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McClatchy Washington BureauConstruction continues on the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture, at 14th St. NW and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. The museum is set to open in 2015. (J.M. Eddins Jr./MCT ) … and more …read more Source: Washington D.C. News From Google
Voice of AmericaThe big celebrities in Sochi are the Jamaican bobsled team, who returned to the Winter Olympics this week after a 12-year absence. Winston Watts, their team captain, talks about the future: “The goal towards the next Olympics is that we are going to … …read more Source: Winter Olympics News From Google
Nikki Minaj Uses Malcolm X Photo Calls Him N-Word Nikki Minaj Uses Malcolm X Photo Calls Him N-Word. Nikki Minaj, perhaps to gain attention, used a photo of Malcolm X holding an assault-style rifle and refers to him as a “Lookin-Ass Nigga.” For me, as much as I like Nikki Minaj’s work, that was out […]
Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner: USA Olympics Skaters In Glo-Blades? The Sochi Olympics in Russia have bashed from many American journalists and from those on social media (like myself) who aren’t even there. Thus, it should come as no surprise that Russian bloggers would look for any evidence of support of the Sochi Olympics effort. And […]
RollingStone.comSaturday Night Live has hired its first female African-American cast member since Maya Rudolph’s departure in 2007, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sasheer Zamata, who has performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater in New York City, will …‘SNL’ Adds African-American Female Cast Member to Ring in New YearFilm School Rejects‘SNL’ casts first black female […]
USA TODAYSasheer Zamata has been named the newest cast member of Saturday Night Live, making her the sketch comedy’s first black female cast member in five years since Maya Rudolph left the show. Zamata will make her SNL debut on its next live show set for …‘Saturday Night Live’ hires black womanWashington Post‘Saturday Night Live’ […]
CBS LocalSAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce is threatening a tourism boycott, alleging discriminatory practices by the hospitality industry. Some in the African American community said they are not being given …African American business leaders threaten boycott of San Francisco tourism …San Francisco Chronicle (blog) all 6 news articles […]
ABC NewsA&E’s decision to reinstate Phil Robertson on “Duck Dynasty” shows the network has “chosen profits over African American and gay people,” the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) said today. “Phil Robertson should look African American …Duck Dynasty clan ready to put controversy ‘behind them’: reportNew York Daily NewsA&E reverses suspension of ‘Duck […]
San Francisco ChronicleAn Oakland public school created to serve African American males will shut down in January, just 18 months after it opened. The 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Community School, a public charter school, struggled financially and suffered administrative … …read more Source: Oakland News By Google
New York Daily NewsOne of the women in the running to be the new ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member trashed the show’s lack of diversity in several recent op-eds. Sketch comedian Kerry Coddett, one of the women who made the final callbacks in a recent hunt for black female …‘Saturday Night Live’ to add black […]
AceShowbizTwo showcases were recently held in Los Angeles and New York to find a black comedienne to be added to the show’s cast. Tweet. ‘SNL’ to Welcome Black Female Cast Member in January. See larger image. “Saturday Night Live” is indeed taking it serious …‘SNL’: Civil Rights Group Praises Plan to Add African-American Woman to […]
Joe Biden, the Vice President Of The United States, left this statement in the wake of the passing of Nelson Mandela: Statement by the Vice President on the Death of Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela once said, “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” Mandela’s wisdom and compassion were formidable enough […]
Pueblo ChieftainPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a romantic and a Russian. Add Christmas to the equation and you have the well-loved “Nutcracker” ballet. Friday night Puebloans were treated to a performance of this holiday favorite by the Moscow Ballet at Memorial Hall.‘Nutcracker’: A look at Westside School of Ballet’s productionLos Angeles TimesShannon Harkins, the face of […]
NJ TODAYNEW BRUNSWICK—State Theatre will present the 50th anniversary production of the American Repertory Ballet’s The Nutcracker for four performances on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 1 and 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 22 at 1 and 4:30 p.m. These performances …‘Nutcracker’: A look at Westside School of Ballet’s productionLos Angeles TimesShannon Harkins, the face of […]
Foster’s Daily DemocratDOVER — BJ’s Wholesale Club and LG Electronics are once again proud to sponsor Northeastern Ballet Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Nutcracker.” This full-length version of the ballet will be performed for two shows only at Oyster River High School …American Repertory Ballet Celebrates 50th Annual NUTCRACKER Season in …Broadway World‘Nutcracker’: A look […]
Charleston Post Courier‘Tis the season when the beloved ballet classic “The Nutcracker” comes to stages all over the country, and there is no shortage of ways to participate in this yuletide favorite here in the Lowcountry.Here’s Where To See ‘The Nutcracker’ This Holiday Season. Sweet!Patch.comShannon Harkins, the face of African American ballet dancers’ struggleWashington PostSiblings […]
There has been a lot of chatter why UC Berkeley doesn’t have a larger black student base. One recent publication reported that more than half of African-American students who are accepted at Cal don’t go there because “they feel unwelcome.” The LA Times featured a story on Cal freshman Kashawn Campbell, a straight A student […]
