Archive for the 'Love' Category
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
Magic’s Son E.J. in First Interview Since Coming Out
• April 17, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gossip, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Coming Out, Ellen DeGeneres, Gay-Friendly, GWist.TV, Howard Bragman, Johnson, Joy Behar Show, LGBT, Logo, Magic Johnson, New York University, RuPaul, Sunset Strip, YouTube
Kentucky Derby Contender Kevin Krigger Could Make More African Americans Return to the Profession of Jockey
• April 11, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Animals, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Kevin Krigger/Black Jockeys, Love, Race, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, U.S. Virgin Islands/U.S. Possessions
Tags: Churchill Downs, Doug O'Neill, Goldencents, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger, Krigger, Santa Anita Derby, Wikipedia
Shaniya Davis: McNeill Admits He Took The Little Girl From The Trailer Park on The First Day of Trial, and Other News
• April 8, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Alabama, Associated Press, Bradley Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Davis, Facebook, Fayetteville Observer, Felon, Felony Child Abuse, Harnett County North Carolina, HLN, Lockhart, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Motherhood, Nancy Grace, Nicole Davis, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Today, United States Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands
Magic Johnson’s TMZ Interview About His Gay Son
• April 4, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Magic Johnson, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Fatherhood, Blacks, California, California Proposition 8, Children, Coming Out, Common Sense, Cookie Johnson, Feeding Frenzy, Fourth Estate, Gay Hate, Growing Up, Harvey Levin, Homophobia, Homophobia in the Black Community, LGBT, Los Angeles Lakers, Love, Magic Johnson, Michael Jackson, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com, United States, Whitney Houston, You Tube
Magic Johnson’s Gay Son E.J. Goes Public
• April 2, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, History, Love, National Issues, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, California, California Proposition 8, Coming Out, Cookie Johnson, Earvin Johnson, Earvin Johnson III, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Lakers, Love, Magic, Magic Johnson, Marriage, New York University, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sunset Strip, Tisch School of the Arts, TMZ, United States
Jonylah’s Funeral, March 19, 2013—Excerpts from Videos and Photos
• March 20, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Preachers/Ministers, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Burial, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Children, Drama, Funeral, Grandmother, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Young, Motherhood, Murder, Reverend Corey Brooks, Tuesday, Twitter, United States
Jonylah’s Funeral is Now
• March 19, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhism, Charles Knight, Chicago, Children, Death, Death Care, Drama, Drugs, Funeral Services, I Will Always Love You, Jonathan, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Emani Watkins, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Murder, Tamela Mann, Whitney Houston
“No Snitching” Is Not Giving Murdered Children Like Jonylah Watkins Any Justice
• March 17, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Facebook, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Breaking Bad", Arianna Gibson, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Cook County, Crime, Criminal Record, DNAInfo, Facebook, G.E.D., Gang-Related, Gangs, Gangster Disciples, Gangsters, Hadiya Pendleton, Heaven Sutton, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Judy Young Watkins, Ku Klux Klan, Leak and Sons, Murder, New Beginnings Church, New School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Obama, Old School, Pennsylvania Avenue, Rev. Corey Brooks, Reverend Corey Brooks, Shootings, Siretha White, Suburbia, Tsarina Powell, Willie Cochran, Woodlawn
Some Monday Love: “Thinking About Your Body (For Debs)” Bobby McFerrin, 1986
• March 11, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Facebook, Film, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television
Tags: "Thinking About Your Body", Arts, Blue Note, BobbyMcFerrin, Debbie Green, Don't Worry Be Happy, Facebook, Joy, Live Album, Love, McFerrin, Music, Spontaneous Inventions, Wife
Tina Turner is Becoming a Swiss Citizen for Love, Not for Evading American Taxes
• March 7, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Switzerland, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tina Turner, Travel, Women
Tags: American Citizenship, Armani, Capitol Records, Carl Jung, Chateau Algonquin, Craig Hill, Eduardo Saverin, EMI, EMI Germany, Erwin Bach, Europe, French Riviera, German, Germany, Ike Turner, Küsnacht, Kuesnacht, Long Term Relationship, Love, Millionaires, Nina Simone, Papparazzi, Phil Spector, Ronnie Turner, Soka Gakkai International - Switzerland, Swiss Bank Accounts, Switzerland, Taxes, Tina, Tina Turner, U.S. Citizenship, United States, Zurich
Trayvon Shooter George Zimmerman Waives His Right to a Stand Your Ground Hearing So His Attorneys Can Discredit An Important Witness
• March 5, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Discrimination, Facebook, Hate Crimes, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Police Misconduct/Killings, Sybrina Fulton
Tags: "The Orlando Sentinel", African Americans, Benjamin Crump, Bernie de la Rionda, Black Women, Blacks, Castle doctrine, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Dee Dee, Defense, Facebook, Fib, Florida, Growing Up, Lie, Love, Miami, Miami FL, Murder, Orlando Sentinel, Perjury, Prosecution, Racism, Second Degree Murder, Stand Your Ground Law, Testimony, Trayvon, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon's Girlfriend, Twitter, United States, Zimmerman
Hoodies Up! Where Are We Since Trayvon Was Murdered?
