Childhood Exposure to Lead Tied to Criminal Behavior

Poisoning Damages Crucial Brain Matter, Studies Find
From baltimoresun.com, 5/28/2008

Know is Active Again

Pardon the interruption in this blog.  Know will once again be populated with information of interest to the African American reader.  The articles and references found here are from main stream and alternative media sources, blogs and papers.  Subjects that are heavily covered in popular media will not reappear here unless there is a particular viewpoint or presentation that is significant.

Welcome back!

Denzel Washington Will Make $1 Million Donation to Wiley College Debate Club

From the Marshall News Messenger, http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/09/121807_WEB_denzel.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=7

browniowa.com

Check out this new web blog, http://browniowa.com, which is “an online community space for exchange on
real issues in Iowa. In these pages, we hope to bring a fresh
perspective on issues affecting people of color in Iowa, and provide a
platform for us to exchange ideas and post information about community
gatherings. At the same time, we hope to honor and build upon the
longstanding institutions that have formed the core of our community
for decades and have sustained us.”

Alice Walker’s archives going to Emory

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2007/12/18/emory_1214.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13

Welcome to Need to Know

The primary intent of this blog is to gather news items that are pertinent to issues important to African Americans. There may be occasional commentary, but mostly the blog will act as a news repository.