If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals

Bessie Head of South Africa was a proclaimed teacher and writer in the country of Botswana. Born as the result of a forbidden relationship between an African man and white Scottish woman, Bessie’s mother, Toby Emery, was forced to move into a mental asylum. This is where she gave birth to Bessie Head and where […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for Michael Jackson‘s doctor told an appellate court on Wednesday that Jackson’s contract with AEG Live LLC should have been admitted as evidence in Dr. Conrad Murray‘s manslaughter trial. In the last of a series of appellate briefs submitted to the California Second District Court of Appeal , attorney […]

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A source tells EURweb exclusively that Halle Berry and her fiancé Olivier Martinez are preparing to marry this weekend in France. The couple, currently expecting their first child together, are planning a Saturday wedding somewhere in Olivier’s home city of Paris. “Right now, they’re trying to lock down a location,” said the source. Berry and […]

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Siohvaughn Wade, the mother of Dwyane Wade‘s sons, is suing the Miami Heat superstar for at least $1 million. She claims that she’s owed money from endorsements and other sources of income. In fact, Siohvaughn Wade is not only suing her former husband, but his attorney, his financial adviser and companies with which she believes […]

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More than a year after a rep for Bobbi Kristina denied rumors that she was engaged to her “adopted” brother Nick Gordon, the 23-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown has announced that they are indeed planning to marry. “YES, we me [and] nick are engaged,” she posted on Facebook early Wednesday. She went […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old’s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa’s president said Wednesday. President Jacob Zuma visited the anti-apartheid leader Wednesday evening. “We are encouraged that Madiba is responding to treatment and urge the public to continue providing […]

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BOSTON (AP) — His arm in a cast and his face swollen, a blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing in a seven-minute proceeding that marked his first public appearance since his capture in mid-April. As victims of the bombing looked on, Tsarnaev, 19, gave a small, lopsided smile to […]

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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — After taking less than a week to call 18 witnesses, George Zimmerman‘s defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the neighborhood watch volunteer’s second-degree murder trial. Prosecutors called their first rebuttal witness immediately afterward— Adam Pollock, the gym owner who had trained Zimmerman. Following rebuttal witnesses, prosecutors and defense attorneys will […]

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Naijiel Hale, the son of late West Coast icon Nate Dogg, is college bound. According to reports, the football player passed up Boise State and…