• February 28, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Hate Crimes, Immigration, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Peru, Police Misconduct/Killings, Sybrina Fulton, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Afro-Peruvian, Black Women, Blacks, Cellphones, Children, Chuck D, CNN, Common Sense, Demetrius Martin, DNA, Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson, Florida, George Zimmerman, GPS, Hate Crime, Jahvaris Fulton, Jamie Foxx, Latinos, Michael Eric Dyson, Million Hoodies March, Motherhood, Murder, New York City, Piers Morgan, Prosecution, Racism, Shooting, Trayvon, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon's Girlfriend, Union Square, Union Square Park, United States, Witness No. 8, Zimmerman
Daddy Hugh Grant Makes Another Baby–A Boy–With Tinglan Hong
• February 16, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, China, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Love Actually", Andy Coulson, Baby, Baby Daddy, Cellphones, Electronic Snooping, Elizabeth Hurley, Felix, Grant, He Is The Father, Hugh Grant, Leveson Inquiry, London, Maury Povich, Notting Hill, Paddington, Personal Life, Private Life, Rupert Murdoch, Son, Tabitha, Tinglan Hong, Twitter
Some Thursday Love on Valentine’s Day: Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and Anita Baker
• February 14, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Anita Baker, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Donny Hathaway, Holidays, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Music, Tammi Terrell, The Heart
Tags: African Americans, Anita Baker, Black Women, Blacks, Donny, Donny Hathaway, Donny Osmond, Eric Mercury, Facebook, Funk Brothers, If This World Were Mine, Love, Marriage, Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, Sex, Stevie Wonder, Tammi Terrell, Valentine's Day
A StoryCorps Video About How Astronaut Ronald McNair Integrated His Hometown Library
• February 6, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black Nerds, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Education, History, Love, Music, Public Television, Race, Science, Television
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, California, Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Christa McAuliffe, Desegregation, Ellison Onizuka, Growing Up, Jean Michel Jarre, Lake City South Carolina, Laser Research, McNair, NASA, Physicist, Ronald Ervin McNair, Ronald McNair, Science, Scientist, Segregation, South Carolina, Space Shuttle Challenger, StoryCorps, The Eighties, The Fifties, The Seventies, United States
The Late Eartha Kitt Returns as a Comic Book She-ro
• February 6, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Eartha Kitt, Education, Love, People of Color, Race, Television, Women
Tags: "Batman", "Family Guy", Adam West, Bluewater Production, Catsuit, Catwoman, Comic Books, Comics, ComiXology, Dirk Benedict, Eartha Kitt, Emperor's New School, Julie Newmar, Marc B. Shapiro, New York Times, Orson Welles, Pop Culture, The Sixties, Yzma
Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco Win Libel Case Against The UK’s Sunday Times
• February 5, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, France, Gossip, Health, Japan, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Monaco, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Vanity Fair", Albert II Prince of Monaco, Andrea Casiraghi, Babies, Baby, Baroness de Massy, Charlene, Charlene Princess of Monaco, Children, Crown Princess Masako, Descendants, Diana Princess of Wales, Love, Mark Thomson, Marriage, Monaco, Motherhood, News International, Nicole Coste, Prince Albert, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Antoinette, Princess Caroline, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, Royal Ancestry, Royalty, Rupert Murdoch, Sunday Times, Times
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2012
