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In its 103-year history, the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh, NC had never had one black member. The club has now accepted its first two black members, a married couple: Hilda Pinnix-Ragland and husband Alvin Ragland. Pinnix-Ragland from Hillsborough, NC is vice president of corporate public affairs for Duke Energy. Her husband Alvin is a […]
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Lauryn Hill has started serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade. Ed Ross, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons, says the Grammy-winning singer reported Monday to the federal prison in Danbury. Hill started singing with the […]
Dwight Howard is now a Houston Rocket. After weeks of confusion and indecisiveness and after a night of teetering and flip-flopping Big Dwight signed with the Rockets. Meanwhile back in Los Angeles Kobe Bryant immediately unfollowed Dwight on Twitter. And here is a secret recording of Kobe Bryant made right after Dwight Howard’s decision. (Crying) […]
Since returning to the airwaves on the OWN Network with “Oprah’s Lifeclass” and “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” Iyanla Vanzant has been healing relationships and families one show at a time. On a recent broadcast of “Fatherless Sons” she explored the pain and pathology of men who grow up without their fathers as well as what […]
Dominique jokes with the crew about Robert Griffin III‘s wedding, Dwight Howard’s LA exit and Wendy Williams’ height requirements.
Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about Mathew Knowles’ wedding and Dwight Howard‘s exit from the Los Angeles Lakers.
Roland Martin talks with Patrina Peters about mothers losing their sons to gun violence and what needs to be done to fix this troubling trend.
Sybil Wilkes discusses today’s news headlines including the latest on the George Zimmerman trial and the plane crash in San Francisco.
Mrs. Earnestine Rodgers Robinson is an African American award-winning musical composer whose oratorios have graced Carnegie Hall. A child of segregation, Robinson fought her way past oppression and poverty to compose pieces like “The Crucifixion”, which is now in the U.S. Library of Congress. The piece, which was produced by her son Tony Robinson, MD, […]
Comedian D.L. Hughley gives us his 2 cents on the George Zimmerman trial including his take on Zimmerman’s weight and the funnyman admits his hate for Zimmerman. Plus, the comedy king talks about Paula Deen’s money woes, Mark O’Mara’s lips and Sybrina Fulton’s strength.
Take a listen to find out who won the “Negro Please” and the “Bama of the Week” honor all in one week!
Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Beverly Bond, founder of Black Girls Rock, about her documentary “Imagine a Future,” which premieres July 5.
