When Joyce Maat talked to a small group of students at Indiana University Northwest about the link between genetics and crime among blacks Friday, she didn't have any answers for the audience.Instead, she had questions. "There may be biochemical factors involved, but is it genetics?" asked Maat, president of Chicago's Black Network in Children's Emotional Health, as she spoke about a proposed government study called The Genetic...
Washington Max Robinson, the controversial and troubled television newsman who became the nation's first black network anchorman, died yesterday. Before his death at age 49 at Howard University Hospital in Washington from the complications of AIDS, his family would not comment on reports he had the fatal disease. But shortly after his death, United Press International quoted a family friend, Roger Wilkins, as saying that Robinson's wish was that his death be used to...
HOMES & Property always brings its readers something special, and the Tiger Eye viola is exactly that.Violas are like pansies, but with smaller, more prolific flowers. In Tiger Eye, that are ideal for window boxes, the black network of veins traces a delicate pattern against a background of rich gold. The flowers will just keep coming all summer. You will receive 12 maxiplug plants for only GBP7.95, including p&p, saving almost GBP6 on the usual price - or order two...
The president of America's first black-owned national radio news service, the National Black Network, will speak at a luncheon for Dade's minority entrepreneurs Monday. The luncheon, featuring Eugene Jackson of the Unity Broadcasting Network, will begin at noon at the University of Miami Faculty Club, 1550 Brescia Ave., Coral Gables.Tickets for the luncheon are $6.50 and are available by calling Sharon Ryland at the county's Office of Community and...