• February 2, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Arabs, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Drama, European History, Fashion, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Love, Nigeria, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Gone Too Far", "Off the Endz", Albany Theatre, Berbers, Blacks, Bola Agbaje, Britain, Christian Louis de Massy, Death of Stephen Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Drama, Eurovision Song Contest, Guadeloupe, Immigrants, Laurence Olivier Award, London, Loreen, Lorine Zeinab Nora Talhaoui, Metropolitan Police, Monaco, Morrocco, Murder, Nigeria, Order of the British Empire, Playwright, Racism, Royal Court Theatre, Sweden
Rick Stevens and Tower of Power Reunite at Yoshi’s Oakland, Thursday, January 31, 2013
• February 2, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: African Americans, Antioch, Blacks, California, Comeback, David Garibaldi, Drama, Drugs, Emilio Castillo, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Funk Music, Joel Selvin, Larry Braggs, Latin Rock, Love, Michael Carabello, Murder, Music, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Santana, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sheila E., Stephen Kupka, Stevens, The Seventies, Tower, Tower of Power, United States, Yoshi's Oakland
In a Blink of an Eye: It’s Been Forty-Five Years Since Otis Redding’s “(Sitting On) The Dock of The Bay” Was Recorded
• January 9, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Otis Redding, Suicide, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "(Sitting On} The Dock of the Bay", 45th Anniversary, African Americans, Anniversary, Bay, Blacks, Death, Dock of the Bay, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Eric Clapton, Fillmore, Growing Up, Jimi Hendrix, Lake Monona, Madison, Madison WI, Monterey Pop Festival, Otis, Otis Redding, San Francisco, Steve Cropper, Summer of Love, The Bar Kays, The Mar-Kays, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin
That Photo from Facebook: A Child Grasps the Full Meaning of Xmas
• December 25, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Holidays, Love, Spirituality
Tags: "Oh my!", Buddhism, Child, Children, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Presents, Christmas Tree, George, George Takei, Gifts, Growing Up, Killings, Letters to Santa, Love, Missing Xmas, Murder, Newtown Connecticut, Religion and Spirituality, Santa, School Shootings, United States, Xmas
Friday Night Music, December 22, 2012: “Blue Christmas/Xmas (To Whom It May Concern),” Miles Davis and Bob Dorough, 1962
• December 21, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, Miles Davis, Music
Tags: "Blue Xmas", "Mad at Miles", African Americans, Black Relationships, Black Women, Blacks, Blue Christmas, Bob Dorough, Business, Carmen McRae, Christmas, Facebook, Gil Evans, Herbie Hancock, Holidays, Love, Miles Davis, Music, New York City, Pearl Cleage, Santa Claus, Schoolhouse Rock, SGI Buddhism, Small Day Tomorrow, The Holidays, Wayne Shorter, Xmas
The Newtown School Massacre: A Black and Latino Child Died Too
• December 15, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Love, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Religion, Slavery, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, Ana Greene, Aurora CO, Biracial Children, Blacks, Children, Columbine, Connecticut, Domestic Violence, Elementary School, Facebook, Greene, Herald Sun, Jeff Tamarkin, Jimmy Greene, Jovan Belcher, Kassandra Perkins, Love, Marquez-Greene, Marriage, Murder, National Rifle Association, Nelba, New Orleans, Newtown, Newtown Connecticut, NRA, Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School, The Black Panthers, United States, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Christmas Songs: Johnny Mathis, “Sleigh Ride,” 1958
• December 2, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Holidays, Johnny Mathis, Love, Sexuality
Tags: American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, Christmas, Growing Up, Holiday, Johnny Mathis, Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish, Music, Ronettes, Sleigh Ride, Steve Metcalf, United States
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