Beverly Hall, the former Atlanta public schools superintendent, is a self-serving scam artist who should be jailed for cheating black students out of their rightful education. The children in Hall’s school district deserve better – especially black children who are struggling to learn. It’s unconscionable that a powerful public school administrator like Hall would spend […]

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Roland Martin is not leaving CNN quietly. Martin’s last appearance on CNN was Friday after the network decided not to renew his contract. But in an interview with the Huffington Post, Martin said that executives at CNN were uncomfortable with hiring black people as hosts and systematically stunted his rise at the network because he […]

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

Ed Dwight Jr. was the first African American astronaut candidate for what is now NASA. Dwight joined the air force in 1953 as a test pilot. After earning his aeronautical engineering degree, Dwight was referred to President John F. Kennedy as a space candidate by Whitney Young Jr.  In 1962, Dwight was entered into the […]

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rapper Rick Ross says critics have misinterpreted his lyrics on Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O” after uproar from women’s advocacy groups. Ross raps about giving a woman the drug MDMA, known as Molly, and having his way with a woman in the song, “and she ain’t even know it.” Although the song was released […]

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DETROIT (AP) — An 1877 Steinway grand piano used by Motown greats during the label’s 1960s heyday, and restored thanks to Paul McCartney, is back home in Detroit, officials announced Monday. Steinway technicians delivered the 9-foot Victorian rosewood to the “Hitsville, U.S.A,” building midday Monday and workers set it up in a former recording studio […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thicke‘s new music video is too hot for YouTube. A representative for the R&B crooner said Monday that his unrated video for “Blurred Lines” was banned from the website. The clip features nude models prowling around Thicke and rappers T.I. and Pharrell. A rep for YouTube didn’t immediately respond to […]

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ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — An ex-convict charged with killing his father at an Easter Sunday church service in Ohio made rambling comments during an appearance in court. The suspect, 28-year-old Reshad Riddle, appeared Monday in Ashtabula (ash-tuh-BYOO’-luh) Municipal Court in shackles. Riddle made rambling comments about God and said he wanted to be treated fairly. […]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem. The Republican-led state House voted 52-45, largely along party lines, to complete an override that started […]

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Police said Monday they suspect a man was on drugs when he rammed his car through the front of a Wal-Mart in California and began assaulting customers, injuring four people. Haamid Ade Zaid, 33, of Seaside was being held without bail at the Santa Clara County Jail for investigation of […]

On Easter Sunday, actor Mekhi Phifer got married for the second time to his girlfriend Rachelet Barnes. It must have been a bittersweet day for his first wife Malinda Williams and his ex-fiancee/baby mama, Oni Souratha, as both of them had the chance for a “forever love” with Phifer but one marriage didn’t last and […]

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What’s shaping up as a nasty divorce war between Porsha & Kordell Stewart took another turn. Now Porsha is responding to Kordell, who filed for divorce proceedings first. In court documents, the “RHOA” star is requesting alimony and additional relief. She’s also requesting that she keep the house that she and Kordell shared with his […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s presidential spokesman says former President Nelson Mandela spent Monday with family members in the hospital where he is being treated for a fifth day for a recurring lung infection that developed into pneumonia. The 94-year-old who helped free South Africa from white minority rule has had weak lungs ever since […]