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The world’s hottest election just got much hotter… Politics has never been this sexy… She was swift-boated by sex-tape! – Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when, a month before the 2008 US Presidential election, Kyle Franklin, a sexy, savvy, African American conservative falls for his Democrat counterpart, Aretha Gupta, a beautiful, idealistic local Obama volunteer coordinator. Sparks fly, tempers flares, heads turn, and romance blossoms for this mismatched pair of campaigners in the frantic and intoxicating days leading up to Election Day. Can the politics of love conquer all? Starring Loretta Devine (Crash, Dreamgirls), legendary Oscar nominee Ruby Dee, Brian White (Stomp the Yard, Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad…), Gerry Bednob (40 Yr Old Virgin) and Bollywood star Mallika Sherawat (Hisss, Murder).

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch journalist roundtable discuss what has happened to Black politics since Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans now has a white Mayor in Mitch Landrieu and a Vietnamese-American Congressman in Joseph Cao. The panel explains what happened as a result of Katrina and subsequent elections that have rearranged the political landscape in the city.

Campaigning as an unapologetic progressive, the Rev. Jesse Jackson reframed, renewed and refashioned US politics with a pair of campaigns for the Democratic presidential nominations of 1984 and 1988. Those campaigns broke new ground in American politics, showing that it was possible to leap lines of race, gender, sexuality and class to form coalitions that had not previously been imagined possible. Jackson’s presidential runs also brought hundreds of thousands of new voters–especially young and African American voters–onto the rolls. The legacy of those campaigns, and those coalitions, formed the basis for a new politics that helped elect Barack Obama America’s first black president. This video tells that story. As we celebrate our progress, it is vital to recall the campaigns that brought us to this place.

Over 1500 Black Babies Per Day Are Killed In The USA / Pro-Life Anti-Abortion Video. Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics kill over 1500 black babies a day in the United States. Almost 80% of Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Clinics are located in minority neighborhoods. The taxes of hard working Black Americans help fund Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger, who once visited and gave a speech to the Ku Klux Klan and also created her famous “Negro Project” in 1939. Although only 13 percent of American women are black, they account for about 35 percent of the abortions in the USA. The Christian Defense Coalition (CDC) has launched a campaign called “Barack Obama: The Abortion President” highlighting what it says is Sen. Barack Obama’s position that taxpayers should fund abortions. The Christian Defense Coalition claims that last year, according to the Chicago Tribune, Obama said his proposal for expanded access to health insurance would cover “reproductive health services.” An Obama spokesperson contacted afterward said that would include abortions. The Obama campaign’s web site says the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee “has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President.” Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, in a press release criticized Obama’s position, saying, “Senator Obama talks about bringing hope …

Visit BlackOnyx World for Natural Hair Products and Hot Handmade Jewelry www.blackonyxworld.com Okay so I wasn’t going to upload this video because I did it while on vacation. Apparently I lost the pictures of the back of my hair. Anyway here is what I did manage to save. The style is pretty easy and mostly played up with accessories. All the jewelry and hair accessories can be found at my site under Nyamani Chic Hair flowers and Diva Shop. The hair products used are also there under Alikay Naturals. Song: Way You Whine- Hype D and Dre T ( My husband and his friend)

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How do black men really feel about black women and natural hair? (Video #2 Series 1: Black Men’s Thoughts on Black Women and their Beauty?) For similar discussions and topics, visit my site at thecafebelle.com

In this vid I wash and two strand twist my daughter Princess hair. I use Sofnfree n’Pretty Shea Butter Shampoo and fresh Aloe Vera directly from the plant on her hair. Disclaimer: I am not in any way being paid to advertise any of the products in this vid. Peace love and lots of Blessings.

Lonnie Bunch, Director, National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch talks about the making of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, established in December 16, 2003, becoming the nineteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history and culture. The museum’s collections will cover topics as varied as slavery, postCivil War Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights movement. The museum will use African American history and culture as a lens to examine what it means to be an American. Thursday, April 12, 2007

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