http://107jamz.com The People's Station Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://107jamz.com/lil-wayne-under-fire-for-disrespectful-emmett-till-lyric-tha-wire/ http://107jamz.com/lil-wayne-under-fire-for-disrespectful-emmett-till-lyric-tha-wire/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:00:04 +0000 Gina Cook http://107jamz.com/?p=141085 There's some things you just shouldn't say and unfortunately, Lil Wayne is learning that the hard way.  He hooked-up with Future for the remix of 'Karate Chop' and made a disrespectful Emmett Till comment and Tills family is speaking out.

]]> http://107jamz.com/lil-wayne-under-fire-for-disrespectful-emmett-till-lyric-tha-wire/feed/ 0 Emmett Till in a photograph taken by his mother on Christmas Day 1954, about eight months before his murder.-wikimedia http://107jamz.com/mississippi-church-refuses-to-marry-couple-because-they-were-black-video/ http://107jamz.com/mississippi-church-refuses-to-marry-couple-because-they-were-black-video/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:13:00 +0000 Gina Cook http://107jamz.com/?p=81033 Sadly some people haven't progressed with the rest of the world.  Racism is still a HUGE factor here in the good 'ol United States of America. 

]]> http://107jamz.com/mississippi-church-refuses-to-marry-couple-because-they-were-black-video/feed/ 0 Black couple denied wedding at Crystal Springs church-youtube.com http://107jamz.com/happy-juneteenth/ http://107jamz.com/happy-juneteenth/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:02:00 +0000 Gina Cook http://107jamz.com/?p=72650 A lot of people have heard of it, but really don't know what or why it's celebrated.  June 19th A.K.A. Juneteenth.  FYI, Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. 

]]> http://107jamz.com/happy-juneteenth/feed/ 0 Juneteenth Celebration Marks Emancipation From Slavery-getty images http://107jamz.com/study-reveals-what-may-be-the-most-racist-state-in-the-country/ http://107jamz.com/study-reveals-what-may-be-the-most-racist-state-in-the-country/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:01:24 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=110640 Racial bias in an election where one candidate is black and the other is white can affect the results — but how much?  One study thinks it may be a lot, and it also thinks it's worse in Louisiana than almost everywhere else.

]]> http://107jamz.com/study-reveals-what-may-be-the-most-racist-state-in-the-country/feed/ 0 stoneford, Flickr http://107jamz.com/is-their-controversy-behind-black-characters-in-the-hunger-games-movie/ http://107jamz.com/is-their-controversy-behind-black-characters-in-the-hunger-games-movie/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:00:42 +0000 Big Boy Chill http://107jamz.com/?p=51424 The movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins's 2008 book "The Hunger Games" seems to be causing a bit of a frenzy with fans because of the skin tone of several characters in the movie.

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