By Shalonda Holmes 843-610-2837 My name is Shalonda Holmes and my story is pretty simple. I do hair in the Florence, SC area. Our hair is our crown and I believe every woman should feel comfortable with how they wear it. I am just returning back to this part of my life because I had gotten burnt out with it. But during my time a...
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I did something in the name of advocacy that looking back may have been a great mistake. I am not above correction. I am not a fan of the police. Although they are there to serve us, I believe many exploit these duties, especially at the expense of Black men. I saw a mug shot of someone I knew being run all over FB by the Darlington Police Departme...
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I was so excited to partner with B.R. Inspirations LLC and their apparel line, “Trust the Process”. Founder and owner, Bridgett Robinson was talking to me with this tag line to trust in the Lord and to top it off she added a scripture on the back of her gear; a preachers paradise. Bridgett, a native of Darlington, SC, is a young ...
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My husband is throwing a temper tantrum because I had dinner with my ex who is leaving for prison for the remainder of his life. I just wanted to apologize for any hurt he caused me and say goodbye. Boy boo, I needed that closure. Cry about it then. #ghettoqueen Dear Ghetto Queen, Sis, what in the Ham Sam, marriage buffoonery you got going on...
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Kingdom Culture A Royal Expression, Dominion Mindset Kingdom Culture is here! We represent the restoration and influence of God in everyday living. We are a family business; a community inside the marketplace! Kingdom reality is Not church... the Kingdom of God is displayed in the seven mountains of influence; education, religion, family, governmen...
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One year ago developers had plans of turning the market place into a warehouse distribution site, but was met resistance from business owners, community, and township counsel alike. Whatever the plans may have been, it wasn't in the best interest of the Willingboro community. Businesses would have to relocate; the community would lose its hid...
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We as Black men rarely tell each other we love each other, or show appreciation if isn't mutual. The Watchmen of the Round Table lately have been trend setters of healing, solutions, and re-education through action. We men have created something more than a movement, a program, a service, etc.. we've re- created that bond that was lost between King...
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If you don't hear the commotion, then you are about to feel the vibrations of positive reinforcement of the morals and values of what it means to be a village. The Watchmen of the Round Table are backing up their words! In the name of respect to our community and the redirection of our dollars to our local black owned businesses. Don't think for a ...
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If you missed the last episode of the Watchmen of the Round Table: Boots on the Ground Edition held at 40 year veteran black business Willie's Beauty & Barber Salon on 1105 Sunset Rd. Burlington, NJ, look no further. But one must tell you, that the Watchmen struck a cord in the Willingboro community. From accountability, to the etiquette of the...
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Watchmen of the Round Table are taking it to the streets of Willingboro for Saturdays' s Edition of Watchmen. This feature is boots on the ground at Willingboro's own Willie's Barbershop 1105 Sunset Rd. This Saturday February 1st, recording starts at 6:30 p.m. Clearly the Watchmen are men of action by taking this bold step of actually involving the...
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As we hit upon a New Year, a new documented season, a new reason to try more, a new journey that's in store. I'm not writing resolutions or creating a list of "to dos", I rather write my last piece of 12 reasons of why I don't fool with you. I learned in January clowns in the circus can't be reformed with big smiles across their faces yet pulling y...
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I woke up to the smell of fresh rain. There's nothing like it, other than mama's fresh brewing coffee, her smokin' hot biscuits, drizzling sausage and gressiling bacon popping like music. Daddy loved the smell of morning breakfast and mama loved my daddy. The morning fragrance always proved they still had it and nothing compared to that smell of fr...
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By Sha'mon P CouppoeMay 24,1979 at 12:37 a.m., in Fort Pirece FL, at the Glen Dale Medical Hospital, I was born to Gloria Wilson and Leo Dallas. It was a very joyful day that morning in the hospital, as my Grandmother, Aunt and brother looked at me and my mother. Now the only male figures that morning in the ...
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Small businesses now have a place to run ads at an affordable price If you follow Black Willingboro on Facebook then you know about the new Watchmen of the Round Table series being posted every week. It will start making its rounds on YouTube some time today! But that's not what this article is about. With weekly recordings and numbe...
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If you haven't seen the local "Watchmen of the Round Table" video series making its rounds, I'm quite sure you heard the chatter! When the shot was shot! Brother Cory X couldn't help but feel the powerful impact of being able to sit down with like-minded men. As clearly expressed in the post! And then it was heard! ...
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Sex trafficking, human trafficking, and organ harvesting.....is rearing it's ugly head, and its not scared to tell you so. There were 2 very recent attempts of abduction within a 20 mile radius of Willingboro. One can only speculate that these culprits are working together in this very vicinity. Blacklinenews.com by way of Black...
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Yesterday the community of Willingboro received a robocall and a missing child alert from it's outstanding Police Department; less than 24 hour they found the child, if that is not outstanding I don't know what is! But this article is about what was revealed about Willingboro's local social media sites and it's people. Once the call and alert was...
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In the early evening of November 19th 2019, 6th grader Ka'Nyah Knight went missing. No Amber Alert, nor major news station coverage. Just plain old local Police, yet Willingboro's finest men in blue letting the village know one of their children went missing. Lo and behold they may not be Burlington County Times, or your major TV station, but your ...
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Hosted by: The United Neighborhoods of Charlotte (UNNOC). Charlotte Day was a refreshing reminder of the old days when everybody "use" to cruise through Freedom Park without a care in the world. As a Charlotte native, I was "taken back" with nostalgia of those shiny cars, loud motorcycles and bass in the trunks as if nothing had changed. Although I...
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Fear, is what I notice most when speaking to another King. Wether it be the fear of failing or the fear of consequence for a mistake or misstep, it's all the same because it only serves to prevent you from achieving greatness. Through conversation as well as my own experience I've come to understand where these fears derived from. Fear has never be...
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