It’s about time. Frankie Beverly is one of the hardest working men in show business and has been for the past four decades. His hard work and contributions to music will be honored next month at the 12th Annual BET Awards, where he will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. The Philadelphia native found some limited […]

If you haven’t even seen an episode of “Good Times,” especially if you’re over 35, your black card may have to be revoked. Just about everyone from that era remembers the joys and struggles of the Evans family who loved each other despite the harsh conditions in their Chicago project. Jimmie Walker, who played the […]

Alonzo Mourning may be retired from the NBA, but he’s still a part of the Miami Heat’s front office, so he shared in the team’s most recent championship. As a mentor and informal advisor to some of the Heat’s young stars, including Dwyane Wade who he shared a championship with in 2006, Mourning enjoyed this […]

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MIAMI (AP) — Authorities may never know why a Florida man viciously attacked and chewed on the face of an older homeless man in Miami last month after lab tests failed to find components of "bath salts" in the system of the assailant, who was killed by police. The tests detected only marijuana in the […]

Colonel Stephen Blucke of Barbados was a leader of the black regiment that fought for the Brits during the American Revolution. Colonel Tye had led the black regiment until he died in battle. Soon after, Colonel Blucke, a then free and literate black man, would take over the entire regiment as Commander, around 1782. As […]

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The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved President Obama’s health reform plan in one of the most significant cases in its history.   The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the biggest accomplishment of Obama’s presidency. Obama’s goal is to ensure medical coverage to nearly everyone, including the 50 million uninsured—19 percent of […]

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A 72-year old New Jersey man was arrested after he threated to shoot his neighbor for passing gas in front of his home. Cops said that Daniel Collins of Teaneck pulled out his .32 caliber on a neighbor that he had an ongoing feud with. Collins claimed the man’s flatulence was so loud that he […]

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The first weekend in July is supposed to be a scorcher in some parts of the country so a pool or beach may be your first option for the weekend. If that’s not an option, anywhere there’s AC, like the movie theater, is always a good plan. This week’s stripper movie “Magic Mike” promises eye […]

Little Known Black History Facts

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 […]

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My father should have been there. On Wednesday and Thursday at ceremonies filled with pomp and circumstance, the U.S. Marine Corps paid tribute to its first black Marines, awarding them the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor for a civilian. My father was one of those pioneers, men called Montford Point Marines after the crude, […]

First Lady Michelle Obama made history Thursday when she took her fiery, campaign-style message of civil rights activism directly to the black church nearly four months before the November presidential election. “Much like they did 50 years ago, or 150 years ago, our laws still shape so many aspects of our lives: Whether folks are […]

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” sent conservatives scrambling Thursday. Conservative blog sites ConservativeBytes and Vision to America each posted a story with a headline that read as if Chief Justice John Roberts had abandoned conservatives: SCOTUS Rules ObamaCare Lives! Roberts Joins Liberal Left! The Republican-controlled House […]