Detroit Board of Education member Marvis Cofield has resigned from the board, effective Monday.

In a letter to Board President Carla D. Scott, Cofield wrote that he was resigning due to personal and professional obligations.

Cofield, who was appointed to the Board of Education in 1999 and elected as the District 7 representative in 2006, had once been an educator
at Kettering High School. He is currently founder and CEO and board member of Alkebulan Village, which receives payment to provide
tutoring to DPS students.

This led the Michigan Dept. of...

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - The 52-year-old U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, historically a leading force for overturning racist policies and enacting civil rights laws against Jim Crow segregation, has become
obsolete and must be replaced, say civil rights leaders who are moving to make it happen.

Largely because of right wing political domination and appointees stacked by the Bush administration, rights leaders say the eight-member
Commission has done little for civil rights progress lately and over the past several years has done more to turn back the...

By Vince Keenan

One week ago Mildred Madison of the Detroit League of Women Voters walked into the Detroit City Clerk’s Office on the second floor of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building and presented two bank boxes of petitions to City Clerk Janice Winfrey. On those petitions were over 38,000 signatures of Detroit voters calling for the question of electing City Council by districts — seven members from neighborhood districts and two at-large — to be placed on the ballot in November. It was a moment
that was overshadowed by the outcome of the election the...

Over the years the African-American community has witnessed legions of corporate image and public relations campaigns by auto companies. But was it all just lip service? After all, despite those campaigns, they consistently miss the mark when it comes to acknowledging the true power of our purchasing dollars.

Marketing to people of color is about much more than just sponsoring events and placing brand awareness ads in our media. African-Americans buy far more new vehicles than the automakers’ market research firms give us credit for. And that is the first thing that needs...

The Agape Jurisdiction, under the leadership of Bishop Isaac King, Jr. and its Sunday school department, will host its annual prayer breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Pentecostal Temple COGIC in Inkster.

Elder Vlando Charleston and Psalmist Taneka Charleston will be the featured speakers on the theme “The Blessings of Unity.” Tickets for two are $20.

For more information, call (313) 862 –7073.