Aretha Franklin was awarded an honorary doctorate from Princeton University on Tuesday, in recognition of her outstanding career. The Queen of Soul donned the traditional cap and gown as she was made a doctor of music by the Ivy League school. Referring to the icon’s hit songs, school trustee Stephen Oxman told the crowd at […]

The ex-husband of former “View” co-host Star Jones has reportedly packed up some of his belongings from his Miami home for a temporary stay in New York—with current “View” co-host Sherri Shepherd. However – they’re not exactly roomies. A rep for Shepherd tells E! News that Reynolds is indeed staying at her Upper West Side […]

Greg Page was the World Boxing Association Heavyweight champion in 1984 for one year. His professional record after his retirement in 2001 was 58-17-1 with 48 Knockouts. He started fighting while growing up in Louisville and was sparring with Muhammad Ali by the time he was 15. He became the National Golden Gloves heavyweight champion […]

A 6-year-old black girl in Milledgeville, Georgia is handcuffed and arrested by police who were called by the school because the child was acting out. A 13-year-old black girl with a history of tardiness and backtalk was called “nappy-headed” in front of the whole class by her white teacher. Then she was expelled from school […]

Click here to see Teena Marie's In Studio Jam. — Before her untimely death at the age of 54 two years ago, Teena Marie was hailed as a legend. The petite white woman made her own way in the world of black music, established blue-eyed soul as her own personal genre. Marie was a California […]

Joe Frazier’s Gym, the commercial district of Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood and the Malcolm X-Ella Little Collins House in Boston, where the iconic human rights activist spent some of his formative years, joined the 2012 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places of the Trust for Historic Preservation. Since 1988, the National Trust for […]

Jim Messina, the battle-tested Obama campaign manager, has a simple message for Democrats: Don’t panic. In his new campaign “update” video, Messina tells supporters not to be worried about polls that show President Barack Obama and GOP rival Mitt Romney locked in a tight race for the White House. Messina certainly has great timing. A […]

When the students at the University of Pennsylvania enter the Veterinary school, one of the first portraits they encounter is of African-American pioneer, Augustus Nathaniel Lushington. Augustus Lushington of Trinidad was the first black degreed veterinarian in the United States. Lushington also worked as a meat inspector and weekend probation officer to make ends meet. […]

Rumors have spread that Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou are getting divorced. But ex-husband Russell Simmons is clearing up what he calls “media mischief” via his website. He posted the reason the two are still going steady, stating that the media is up to no good. According to Russell: 1. Kimora and Djimon are […]

Former child star Dee Jay Daniels, best known as Michael Hughley in the DL Hughley sitcom, “The Hughleys,” was arrested in California on possession of marijuana, premeditated murder and gang activity charges in connection with a fatal stabbing. E! News is reporting that the 23-year-old, born Dorjan Lyndell Daniels, was reportedly part of a group […]

The estate of the late Michael Jackson is being sued for $1 billion for allegedly exploiting personal details about a woman's life in his music, this according to a bizarre and, dare we say, bogus lawsuit, TMZ has learned. Kimberly Griggs filed the case in San Diego, claiming she and Jackson had an intimate relationship […]

Taekwondo world champion Mitt Lenix, 28, was having trouble with his car when he went and knocked on a couple’s car window to ask for help during a movie at the Starlight Drive-in Movie Theater in Atlanta.  But when he knocked, the couple was reportedly nude or partially nude and getting ready to have sex.  […]