Down in the delta of Indianola, Mississippi in 1891, a prominent Fisk University graduate by the name of Minnie Cox would be appointed the first African-American postmaster in Mississippi. From a well-to-do family in the south, she was favored among the black elites. However, her re-appointment to a third-term as postmaster would almost cost Cox […]
Funkster George Clinton is still rocking at the age of 70, in part because he’s still owed millions of dollars in royalties for his Parliament/Funkadelic work over the past several decades. As he explains in TV One’s latest edition of “Unsung,” which re-airs on Monday, Oct. 18th at 10 p.m., many recording artists were robbed […]
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A former employee of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta megachurch, alleging its employees retaliated against her after she complained of sexual harassment. Read More:
(New York, NY) –Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network (NAN) will commence an immediate coast-to-coast nonpartisan voter education tour … Read More:
There’s a ton of new music rolling out these days and things have just become a little more soulful as three singers join forces for the latest powerhouse vocal session. Who am I referring to? None other than the fabulous Faith Evans, the kill ’em softly sound of Kelly Price and newcomer Jessica Reedy. Who’s […]
Cedric “K-Ci” and Joel “JoJo” Hailey have been through it all – fame, fortune, and then a career in crisis as the music business changed around them. Even at the height of their fame, both as members of Jodeci then as K-Ci and JoJo, rumors of womanizing, drug abuse and other self-destructive behaviors followed them, […]
Halle Berry took her daughter Nahla grocery shopping yesterday (October 13).
Just as sports figures like Tiger Woods, Rick Pitino, and Ben Roethlisberger have irrevocably damaged their reputations and marketability as corporate endorsers and public speakers with their own sex scandals, so too now does it seem that Brett Favre’s future earnings stream from endorsements, speaking engagements, and work as a TV studio analyst have forever been […]
*Allen Iverson may be headed to the Middle East. After split-second runs with the Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers last season, the former NBA star is reportedly close to signing with Turkish team Besiktas Cola Turka. The one-season deal could net Iverson as much as $2 million, Yahoo! Sports has reported, citing unnamed sources. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=57160
Harlem native Tee Collins was the first African-American animator to establish his own studio in New York. He was best known for his creation of the character Wanda the Witch on “Sesame Street.” It was the story of a witch with a pet weasel who washed her wirey wig on Wednesday. His new animation would […]