Archive for the 'History' Category
Not Her “Secret Place” But Close To It: Joni Mitchell’s Recent, Long Interviews
• June 18, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell, Love, Music, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Growing Up, The Sixties, African Americans, The Seventies, Blacks, Marvin Gaye, Art, Joni Mitchell, Canada, Los Angeles, Artist, Folk Music, Alanis Morissette, Humphrey Bogart, Canadians, Luminato, Jian Ghomeshi, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joni, Chuck Mitchell, Slim Gaillard, Big Sleep, Jann Wenner, Don Alias, Album Covers, Mark Gaillard, Brian Blade, "Free Man in Paris", Roberta Anderson, Residents
LIVE STREAMING II: The George Zimmerman Trial for the Murder of Trayvon Martin
• June 17, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Facebook, Gun Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Peru, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Religion, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Benjamin Crump, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Congressional Black Caucus, Constables on Patrol, Dick Parsons, George Zimmerman, Growing Up, Institutions, Latinos, Martin, Murder, NAACP, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Richard Parsons, Robert Zimmerman, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Time Warner, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman
Sidney Poitier as Seen by His Two Youngest Daughters on Father’s Day
• June 16, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Television, Education, Love, The Rest of the World, Film, Class, People of Color, Japan, Holidays, Acting, Arts, Jamaica/British Caribbean, United Kingdom, African American History, Cultural History, Television Series, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrity Children, Black Actors and Actresses
Tags: New York, Bill Cosby, Diahann Carroll, Sidney Poitier, UNESCO, Tisch School of the Arts, Joanna Shimkus, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Poitier, The Bahamas, Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE
Louis C.K. on Being a Dad
• June 16, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Health, Holidays, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism
Tags: Children, Common Sense, Daddy, Daughters, Divorced Father, Family, Father, Fatherhood, Fathers, Holidays, Louis, Louis C.K., Relationships, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Single Fatherhood, United States
Okay, Cue the Music: Kim Kardashian Gives Birth
• June 15, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Armenians/Syrians/Iranians/Kurds/Turks, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Food, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Reality Shows, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: Babies, Baby, Buckingham Palace, Cable TV, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, E!, Escapism, Fat Shaming, Fat-Slammed, Fathers Day, Induced, Kanye, Kanye West, Kardashian, Kardashians, Kate Middleton, Kim, Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, Kris Jenner, Motherhood, New York Times, Premature Birth, Prince William of Wales, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Reality Shows, Robert Kardashian, United States, Wretched Excess
That Photo From Facebook: Let’s Call Her The Woman Who Doesn’t Wear a Size 4
• June 11, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Facebook, Fashion, Food, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: Age, BBW, Beauty, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Clothing, Facebook, Health, Plus Size Model, Queen Size, Queen Size Wmen, Shopping, Size 4, Sizes 14W-34W, Twitter, Women
Little Grace Colbert, Star of the Cheerios Biracial Family Ad, and Her Parents Speak
• June 11, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrity Children, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Food, Grace Colbert, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Biracial Children, Biracial Girl, Biracials, Cheerios, Christopher Colbert, General Mills, Grace Colbert, Interracial Marriage, Interracing, Janet Colbert, Meaghan Hatcher-Mays, Multiracial, Nichelle Nichols, Rodney Allen Rippy, Stephen Colbert, United States, YouTube
Cicely is Queen: Four African American Actors Get Top Honors at The Tonys…as Neil Patrick Harris Drops the N Word
• June 10, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Black People, Fashion, Race, Women, Television, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Arts, Drama, African American History, Cultural History, Black Actors and Actresses, Cicely Tyson, Patina Miller
Tags: "Lucky Guy", "Pippin", "The Trip to Bountiful", African American, African Americans, Billy Porter, Black Women, Blacks, Cicely, Cicely Tyson, Courtney B. Vance, Cyndi Lauper, Dramas, Game of Thrones, Kinky Boots, Love, Mike Tyson, Musicals, Neil Patrick Harris, Nora Ephron, Patina Miller, Tony, Tony Award, Tonys, Trip to Bountiful
LIVE STREAMING: The George Zimmerman Trial for the Murder of Trayvon Martin (w/Updates)
