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African Americans: The Case for Changing Now

by: Bret Searles

There are historical reasons why African Americans need to make radical changes now in order to reap great financial rewards as a people. more >

Diabetes: African Americans Deadly Foe

by: Drahcir Semaj

Diabetes is having a devastating effect on the African American community. Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in African Americans and their death rates are twenty seven percent higher than whites. more >

African Dating - Pride and Ambition

by: Frank Duru

It is no secret that African culture is known for its pride. Most Africans do not have a problem standing up for their beliefs and causes more >

African Americans

African culture is known for its pride. Afroglyphics presents the culture, history, health issues, art, sports, music, and heritage of a proud people.

African Americans: A Look in the Mirror, Part 1

At present, African Americans stand at the crossroads of great hopes for wealth and freedom exceptional for the great-and great, great-grandchildren of former slaves and great despair caused by family disintegration, generational poverty, educational disparities and the digital divide. The threat is that we will form a permanent underclass is this new society as the demand for skilled and highly educated workers and new business owners reaches a peak.

You might not like me too much for the data I present in this chapter that reveals the depths of our situation. Bill Cosby has been speaking out about these things and has taken some heat for his coarse rhetoric. We can’t change our situation until we know what we are changing. I believe that once you see the data, you will be compelled to make some changes. If that is the case, I am confident that you will finish the rest of this solutions-oriented guide.
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African American Women Need Earlier Screening for Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death for women, ages 40-55, and African American women under the age of 45 are more likely to develop breast cancer than any other group of women in the US.

Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer; every 12 minutes a woman dies from breast cancer and every year over 5000 African American women die from the disease.
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