When we speak of human rights and captivity it sparks painful reminders of America’s Bull Conner days in racist Alabama during the heights of the Civil Rights Movement in this country. In 2013 the U.S. has a black man seated in the oval office, and the racist days of human subjugation, persecution, and the brutalization

He had just left a gig with a local band that he performed with for venues in small Youngstown, N.C.. Young Shannon Nyamodi was a recent high school grad working as an electrician assistant who had plans of joining the military later on in the year of 2012, but Shannon’s dreams of serving his country

Their faces are filled with cheer, joy, excitement, and the spirit of happiness many children experience on Christmas morning can only be trumped by the sadness that poor and disenfranchised kids endure, when for reason they could never understand, the abundance of goodwill, giving, and the glaring bright lights of the most festive time of

A 15 year old girl in the care of the state of Louisiana, while living with her Aunt consistently expressed her complete discontent for the living conditions she was exposed to. The teen mom had sounded the alarm that she was in trouble, chiefly because she made complaints of having been sexually assaulted (raped) by

Part 2 of 5  Some of the information contained in this article comes from Federal Census Records, Government Record Archives, statements from living relatives, and other sources that derive from second hand information from the researcher who actually conducted my family genealogy search, and others who  know the family. Considering these sources, please give the accuracy of

As far back in my life as I can remember I always carried a pen. It was imperative for me, I never knew when somebody would say something to me that I didn’t want to forget, and I always used other people’s comments to convey a perspective on short stories I wrote to myself. Back

Part 1 of 5 My commentary for this series will most certainly elicit controversy, bitterness, and perhaps even alienation from some people within my own family. I believe the significance of this story is an imperative documentary which may benefit others by encouraging them to conduct their own independent investigation of their heritage. It isn’t

  Those who knew her say she was a devote regular at the Mt Olive Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The Boys and Girls High Honors student was also known to frequent the library which just might explain her straight A student reputation. Church, school, and family pretty much defined

Their story didn’t make sense from the very start. Most people following the tragic and brutal slaying of Vanessa “Honey” Malone never bought into the alleged sequence of events that left a beautiful hundred pound promising teen girl dead in a Stone Mountain apartment just a little over a year  ago. Three adults who say

A Continuing Series On The Murder Case Of Phylicia Barnes   With just under a week away before the scheduled 2nd murder trial of Michael Maurice Johnson begins, who is accused of killing the promising honors student Phylicia Barnes, it’s sad that nearly three years later the pretty book smart kid’s story has failed to