• June 10, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gun Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Youth, Blacks, Children, Eastern Time Zone, February 26 2012, Florida, George Zimmerman, Grio, Gun Violence, Huffington Post, Lawyer, Murder, Racism, Second Degree Murder, Shooting, Trayvon Martin, United States, WFTV
It’s Maurice Sendak’s Birthday! Google Doodles a Tribute to An American Illustrator and His Beloved Children’s Books
• June 10, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Animals, Art, Books, Class, Cultural History, Love, Maurice Sendak
Tags: Children, Children's Books, Doodle, Google, Growing Up, Gumby, In the Night Kitchen, Lauren Davis, Maurice Sendak, New Zealand, United States, Where the Wild Things Are
LIVE STREAMING: Last Pre-Trial Hearing Before The George Zimmerman Trial Begins Monday in Florida (w/Update)
• June 7, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Black People, Race, Journalism and Ethics, Television, Crime-Cops-Injustice, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, African American History, American History, Cultural History, "Stand Your Ground" Laws, Gun Violence
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Murder, Racism, Children, United States, Florida, Live Streaming, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon, Martin, George Zimmerman, Zimmerman, WFTV
This Sista Has No Life After “The Red Wedding”
• June 6, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Black People, Race, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Women, Television, Love, Sexuality, Film, Class, Acting, Cultural History, Television Series, HBO
Tags: "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Inglourious Basterds", A Storm of Swords, African Americans, Amanda Marcotte, Blacks, Game of Thrones, HBO, House Frey, House Lannister, House Stark, King of the North, Love, Memorial Day, Murder, Natural Born Killers, Quentin Tarantino, Red Wedding, Sex, Song of Ice and Fire, Talisa Maegyr, The Patriarachy, Westeros
Don’t Come For the First Lady While She Is Speaking, Or She May Come Back at You with a Vengeance (w/Update)
• June 5, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Michelle Obama, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Angry Black Woman Syndrome, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ellen Sturtz, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Facebook, First Lady Michelle Obama, GetEQUAL, Huffington Post, LGBT, Michelle Obama, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republicans, Sturtz, The Angry Black Woman, The First Lady, United States
Jack and Renée: The Swirl Enters John McCain’s Family
• June 4, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: California, African Americans, John McCain, Blacks, Marriage, Wisconsin, San Francisco, Love, The Eighties, Interracial Marriage, Black Women, Wedding, Interracial Love, Interracial Couples, 2008 Presidential Campaign, The Swirl, Gov. Scott Walker, Mitt Romney, Guam, California Academy of Sciences, Meghan McCain, Grace Cathedral San Francisco, McCain, Jack McCain, John McCain IV, Navy, Lieutenant, Captain, Reserves, Senator John McCain, 2008 GOP Presidential Nominee
Michael Douglas: His Throat Cancer Was Caused By Oral Sex?
• June 2, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology
Tags: Alcoholism, Cameron Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Common Sense, Douglas, Guardian, HPV, HPV Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Love, Marriage, Men's Health, Michael Douglas, Oral Sex, Recreational Drug Use, Risk Factors, Sex, Smoking, STDs, The Guardian, Throat Cancer, United States
Jonathan Watkins Responds to The Arrest of The Man Who Murdered Jonylah
• June 2, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Gang Violence, Gun Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Chicago, Gang, Gravesite, Illinois Department of Corrections, Jonathan, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Murder, New Beginnings Church, Pastor Corey Brooks, Reverend Corey Brooks, Sony Playstation, Theft, Willis
That Cheerios Cereal Biracial Family Commercial, “Just Checking”
• May 31, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Facebook, Food, Health, Love, People of Color, Race, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: AdWeek, African Americans, Barack Obama, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Women, Blacks, Cheerios, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Facebook, General Mills, Jane Eyre, Latinos, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Racism, Reddit, Sally Hemings, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Virginia, WalMart, YouTube
Mario McNeill Sentenced to Death for the Murder of Shaniya Davis
• May 29, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in Black People, Race, Women, Sexuality, Religion, Crime, Class, Health, People of Color, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape/Sex Crimes, Protestant Denominations, Cultural History
Tags: African Americans, Ammons, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Capital Punishment. Death Sentence, Child Abuse, Children, Drugs, Fayetteville Arkansas, Fayetteville Observer, Judge Ammons, Judge Jim Ammons, Jury, Mario Andrette McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Rape, Sex, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis
