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NATIVE AFRICANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS SUFFER FROM SAME AILMENT New research from an international team of epidemiologists has found that Africans living in Ghana and Uganda are just as likely to have high blood pressure as blacks living in the United States. KUNTA KINTE IS TURNING IN HIS GRAVE: Literary rights to “Roots” sold in bankruptcy court. The literary rights and royalties to “Roots” was recently sold to a Jacksonville, Fla. investor, John Palumbo for just over $10,000. “Roots,” the groundbreaking book written by deceased author Alex Haley, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 which is the same year it was made into a television movie. MR. SEXY: The 2003 Alaye Calendar Chooses 'The Parkers' Dorien Wilson. With his consistent depiction of the professional working man, Wilson has ingeniously incorporated standout comedic flair with debonair good looks. This fact is keenly highlighted by his inclusion in the 2003 Alaye Calendar. Wilson graces the cover of the nation's best selling African American date book! BLACK MAN PUT IN CHARGE OF BASEBALL TEAM: The Milwaukee Brewers make history with decision. The Milwaukee Brewers baseball team has hired Ulice Payne, a black man, and became the first team in the major leagues to do so. Even though the Brewers are struggling, Payne likes his chances for success. EURweb Q&A;: FROM PRISONER TO PEACEMAKER: CARL UPCHURCH By Cameron Turner from a Mignon Turner interview By the time he was a teenager, Carl Upchurch had a violent reputation on the block and his life quickly became a revolving door of jail and the streets. But it was in prison that Upchurch found his salvation – first through a tattered page of a book of Shakespeare and, later, through the encouragement of a white college professor who recognized the intelligence and character obscured by Upchurch’s criminal lifestyle. COLLEGE GRADUATION GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS: Overall, more minorities are attending, but ... According to the American Council on Education, there's good news and their bad news regarding minority students attending college. The good news is the percentage of blacks and Hispanics attending institutions of higher learning are still improving as enrollment jumped 48.3% from 1990 to 1999. LIBERIA: America’s stepchild The untold story of America ’s African progeny is presented in LIBERIA : AMERICA ’S STEPCHILD, premiering on PBS Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 10pm (check local listings).