Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton CeCe Mcghee in her Jan. 10, 2013 Praise 103.9 writing describes this 9 year-old as being “just as cute as a little button.” In November 2012, she received the key to her hometown Houma, located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana for her exemplar work in film. She [...]

By Taki S. Raton A marathon showing of the DVD “Hidden Colors II – The Triumph of Melanin” is planned for Wed., Jan. 23, 2013 at five area locations beginning at 6:30 p.m. Viewing venues include the African American Women’s Center at 3020 West Vliet Street; Coffee Makes U Black, 2303 North Teutonia Avenue; Milwaukee [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton His goal is to be an engineer. He has an inspired vision to develop technology products to be distributed through his own company. Technology, documentary broadcast, basketball, movies and video games tallies his range of interest. His plan in college is to major in either mechanical [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton It is indeed a blessed opportunity to end this 2012 calendar year with the writing of a young man who has distinguished himself and has brought great pride to his parents, Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA. where he is an “A” student, and to the [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton During the NAACP’s 100th Anniversary Convention as described in her Vanity Fair writing, Saul Loeb shares that keynote speaker President Barack Obama urged Black Americans, in her words, would “have to seize their own fate each and every day.” According to this July 17 article, Obama [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton “They are among the best of the best,” writes Steve Miller of CBS Channel 2 Chicago News. Each year, 83 students from over 20 countries are selected to receive the Rhodes Scholarship offering two to three years of study at the University of Oxford in England. [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton For three consecutive years, from 2009 through 2011, this Milwaukee area senior earned First Honors at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (DSHA), an honor roll listing for students receiving a grade point average between 3.6 and 4.0. The DSHA Dasher’s Rugby team honored her with [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton She grew up in a single parent home in the working class neighborhood of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Her first chess lesson was from her grandmother as a third grader when she was around 8 years-old. The elder did not want that neighborhood environment to limit or [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton On his resume he describes such cultivated skills as being cooperative, reliable, interpersonal and genuine; refined traits quite appropriate for his sales associate part-time job at an area department store. He is young, gifted, and Black and a senior at Madison West High School in Madison, [...]

Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton She plays the trombone, sang in her high school choir and served as president of her high school’s investment club which teaches students about the stock market by investing in virtual stocks. She is also involved in soccer, swimming and softball. But in addition to all [...]