contest at the Apollo Theater in New York, recording some solo sides and singing backup for groups called The Stereophonics and The Fabulous Counts.
In 1966, record producer Clay McMurray had Turner's group do a recording session, and soon after Turner signed to MGM Records and released a single, a cover of the soul number "Stand By Me". The tune climbed to #3 on the U.S. Billboard Black Singles chart and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart early in 1967.[1] Soon after, a full-length album was released, peaking at #14 on the Black Albums chart and #158 on the Billboard 200.[2] A second single from the album, "I Can't Make it Anymore", peaked at #95 on the Hot 100 pop chart.[1]
Turner left his management after dissatisfaction with MGM's soul division (which consisted only of Howard Tate and himself), and played regionally in the South in the early 1970s.
His second single the Breaks," was an out-of-the-box smash, following "Rapper's Delight" into the Top Five of the R&B charts in 1980 and eventually going gold; it still ranks as one of old school rap's greatest and most enduring moments. The full-length album Kurtis Blow was also released in 1980, and made the R&B Top Ten in spite of many assumptions that the Sugarhill Gang's success was a one-time fluke. Although the album's attempts at soul crooning and rock covers haven't dated well, the poverty-themed "Hard Times" marked perhaps the first instance of hip-hop's social consciousness, and was later covered by Run-D.M.C Blow initially found it hard to follow up "The Breaks," despite releasing nearly an album a year for most of the '80s. 1981's Deuce and 1982's Tough weren't huge sellers, and 1983's Party Time EP brought D.C. go-go funksters E.U. on board for a stylistic update. Around this time, Blow was also making his mark as a producer, working with a variety of hip-hop and R&B artists; most notably, he helmed most of the Fat Boys' records after helping them get a record deal.
Over the course of his career, Mo Bee has worked almost exclusively with New York artists within the genre of Hip-Hop. Aside from his former close ties with Big Daddy Kane and The Notorious B.I.G., Easy has also worked with NY rappers Afu Ra (on Life Force Radio), Mos Def (on The New Danger) and Blaq Poet of Screwball (on his solo album, Rewind <<<>); the last project came throughDJ Premier, also a former Biggie affiliate. He also produced three tracks on the debut album of the Lost Boyz, Legal Drug Money, including the two hit singles "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz" and "Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless".
Easy Mo Bee has also had loose ties with members of the Wu-Tang Clan since their pre-group days, having produced RZA's first-ever single "Ooh, We Love You Rakeem" under the name Prince Rakeem; roughly half of GZA's debut album Words From the Genius under the moniker The Genius, and a collaboration between Biggie and Method Man on Big's debut album. In recent years, Easy has also worked with non hip-hop artists such as Alicia Keys, for whom he produced a cover of Gladys Knight & the Pips' 1971 hit "If I Were Your Woman". He also produced two songs on Kindred The Family Soul's sophomore album,"In This Life Together" -the tracks being,"As Of Yet" and "Who's Gonna Comfort You(Defintion)".