Cornelia Graves was the only teacher and principal at Bethelda school, the first “colored” school in Stephenville, Texas. In 1907, the Erath County, Texas woman built the small school of less than 12 students, which sat near College Hill road. She taught there for nearly 20 years. Graves was born in 1875 to a family […]

Supreme Court pissed off every Republican when they passed "ObamaCare" jokes Chris Paul while he goes on to talk about Eric Holder's contempt case, "Obama came to the podium and said later for that negro did ya'll hear about my health care reform."  Plus, a bit on Michael Jackson's Tiger. Listen to hear 60 seconds […]

Detroit’s own Loni Love started off life as an electric engineer but decided she wanted sparks to fly in other areas. Electricity’s loss was comedy’s gain as the Detroit-born comedian took to the stage. After becoming a runner-up on “Star Search” in 2003, she knew she was on the right path. After attracting the attention […]

Entertainment News

Some of the best crooners of the ‘90s are on tour right now as part of the Fresh Music Festival. Keith Sweat, SWV, K-Ci and Jojo are all on the roster. On June 16 in Charleston, S.C., fans were just getting warmed up to the soulful sounds of K-Ci and Jojo when just a few […]

National News

NEW YORK (AP) — A flight attendant on a weather-delayed plane at LaGuardia Airport yelled at passengers and challenged them to leave the plane if they dared. The incident involving American Eagle flight attendant Jose Serrano was caught on video. Flight 4607 to Raleigh-Durham, N.C., was delayed for five hours on Monday. Port Authority police […]

Gossip

The singer is being stalked by delusional woman who is convinced that she’s married to him. Usher  Raymond has obtained a temporary restraining order against 26-year-old Darshelle Jones-Rakestraw — who’s listed at 5’2″ and weighs between 140 and 180 lbs, reports TMZ. According to court docs, Raymond claims Jones-Rakestraw showed up uninvited to his Georgia […]

TV & Film

NEW YORK (AP) — As the crowd counted down, Magic Johnson pulled a large silver lever jutting from a box labeled "ASPiRE." With that, his new cable network went live. Then stagehands whisked the contraption off the dais at Aspire's gala premiere party Wednesday night. The switch was just a prop, of course, connected to […]

Roland Martin talks with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on African Americans and more.

TV & Film

"Magic Mike” may come with the usual stripper movie requirements, but according to one of the movie’s stars, there’s something for guys who aren’t drawn to seeing male interpretive dancing on the big screen. “I think there might have been a concern for men who are having to see the film that really the movie […]

National News

Yesterday’s Supreme court decision is a huge Victory for Americans across the country, especially the 7 million African Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act in 2014. Right now: o   5.5 million African-Americans with private health insurance WILL KEEP  their coverage for preventive services without paying an extra penny at their doctor's office o   More […]

Top News

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A bond hearing took more a tone of a trial Friday when both sides in the Trayvon Martin murder case presented what sounded like opening statements with the defense quizzing witnesses and trying to poke holes in the prosecution's evidence. Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, has pleaded not guilty […]

National News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department declared Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold information about a bungled gun-tracking operation from Congress does not constitute a crime and he won't be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. The House voted Thursday afternoon to find Holder in criminal and civil contempt for refusing to turn […]