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MLK Legacy Tarnished by Offspring

By: David Gilmore

The truth is that as disappointing and unfortunate as it appears, the first family of Black America is just as susceptible as the rest of us to the evils that may befall any individual or family. Two of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have filed a lawsuit against a third, embroiling the family in a very public legal dispute over the estate of the civil rights icon.

The Breakthrough Black Athletes

By: Shawn Jackson

The breakthrough of black athletes, particularly during the mid 1900’s, was significant not only to the progression of African-Americans in sports, but contributed to a great deal of advancements the people made socially, politically and emotionally. By being the “first Blacks” to enter various genres of the sports world, these tremendous feats help develop the reality that our people were not only human, but equal to everyone else in the eyes of oppressors by competing and playing alongside particularly Whites in a time of racism, discrimination and separatism.

Time To Come Home: Mississippi's Past and Present Pt. 2

By: Dawn Montgomery

They say that the Northern and Southern parts of the United States are very different areas. You have fast-talkers and rude people in the North versus the slow-talking and very polite Southerners. In the state of Mississippi this general statement can be far from the truth. The State of Mississippi has a rich and violent history that dates back many decades, but the Northern part of Mississippi is just like the Southern part of Mississippi. They are both shadowed by many stories of struggle, perseverance, and a history that should not tear the state in half. The younger generation of Mississippi only knows about Bus boycotts, and racial tensions that went rampant throughout the state. So it is my turn to educate them and many citizens of the United States on the issues that Southern Mississippi has faced and is still facing.

Land of the Free?

By: David Gilmore

Everyone knows that the size and cost of America’s prison system has skyrocketed during the last few decades, largely as a result of laws and policies that put more offenders behind bars and keep them there longer. The question is, how much is the cost and are these methods cost effective? And if not, why? A new report by the Pew’s Charitable Trusts Public Safety Performance Project details, for the first time in history, that more than one in every 100 adults in America are in jail or prison. To add insult to injury, this incarceration rate illustrates no significant impacts to the crime rates and increases state budgets without delivering a clear discernable reduction in crime.

CNN Presents: Black in America. Now What?

By: David Gilmore

Hosted and facilitated by veteran CNN anchor and special correspondent, Soledad O'Brien, CNN’s Special Report: Black In America attempts to examine and report the successes, failures, struggles and complex issues endured by Blacks in America during two separate, two-hour segments.

Hip-Hop Don’t Stop At The Montreal Jazz Festival

By: Dennis Malcolm Byron Jr.

Knowing how worldwide J’Adore Magazine is, this cool publication sent travel writer, editor, and photographer Dennis Malcolm Byron to check out the sights and sounds of one of the best festivals that not just Canada, but the world has to offer – the Festival International De Jazz De Montreal.

Back To The Future of Hip-Hop

By: Evierobbie

Dr. Cornel West is a human manifestation of what happens when ancestral tradition cross-pollinates with present Hip-Hop ideals. He is as much of an anomaly to some, as he is a visionary to others.

Strangers In The Bedroom: The Unspoken Infidelity

By: L. Raquel Boone

J'Adore fans divulge their most secretive sexcapades via Confessions while the debate between men and woman continue over the pros, cons and effects of pornography in relationships.

Jeff Johnson Speaks His Truth

By: Jeff Johnson

For years, Jeff Johnson has taken the urban community by storm and stimulated many indifferent, repressed youth and young adults (18-35) to rethink their place in society. He urges men to step into their purpose, women to reclaim their strength, and communities to unite in order to create the focused change needed to cultivate powerful futures for ourselves and our children. Jeff Johnson believes this is only the beginning. In 2008, he’s expanding his influence into books, a new BET program and he’s launching a concentrated effort to inspire others to find their purpose just as he has found his. “What’s funny is that my professional life and all the things within it are those things that I love. This is what I was born for. I love what I do,” he affirms. Read on as we delve into the motivation of a man whom lives his life for the people, by the people and through his love for his people.

Take Me As I Am

By: Dawn Alicia Montgomery

What does one do when they have to battle their own thoughts everyday? There are 10 million people in America that deal with this question everyday because of the mental illness called Bipolar/Manic Disorder.

Tyranny in Zimbabwe

By: David Gilmore

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe recently won Zimbabwe’s runoff election that many African and world leaders, including US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, discredited as unjust, a sham, and illegitimate.

A Family Affair

By: Maryam Hassan

French culture has become world renowned for being one that creates and delivers the finer things in life.

Marshall Law

By: Jay Glover

The true merit of professional photography is developing the ability to tell a complete story through an image.

Black Girl Lost?
An Introspective On the Ethnic European Model

By: Maryam Hassam

“Eva, congratulations, you’re still in the running to become America’s Next Top Model’.