Al Sharpton is making another trip to west Memphis Arkansas this weekend to attend a ceremony for the 12 year old boy shot and killed by a West Memphis Police officer. Sharpton first came to town for the funeral of Deaunta Farrow in July. Farrow was shot and killed in June at an apartment complex in West Memphis. Two West Memphis police officers were undercover in the area due to a high number of burglaries. Farrow was with his cousin, police say he was carrying what looked like a real gun. West Memphis Police officer Erik Sammis says he asked the child to drop the gun, when he didn’t he fired the shot that killed Farrow. It turned out the gun the 12 year old had was fake. The incident is being investigated by the FBI, Arkansas State Police and 2 special prosecutors. Farrow’s mother has filed a multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit. Sharpton will be in West Memphis Saturday for the re-naming of a street in honor of the young boy. Sunday, he’ll preach at the New Salem Baptist Church in east Memphis.

African American Child Directory

A website called www.AfricanAmericanChild.com is growing and the goal is to help showcase black children the way that black children will respond by incorporating videos, hip hop, fashion, music, and video games. 

Launched in 2005, AfricanAmericanchild.com receives 11,000 unique visitors each month with its peak months falling between October through March which boasts an average of 32,000 unique visitors.  Additionally, this children’s portal recieves on average 78,000 pageviews. 

Chastity Laboy, Marketing Director, commented:  “Type in major keywords such as ‘black boy,’ ‘black teen,’ ‘black girl,’ you will find that these sites showcase pornography.  When black children type in their name, this is what they see.  But AfricanAmericanChild.com hopes to change this by providing a portal in which people can see positive images of black youth.”

If you have a video on YouTube or Google, you may embed the video into AfricanAmericanChild.com.

Also, the site has just added a link directory in which they plan to highlight websites that will benefit African American children, their parents and educators.

They are building the directory slowly and their first goal is to list black children writer’s, their books and their websites.  A featured listing for only five lucky authors is only $19.95 for a one year top link.  A regular link listing is $4.95 or if you have a website, you can get a free listing provided that you add a text link to AfricanAmericanChild.com on your website.

“African American children writer’s have not traditionally had the opportunity to market their books in popular bookstores.  But with AfricanAmericanChild.com, we are providing a niche audience of black children and their parents.  Authors will definitely benefit from the exposure on our website particularly during Black History month, Juneteenth, and Kwanzaa.”

For more information, visit www.AfricanAmericanChild.com/.
To add a link or suggest a category, visit www.AfricanAmericanChild.com/links/.
To visit our blog, visit www.AfricanAmericanChild.com/blog/.

In an article published by the New York Daily News, Rev. Al Sharpton offers his “five musts” for Don Imus’ return to the airwaves. “Indeed, if Imus wants to get back in front of the microphone, there are five steps that he should take to prove that he has learned from the experience — and not simply waited for the furor to die down,” said Sharpton.

First, Sharpton says, Imus must come to terms with the women “he denigrated” in a concrete way. “One of the Rutgers women has filed a lawsuit, and rather than play legal games with her, he should settle that suit — and any other claims that the team members may make due to the psychological and public damage he did to them personally,” Sharpton wrote.

Second, Imus should publicly state (if true) that he now understands what led to his termination: “Americans of all races and economic levels believe we can no longer move forward as a society by taking cheap shots at women and blacks or any other group,” he says.

Third, Sharpton wants Imus to pledge he will refrain from attacks on “innocent people,” and that his new employer should publicly release a contract clause making clear that he will not be permitted to engage in any racist, sexist or homophobic comments.

Fourth, to show that he is truly committed to turning the page, Sharpton wants Imus to set aside some regular weekly broadcast time to sit with an “ombudsman,” someone else of color, who will mix it up with him and critique issues of the day.

Finally, Sharpton wants Imus to encourage all corporations, including the record industry, to stop subsidizing and promoting people who engage in racist and misogynist language. “The rules must not be different for black rappers than they are for white broadcasters,” Sharpton concluded. (08-20-07)

In response to David Banner’s recent attack on Reverend Al Sharpton, a representative from the activist’s camp released a statement to SOHH today (August 14) addressing the rapper’s remarks.

Banner (born Levell Crump) recently revealed to SOHH that he does not support Sharpton’s rallies against hip-hop’s lyrical content and described his dislike for the Reverend.

The next time you see Al Sharpton, tell him I said @#*$ him and he can suck my @#*$, ” an animated David Banner told SOHH.com. “I might change the name of my album from The Greatest Story Never Told to @#*$ Al Sharpton. I hate Al Sharpton. This is the kind of @#!* that I’m talking about. They’re killing kids in New Jersey and all across the country and all a @#*$% got to talk about is rap lyrics? @#*$ that about they’re our elders and we gotta respect them. I’m tired of this. They’re like the parents, but the parents are crucifying the kids.

The Mississippi bred rapper also referred to Sharpton as “a permed out pimp.”

Kirsten John-Foy, a leader with Sharpton’s National Action Network and the head of his Criminal Justice Initiative, responded with his own scathing remarks.

“From time to time we do encounter people that have sexual fantasies about Reverend Al Sharpton, but they are always women and Crump’s proposition is a first,” he told SOHH in a statement.

“However, in keeping with the National Action Network’s Decency Initiative, I am sure Rev. Sharpton would not call Crump the “N” “B” or “H” word,” Foy continued. “And, despite Crump’s personal request, I am sure Reverend Sharpton would not call him an @#!*%&. He would just pray for him. We at NAN are pro civil rights for everyone, even Levell Crump who has not had a banner year since his debut album in 2003.”

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