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Dear Tom, Deborah Kent is not my mother but I have known her my entire life. Our parents knew each other in college and we grew up together and we still stay in touch. Deborah is a proud graduate of Kentucky State. While she was in college, she took a job at general motors where […]
Decades after WWII, two American fighter pilots, one, Herb Heilbrun, a white B-17 pilot, and the other, John Leahr, a black Red-Tail Tuskegee Airman, found one another 50 years post war. Heilbrun and Leahr discovered that not only did Leahr serve as a Tuskegee escort pilot for Heilbrun during WWII, the two men had attended […]
Chris Paul blasts through 60 seconds of Kim and Kanye, is Kanye blowing off work to spend time with Kim?
Dear Tom, My eighteen year-old daughter, mia lives with sickle cell disease and is a high school senior, who will be graduating this Saturday, June 2nd. This is an unbelievable accomplishment for her, because her sickle cell pain can leave her hospitalized and in bed for weeks or months at a time. yet, my brave […]
The stresses of today can be enough to drain you. Exhaustion is very common among women as we wear many different hats. But extreme fatigue, as well as other symptoms, may be a sign of a serious health problem. Lupus is a disease in which the body attacks its own healthy tissues and organs. It […]
Comedian Bill Bellamy occupies a special place in black comedy. While he’s not considered to be among the “Kings of Comedy” style icons, and he’s not quite at the level of a Chris Rock or Eddie Murphy, he’s hardly complaining. Bellamy talks with TJMS about his upcoming comedy show “Crazy, Sexy, Dirty" and what else […]
Over this past weekend in Chicago, 40 people were shot leaving 10 dead. Roland Martin talks with Senator Reverend James Meeks about this outburst in violence and what can be done to limit it. Meeks says African American boys ages 16-26, who are highschool dropouts, and unemployed are the crux of the problem. He urges […]
Last night, Mitt Romney became the official Republican nominee and was later greeted by Donald Trump in celebration. Trump took this time to again reiterate his belief that Obama was not born in the United States. Again, charging the birther campaign against President Barack Obama and setting off extremists across the United States. Sharpton believes […]
Huggy Lowdown exclaimed, Happy Hump day already! He joked, the week is moving faster than "Usain Bolt chasing white women." He goes on to joke about black people always wanting a hook up, Blake Griffin's stray eye, and the Spurs smashing of the Thunder and more! He nominates Todd Bridges for Bama of the week, […]
Dominique jokes with TJMS about tazing, Flavor Flav's child support debt and Kim Kardashian putting her foot down, sorry Rihanna you cannot visit Kanye in his dressing room anymore! As Dominique says, "kindred spirits know kindred spirits, a hoe knows a hoe." Listen for more.
On May 31, 1921, Otis G. Clark was 18 years old. He was also living in the middle of one of the deadliest, racially-motivated events in American history: The Tulsa Race Riots. That night in May, Clark, a Greenwood, Oklahoma native, escaped flying bullets and angry white mobs, only to witness his family home burn […]
Musiq's book is divided into the sections that you would expect – Love, Money, Sex, Kids and a few you don’t – Redemption, Insecurities and “The Type.” The book covers the all-important aspect of self-love as part of the way to enjoy a successful relationship and that might be the most important piece of information […]
