Growing up Black, female and poor—first in Harlem, then in Long Branch, N.J.—in an America that didn’t think little brown girls should or could succeed, Yvonne S. Thornton and her five si

  With few members of the current generation of Americans remembering the Civil Rights Move-ment, questions are being raised about the relevance of the movement in an increasingly diverse society.

The twins sit with their uncle under the palm-thatched roof of a makeshift shed in the compound of the regional headquarters of the Togo Ministry of Health. They are 3 years old, the spitting image of

In September, the Black Network of New York (http://w3.dng.com/ bnny), a tristate area diversity networking group serving IBM Corp.’s Black professionals, organized its first ever event for women on

Whenever he sighed, my grandfather would say, “Oh, to be healthy, wealthy and wise!” Wealth (modest, and in the form of real estate) he acquired, and certainly wisdom. And for most of the 13 years

New York City Recipients of New Markets Tax CreditsLast May, the Community Development Financial Institut-ions Fund (www.cdfifund.gov) announced awards of $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit alloca

The 2004 Urban League’s “State of Black America” report highlights the increasing and glaring disparities between the health of Black and white Americans. These health disparities continue to af

Welcome to 2005! Is this the year that you are going to financially thrive? If you are a subscriber to The Network Journal, you are in a financially successful demographic. The average TNJ subscriber

African-American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week beginning on Feb. 12, 1926. In 1976, as part of the nation’s bicentennial, the week was expanded into Black History Month.

A previous column discussed how investors with long-term capital gains from the sale of stocks and other assets could reduce their taxes. The top tax rate was cut to 15 percent for individuals in the

Following a nationwide trend, educating children at home is becoming a popular option for Black Americans as private school costs rise and the reputation of public schools grows worse. According to th

Acupuncture Dafina BiteyeBrooklyn, N.Y.718-462-4185  Pam Hooks(also Qi Gong, fasting and raw foods)Montclair, N.J. iamspirit@peacenet.org Beverley Hutchinson(also massage therapy, Reiki)  New York,

HIV/AIDSLawrence Brown Jr., M.D.Addiction Research & Treatment Corp.Brooklyn, N.Y. 718-260-2917Cheryl A. Smith, M.D.North General HospitalNew York, N.Y. 212-423-4608AnesthesiologyJohn T. Herbert,

Nearly 75 percent of adults in the United States have used some form of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) and more than 60 percent have done so within the past 12 months, according to the U.

Whether for cultural reasons, misinformation, or mistrust of the medical system, minorities too often resort to emergency medicine instead of preventive medicine. To combat the deleterious effect of t

Gwen Fisher Gwen Fisher replaces James Pomeroy to lead the marketing and communications operations at Tyco Plastic & Adhesives. Pomeroy will now oversee strategic marketing and communications at

It’s a Broadway musical that will leave you believing in miracles, a touching production that will remind you never to look down on those who are struggling to survive because “there but for the g

Herb Boyd, an American Book Award-winning writer and veteran anthologist, takes on the monumental task of journeying through the Civil Rights Movement in his new book, We Shall Overcome: The History o

Citigroup Foundation Gives $750,000 Grant to Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. The Citigroup Foundation gave a $750,000 grant to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. for home ownership education. The gr