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Spreading the Love: "We're a Winner" by The Impressions
Here's a video that was sent to me by ndpthepoetress. It's been a minute since I've thought of it let alone heard. It is uplifting and I'm just spreading the love. Enjoy. It seens as though TGrundy st...
Remembering Malcolm X
Today would have been the 83rd birthday of Malcolm X. He is, in my opinion, one of the most significant leaders of our time. Violence that invaded his childhood via the murder of his father by Klansme...
Remembering King
Today was a great day for Memphis, TN and for remembering the man who has come to symbolize civil rights in this nation. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was radical leader who connected with peop...
Rest in Peace, Sean Levert
By now, you've heard of the death of Sean Levert. It seems he had been incarcerated for failure to pay child support for his three children. He was in arrears almost $85,000. Sean Levert became ill wh...
Remembering Julia Carson
Member of Congress representing Indianapolis, 1997 - 2007 Julia Carson was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives for 20 years, served as Center Township (Indianapolis) Trustee for six years...
In Memory of My Cousin: Blogging to End AIDS
Today is World AIDS Day. Throughout the world, over 30 million people are living with one of the most deadly diseases --- HIV and AIDS. It is likely that you know someone who has contracted the virus ...
Before Madonna and Grace Jones there was...Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker sashayed onto a Paris stage during the 1920s with a comic, yet sensual appeal that took Europe by storm. Famous for barely-there dresses and no-holds-barred dance routines, her exotic ...
Services set for Dr. Donda West, educator, author, businesswoman and mother of Super Star Kanye West
Services set for Kanye West's mother By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Published on: 11/17/07 The funeral for the mother of rapper Kanye West will be held Tuesday in Oklahoma City, according to a report on Ce...
Remembering Hercules L. Joyner
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hercules Joyner in 1999 at a Florida A&M University National Alumni Association convention in Orlando. He was in the lobby of the host hotel surrounded by Rattlers of...
Nailah Franklin Update
The remains of Nailah Oliani Franklin were identified today. There was obviously trauma in her transition from the physical world. I am so deeply saddened by this loss of life that there are no words ...
Remembering Dr. Asa Hilliard
Atlanta, GA - Dr. Asa Grant Hilliard, III, world renowned Pan-Africanist, educator, historian, and psychologist, passed from this life on August 13, 2007 in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Hilliard was in Egypt to ...