Ruoyang Wang is not a celebrity, not someone this blogger knows, not anyone who you’ve heard of. But to his parents in China, Ruoyang Wang was their son. Their promise. Their hope for the future. And their dream come true. Their son, Ruoyang Wang, was a Berkeley student. Ruoyang Wang died in a car accident […]
12 Years A Slave is the “Roots” of the 21st Century. It is based on the true story and book of the same name as the movie, of how Solomon Northup, a free black man in Saratoga, New York, who was introduced to a couple of white traveling performers who offered him a job working […]
Super Bowl 50 Host Committee A SF (San Francisco) White Guys Club that threatens to embarass the NFL. Can you say Super Bowl, Super Bowl , Super Bowl three times real fast? Then can you say Super Bowl 50, Super Bowl 50, Super Bowl 50, three times real fast? Good. Because now that it’s in […]
Hannah Anderson is the subject of talk again, and after blogger Chelsea Hoffman discovered two photos of her taken the same day which show a knee brace on different legs, first the right leg, then the left one. At first, I thought it was nothing, perhaps they could not afford two knee braces – but […]
Oakland’s Michael A. LeNoir, M.D., a well-known practicing Pediatrician and Allergist in the San Francisco Bay Area, was installed as the 114th president of the National Medical Association during the organization’s 111th Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly in Toronto, Canada. The National Medical Association promotes the collective interests of over 32,000 physicians of African descent […]
DeKalb County, GA, and 2162 2nd Ave Decatur, GA is the scene of a horrifying story of a gunman, white male, dressed all in black and armed with an AK47, who somehow managed to gain access to the McNair Discovery Learning Academy. (Decatur, Georgia is a suburb of Atlanta, located 45 minutes east, northeast of […]
Russell Simmons owes Harriet Tubman an apology for the Harriet Tubman Sex Video, or what some call the Harriet Tubman Sex Tape. Posted during the night, about 11 hours ago, the reaction against it by many blacks and whites, many black groups, and anyone regardless of color who has any degree of appreciation for what […]
Yep: Cheryl Boone Isaacs was elected The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ first African American president. Cheryl Boone Isaacs was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (July 30) at a meeting of the AMPAS’ Board of Governors. Cheryl Boone Isaacs’ has paid her dues, serving in […]
Geno Smith has suffered from accusations that he’s a diva, and all from a leak of perception started by agents that he eventually fired. Select Sports Group has not only not done any favors for the Jets Rookie QB, they, and some others in the media who should know better, have served to plant an […]
Jason Collins came out as gay in a well-presented column released in Sports Illustrated today. This blogger’s initial reaction was “so what?” Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area makes one take what is an earth-shaking revelation to others, with a “Right on,” and “That’s cool,” reaction. But what went through my mind and […]
Same Sex Marriage would seem to be something that’s not controversial today – but then you haven’t met Odin. This older African American man was sitting on a fire hydrant at the corner of 14th and Broadway in Downtown Oakland holding a sign that reads “No Unlawful Sex,” and lists all of the kinds of […]
Quincy Jones, the famed producer and composer of such classics of jazz like The Soul Boosanova, turns 80 today. In fact, as he shares the exact same birthday as famed actor and friend Michael Caine, the two celebrated in Las Vegas earlier this week. Mr. Jones has a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, has won […]
On Monday, Thomas C. Frazier was appointed “Compliance Director” by U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson. In this position, Mr. Frazier will have complete authority over the Oakland Police Department, including the ability to set in motion the dismissal of the current police chief, Howard Jordan. Given Thomas C. Frazier’s alleged track record as police chief […]
Joe Jones is another African American ex-LAPD Police Officer who wrote his own Facebook-based manifesto in the wake of the Christopher Dorner incident. Jones was an LAPD cop for nine years, working patrol in what is called the Wilshire West Valley and West Los Angeles LAPD divisions, before retiring in 1998. While he writes of […]
Thanks to the video work of Oakland vlogger Matt Gratz, who lives next to the store, Whole Foods Oakland security guards are caught on camera making a mistake that could cost the 55,000-square-foot store at 27th and Oakland Avenue thousands of dollars in a lawsuit. The two guards, not black, are caught on camera holding […]
Illinois Senator (D – Ret.) Roland Burris was at Gate 11 for United Airlines flight 621 from Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, as I walked up (the same flight Paul Ryan was running to catch). After exchanging pleasantries with well-wishers, Burris, the state’s first African American elected to state-wide office, granted what turned out […]
Robert Griffin III is not only impressive on the field, as Quarterback for The Washington Redskins, he’s equally impressive off of it. Bascially RG3 is a smart, emotionally balanced, disciplined young man with a wicked sense of humor. And frankly, he’s part of a new generation of African American college football players who are entering […]
The Presidential Inauguration is upon us, and this blogger attended the last one, the historic first time an African American was sworn in as President Of The United States, and of course, that was Barack Obama. Now, four years later, President Obama has successfully won reelection thanks to the largest grassroots campaign in history, and […]