Former news anchor Rene Syler didn’t want to curtail her chance for a happy and healthy life. As a woman with a family history of breast cancer the wife and mother wanted to be alive to enjoy her two children growing up. In 2002, she was diagnosed with a precancerous condition, and had to […]
Child star Quvenzhané Wallis now 11, has few financial worries these days but that’s not the case for other children. Wallis has teamed up with Kellogg’s to promote the initiative, which helps provide meals for children who need them. “A little bit,” Wallis says about feeling like a star. Her mother Qulyndreia, a schoolteacher for years until her […]
Jacquelyn Johnson does not believe the official report about the death of her son, Kendrick Johnson, 17, the Valdosta teen whose dead body was found in a gym mat at his high school in 2013. She and her husband and family have stayed the course to find out what truly happened to their child, protesting outside of […]
Jacque Reid talks to Tamela, the mother of a 10-year-old who is battling Sickle Cell disease and with the help of St. Jude Hospital’s program which has helped Elechi developed cells that don’t sickle. “The new baby screening is why we really thought she might have sickle cell so we went back at six weeks to confirm […]
Florida mother Marissa Alexander became the poster girl for domestic violence victims and their unfair treatment by the justice system. After facing up to 60 years behind bars for firing a single shot near her abusive husband she was unable to convince a jury she had feared for her life and spent three years in […]
Jacque Reid talks to Congresswoman Terri Sewell about the 50th celebration of Bloody Sunday in Selma, AL. “As a daughter of Selma, we are so excited to welcome the world to Selma. It’s an opp to celebrate how far we’ve come. My hope is that people will come away with new ideas. I’m very hopeful. […]
A family in Indiana says they were the victim of a vicious hate crime. Tom, Sybil and J. Anthony Brown go ‘Inside Her Story’ with Dr. Myla Bennett, a doctor in Indiana who woke up one morning last week to the unimaginable. “I was awakened out of my sleep by a boom, I wasn’t really sure […]
Jacque Reid talks about February being “Women In Horror” Month which celebrates female horror writers. She talks to Sumiko, a fiction writer whose focus is on horror and science-fiction. On why we don’t see a lot of African American horror writers: “There are two reasons. One is that it’s totally dominated by white men. They […]
Jacque Reid talks to Miss Robbie from Sweetie Pies about what to expect on the upcoming season, her dating life and how she felt about her son protesting on behalf of Mike Brown. On what she’s looking for in a man: “I’m looking for someone with a sense of humor and someone who is […]
Aunjanue Ellis is the star of the BET miniseries The Book of Negroes, which has garnered a positive social media response in its first airing during the week. She plays Aminata Diallo, a woman who is enslaved and freed, but then spends the rest of her life fighting for her dignity. The six-part series repeats […]
Jacque Reid talks about her busy Valentine’s Day weekend, how she’s braving the NYC snow storm and who she’d like to be snowed in with. The answer may surprise you! Click the link above to hear the entire interview!
02/13/15 – Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Zara Green and Alfred Edmond, authors of “The Grown Zone” about love and relationships. Trust us, this is an interview you do not want to miss! (Photo: “The Grown Zone” Website)