Shaniya Davis: A Convicted Mario McNeill Refuses to Defend Against a Possible Death Sentence As the Jury Deliberates His Fate
• May 29, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, People of Color, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Davis, Capital Murder, Capital Punishment, Child Abuse, Child Murderer, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Slavery, Children, Defense, Drama, Drugs, DSS, Felony, Jury, Lawyer, Love, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Mini Me, Motherhood, Murder, North Carolina Department of Social Services, Rape, Sex, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, WRAL.com
James Lipton of “Inside The Actors’ Studio”: I Was a Pimp in Paris
• May 29, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Acting, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, France, Late Night TV, Memoir, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women, World War II
Tags: Actors Studio, Barber, Black Panthers, Bordello, Hair Dye, Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton, Lipton, Paris, Paris FRANCE, Pimp, Pimps, Post-World War II France, Prostitutes, Richard Pryor, Rite of Passage, Seine, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Snoop Dogg, The Beats, Tom Selleck, Virility
“Fruitvale Station,” The Drama About The Death of Oscar Grant, Premieres in July, 2013
• May 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Race, History, Television, The Rest of the World, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Film, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Class, People of Color, Chicanos/Latinos, Acting, Awards, African American History, Cultural History, Police Misconduct/Killings, Civil Rights/Human Rights
Tags: Motherhood, Drama, California, African Americans, Constables on Patrol, Blacks, Latinos, Murder, YouTube, Racism, Oscar Grant, Love, Cell Phone Videos, Fruitvale Station, Sundance Film Festival, Academy Award, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Octavia Spencer, Grant, Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale, Cannes Film Festival, Chad Michael Murray, Weinstein Company, Michael B. Jordan, Ariana Neal, Melonie Diaz, David Silva, Cell Phones
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Ex-”Lambeau Leap” Footballer LeRoy Butler Gives a Four-Word Tweet of Support for Jason Collins; Loses Church Gig, But Gains More Fans for His Stand Against Homophobia
• May 3, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gays in Sports/Coming Out, Hate Crimes, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Bullying, Butler, Children, Common Sense, Dunstan, Enforced Heterosexism, Green Bay Packer, Green Bay Packers, Jason Collins, Lambeau Field, LeRoy Butler, LGBT, Love, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sports Illustrated, Torment, Twitter, Wisconsin
Live Stream of The 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner with President Obama and Conan O’Brien
• April 27, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Acting, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Food, Gossip, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien, Dinner, FLOTUS, Gayle King, Geraldo Rivera, James Brolin, Kerry Washington, Kevin Spacey, Live Streaming, Meryl Streep, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President of the United States, Scandal, The Media, Tony Goldwyn, White House, White House Correspondent, White House Correspondents Association
Shaniya Davis: Judge Orders Delay to Ascertain Mario McNeill’s Psychologcal Capacity; Ruling to Proceed with Trial on Friday
• April 23, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", African Americans, Blacks, Capital Punishment, Carthage, Cherry Hospital, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Defense, Defense Motion, Drugs, Fayetteville North Carolina, Fayetteville Observer, Friday, Judge Ammons, Jury, Life Imprisonment Without Possibility of Parole, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Monday, Motion, Murder, Opening Statements, Plea, Prosecution, Rape, Sex, Shaniya Davis, Superior Court, Trial, Trial Delay, WRALcom
Aren’t You Glad It Isn’t Anyone Black? Putting to Rest The Myth of The Dark-Skinned Terrorist
• April 19, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Chechya, Class, Crime, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Facebook, Health, History, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, MSNBC, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Russia, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Boston, Boston Marathon Bombing, Bronx, Caucasian, Caucasians, Chechens, Chechya, CNN, Common Sense, Facebook, Guilty, Haj, Homeland Security, John Allen Mohammad, John King, Journalism, Journalism and Ethics, Lee Boyd Malvo, Lynch Mob, Malcolm X, Martin Richard, Middle East, MSNBC, Murder, Muslim, N.Y. Post, Nation of Islam, Naturalized American, New York Post, Oklahoma City Bombing, President Obama, Race Baiting, Ruslan Tsarni, The Twitterverse, Timothy McVeigh, Twitter, United States, White People
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