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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 482px" VIA: NationalGraduateUniv.Com Dr. Dorothy Height was laid to rest today, and I was honored to be able to celebrate her life. The Washington D.C. National Cathedral was full of people thankful to share in the celebration of Dr. Height’s life. Ceremonies commenced with the Howard University choir as the clergy […]
Via CNN: The U.S. Coast Guard prepared to set fire Wednesday to portions of a growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico to keep the pool of crude away from sensitive ecological areas in the Mississippi River Delta. Efforts to cap the well that was opened up last week when the Deepwater Horizon drill […]
Hip-Hop Mogul Damon Dash and Fashion Guru Marc Ecko have teamed up to announce their support of Hip-Hop historian and journalist turned activist Kevin Powell’s bid for Congress. Powell, who has served on several Hip-Hop panels and discussion groups, has always had a political side to him-even while he appeared on the very first MTV’s Real […]
Via Bossip: First stop for the first couple’s weekend vacation on Friday was a roadside restaurant that President Barack Obama visited during the final month of his White House campaign. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama landed in the Blue Ridge Mountains and made a quick stop at Twelve Bones Smokehouse on the way to […]
Posted Originally By Mediatakeout: Talking about Bizaare! MediaTakeout.com posted this article that is unbelievable! A 30 year old Caucasian man, named Conrad Zdzierak has been charged with multiple counts of bank robbery. But here’s where things get CRAZY. Dude pulled off his robberies wearing a HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL EFFECTS quality mask – which made him appear […]
From News-Press.com: A Haitian-born food server at The Ritz-Carlton’s beach resort in Naples was told March 12 his services wouldn’t be needed that day. It wasn’t because Wadner Tranchant was under-performing; it was because he is black and speaks with an accent, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week. Tranchant, who also is a […]
The US Coast Guard team is still searching for 11 missing workers that were on the Deepwater Horizon when the ship exploded. According to Associated Press, seventeen people were injured and taken to hospitals, four critically, in what could be one of the nation’s deadliest offshore drilling accidents of the past half-century. Meanwhile, Coast Guard […]
50 Cent is still prepping his Black Magic album for it’s late summer release. In between time however he’ll hit the road for his The Invitation tour. Kicking off May 28 in Cleveland Fifty will travel nationwide for 19 tour dates in cities including Chicago, L.A., Atlanta and New York. The brief tour will wrap up […]
Unless a big breaking story happens, “Nightline” is set to air a truncated version of its 2.5 hour town hall meeting in Decatur earlier this month on Wednesday, April 21 at 11:35 p.m. More than 600 people crowded the Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center in Decatur on Friday, April 9. Several hundred more were forced […]
VIA CNN.com: Dorothy Height, a leading civil rights pioneer of the 1960s, died Tuesday at age 98, Howard University Hospital confirmed. Height died at 3:41 a.m., said hospital spokesman Ron Harris. No cause of death was given. Height, who had been chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women, worked in the […]
Via Elev8.com: Contrary to what the news is reporting we are still not out of the woods with this economic crisis. People still need jobs and home owners are still struggling to keep their heads above water. Back in March, the Obama Administration announced new initiatives to aid homeowners. The program enhancement is aimed at […]
According to Atlanta Associated Press, Spelman College was granted $1 million dollars from Exxon Mobil to increase the number of black, female engineers: Officials announced Friday that the historically black women’s college got a grant from ExxonMobil. It will allow the college to offer scholarships to women interested in technology-related programs. The college says six […]
