Laker player Wayne Ellington Jr. is on indefinite leave from the Lakers after the murder of his father in Philadelphia. The 26-year-old guard got a text from his father earlier that evening before the game. By the time the game was over, his father was dead, the victim of a gunshot wound to head in […]
For iPhone: Harvard University economics professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr. endured a tough childhood full of crime and dysfunction to become the youngest Black person to earn tenure at the prestigious school. Fryer was born in Daytona Beach, Fla. on June 4, 1977. His mother, Rita, was a classically trained musician and his father […]
Forget Human Being of the Week – this man is human being of the YEAR! Listen to the audio player to hear the story of how a homeless family, who ironically had a son who made it to the Little League World Series, got their rent paid for an entire year. Can you say AMAZING! Get […]
The Preachers of L.A.–from the pulpit to the Red Velvet Cake. And it doesn’t count as church! Sybil Wilkes interviews Pastor Jay Haizlip and Pastor Wayne Chaney, Jr.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act on Tuesday by posthumously bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal upon Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, for their efforts in passing the landmark legislation. The Kings’ children, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice A. […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc on June 22, 1952 while studying at Boston University. The Fraternity was…
Year after year when we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s (pictured) legacy, Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is often the most-celebrated. On…
Year after year when we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s (pictured) legacy, Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is often the most-celebrated. On…
Whether they make music or not, some people in entertainment are one-hit wonders. They do one TV show, one movie and blow up, but then they’re never heard from again. Not so with comedian Tommy Davidson. After his days on the groundbreaking Fox TV sketch show “In Living Color” in the 90’s – the show […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Slavery in the United States was once a roaring success whose wounds still afflict the country today. So says Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who examines both its success and shame in “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,” his new PBS documentary series that traces 500 years of black history. “Slavery […]
Growing up in Palmer Park, Maryland, a suburb of Washington D.C., in the 1970s, youngsters had an option to play Boys Club football, basketball, jam to the go-go lyrics of the late Chuck Brown at “The Squad Room,” or box. Palmer Park’s 1972 amateur boxing team was notorious. They produced champions in each weight class, […]
