Originals
Thousands of African-American inventors have developed various inventions over the years that have greatly impacted culture. However, today we are highlighting only 10 African-American inventors who have “shifted” the fields of science, medicine and technology. Dr. Patricia E. Bath She was the first African-American female doctor to receive a patent in medicine for her invention […]
Since Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive in her bathtub on Saturday, January 31, there have been countless reports from “inside” sources providing information on the state of Bobbi Kristina. But one person has had enough with the reports and that’s her dad, Bobby. Brown released a statement to the AJC that reads: “If we issued […]
Caroline Clarke of ‘Black Enterprise’ talked to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about their Women of Power Summit takes place in Ft. Lauderdale March 2nd-5th. Click the link above to hear the entire interview! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
I’m not going to do a lot of talking in this commentary because I want you to hear it straight from my new hero. Keep in mind, for me to gain a new hero in my forties is a very big deal. My new hero is Reggie Love. He’s the former body man to […]
Renowned author Langston Hughes once asked ‘What happens to a dream deferred?’ For most, that early desire is swallowed up by the realities of life and largely dismissed, because some put an expiration date on dreams. But Dr. Karen Morris Priester is living proof that dreams can be achieved despite any circumstance. While history has […]
There are many reality TV options to watch these days and several Black families in a crowded TV landscape. If you can remember back to the days when there were only three major channels and Black folks were few and far between, you can appreciate all the exposure various types of Black families get these […]
Vocalist Lisa Fischer is a well-know backup singer who’s toured with Luther Vandross, Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones, among many others. In 1991, she released a solo project So Intense and won a Grammy with the insta-classic “How Can I Ease The Pain.” But after that brief moment of solo fame, Fischer disappeared […]
Comedian Faizon Love will be performing in Buffalo, NY and on the 2015 Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his love for the late Gerald Levert, new-age singers and him starring as Warren Sapp. Click the link above to hear the entire interview! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow […]
According to Dictionary.com, Urology is defined as “the scientific, clinical, and especially surgical aspects of the study of the urine and the genitourinary tract in health and disease.” Now if there was a definition for who’d you want helping you if said area gave you any issues, that’d be Dr. Charles Modlin. Modlin is an […]
2 Live Stews host Doug Stewart has his own online show appropriately titled The Doug Stewart Show. This morning on the TJMS, he talked about how crazy things have been in recent current events from the prostitution solicitation arrests of athletes turned broadcaster Warren Sapp and Greg Anthony to Russell Wilson and the Super Bowl […]
Some people just can’t win for losing, and I don’t mean that in a flippant way. Tragedy seems to follow some people, some families. Remember when people used to say that about the Kennedys? Well it seems to be true when it comes to the Houston/Brown families as well- Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. […]
Dr. Jennifer Ellis is in a very exclusive sorority. She is one of only five board-certified, Black female cardiothoracic surgeons in the U.S. The Washington, D.C. native was influenced to become a doctor partly by her psychiatrist father, who encouraged his children’s ambitions in any arena, but also by a childhood babysitter with a congenital […]
