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Remember Hootie & The Blow Fish? See what lead singer Darius Rucker is up to now.
BET held it’s SOS Saving Ourselves: Help For Haiti telethon last night at the American Airlines in Miami. The event was broadcast on BET, VH1, MTV and Centric with hopes to raise millions for the victims of the Haiti Earthquake.
FORTY MINUTES OF HELL: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson by Rus Bradburd is the compelling story of the legendary African-American basketball coach and NCAA Title winner who was fired after a controversial public outburst. It is the first full-length portrait of Richardson’s celebrated, yet complicated—and unintentionally politicized—life and career.
When she moved to the nation’s most prestigious address, Michelle Obama’s husband told her that rough times were ahead. The country was in recession, people were out of work, the political parties were in open warfare — and the man who was going to be blamed for it all was President Barack Obama. But you won’t hear the first lady utter a peep of complaint. Watch her interview with Matt Lauer here.
Alex Haley, a master story teller brought us our first glimpse into the lives of slaves with his critically acclaimed book Roots. Read about Mr. Haley's story here.
A revolution can occur in many ways. Some choose to protest with marches and picket signs. Bill T. Jones chose dance. Read his story here.
In 1928 Oscar DePriest became the first African American congressman elected to the House of Representatives from a northern state and a national symbol for racial pride. Read more on Oscar DePriest here.
Eight-year-old Amirikis Smith has been saving for college for the past two years. He has already deposited more than $300. But when he saw the devastation in Haiti, he decided it was time to make a withdrawal. Read about this young hero here.
Identical twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes became celebrities when they completed their first feature-length movie, Menace II Society. Their age when the film was released in May of 1993--they had just turned 21--put them in the company of celebrated young black directors like John Singleton, who was 23 in 1991 when Boyz N the Hood was released. Read their amazing story here.
Reality and R&B star Fantasia performed her new single on the Oprah Winfrey Show, take a look and tell us what you thought of her performance:
From Newsweek: When did everybody start hating on Black History Month? I have yet to find a person, black or white or anything else, looking forward to the February festivities.
On July 2, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. See his remarks on this historic day here.
