Day of Blogging for Justice - The Jena Six

Today is the Day of Blogging for Justice, organized and executed by Yobachi of Blackperspective.net and the Afrosphere Jena Six Coalition.
I’ve been reading a lot about the Michael Vick case, although I’ve avoided writing about it, mostly because more than enough has been said about the case as it is. Now, as anyone [...]

Afrosphere Bloggers Association Recruitment Drive

We would like to invite you to become a member (or friend) of the Afrosphere Bloggers Association (ABA)!
We are a group of concerned African Diaspora bloggers who discuss problems that affect people of African descent, create solutions and action plans to solve those problems, and enact the plans using internet resources. We plan to [...]

What About Our Daughters? Takes on Sharpton over His Silence on Horrific Rape Case

What About Our Daughters?
For Immediate Release:
Austin, TX - August, 5 2007- Fresh off a battle with Black Entertainment Television, Gina McCauley isn’t slowing down on her
blog, What About Our Daughters? McCauley is outraged over Al
Sharpton’s planned ” Day of Outrage” scheduled for August 7, 2007, also sponsored by the BloggingWhileBrown Blog
Her next targets are Al [...]

Introducing the Afrospear Carnival

The Afrospear Think Tank has started a new monthly carnival with rotating topics. The first carnival, titled The Mis-Education of the Negro in the 21st Century, will appear on Monday 3 September. Please send any submissions to afrospear@hotmail.com by Friday 31 August.
Some questions to consider courtesy of Asabanga:
Are we currently suffering from mis-education? What [...]

Hip Hop Photographer Attacked and Beaten by Toronto Cops

From the Francis L. Holland Blog:

Sometimes, it seems that Black people can never accomplish enough professionally to be consistently treated like human beings by white police authorities. In an e-mail I received today and at their blog, Tonye Allen and Ann Brown (who writes for Black Enterprise) recount what happened when they finished a photo [...]