Ana Grace Márquez-Greene, Slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School, To Be Laid to Rest Saturday, December 22, in Bloomfield, CT
• December 20, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Education, American Politics, Crime, Class, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Facebook, Mass Shootings
Tags: African American, African Americans, Blacks, Murder, Street Violence, Chicago, Children, Daughter, Love, United States, Funeral, Facebook, Philadelphia, East Palo Alto, Child, Burial, Biracial, Puerto Rico, Latina, Connecticut, Biracial Children, Latino, Funeral Services, Newtown, Ana Greene, Jimmy Greene, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Ana Marquez-Greene, Ana, Western Connecticut State University, Nelba Marquez-Greene, Drive Bys, Stray Bullets, Mass Murder
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Democrats and Independents, You Gotta Vote Come November and Here is How
• September 3, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Education, History, National Issues, People of Color, Race, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Baggers, Blacks, Common Sense, Democratic, GOP, J.B. Van Hollen, Latino, League of Women Voters, List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin, Madison WI, Paul Ryan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republican, Republicans, Supreme Court, Tampa Florida, Teabaggers, The Tea Party, True the Vote, United States, Voter ID Laws, Voter Registration, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas Triumphs at the Olympics…Despite Disses About The State of Her Hair and About Her Blackness
• August 4, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gabrielle "Gabby" Douglas, Gossip, Health, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, Travel, United Kingdom, Venus and Serena Williams, Women
Tags: "Advertising Age", African American, African Americans, Arielle Hawkins, Balance Beam, Black Hair, Black Teenagers, Black Women, Blacks, Common Sense, Gabby, Gabby Douglas, Gabrielle Douglas, Growing Up, Gymnastics, Hair, Iowa, Jordyn Wieber, Olympic, Olympic Games, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sister, Teenagers, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, The Summer Olympics, Uneven Bars, United States, West Des Moines IA, Young Black Girls.Young Black Women
Serena Does It Again at Wimbledon; Shares Doubles Title with Sister Venus
• July 7, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Auto-Immune Diseases, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, United Kingdom, Venus and Serena Williams, Womanism, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Agnieszka Radwańska, Andrea Hlaváčková, Black Women, Blacks, Centre Court, Grand Slam, Love, Martina Navratilova, Radwanska, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Serena, Serena Williams, The Championships Wimbledon, United States, Venus, Venus Williams, Williams
Kimberly Anyadike Becomes The Youngest Black Woman To Fly Solo Across The U.S.
• January 4, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Kimberly Anyadike, Love, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Black Girl, Black Girls, Black Teen, Black Teens, California, Children, CNN, Flying, Girl Pilot, Good News, Google, Growing Up, Kimberly, Kimberly Anyadike, News One, Pilot, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, United States, Woman Pilot, Your Black World
Eddie Murphy with Leno on “The Tonight Show,” Eleven One Eleven
• November 2, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Television
Tags: "Harlem Nights", "Norbit", "Shadow and Act", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", 11/1/11, 8 Kids, Academy Award, African American, African Americans, Ben Stiller, Black Women, Blacks, Charlie Murphy, Chris Rock, Comeback, Dave Chappelle, Drama, Eddie, Eddie Murphy, Eight Children, Grandfather, Growing Up, Jay Leno, Laughing, Laughter, Leno, Martin Lawrence, Matthew Broderick, Maturity, Movie, Rolling Stone Magazine, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Smack, SNL, SNL Alumni, Stand-Up, Stand-Up Comedian, The Eighties, The Tonight Show, Tower Heist, Tracey Edmonds, Tracy Morgan, United States
Derrion Albert Case Concludes in Chicago with Four Defendants Tried and Convicted as Adults, One as Juvenile, But No One Really Wins
• June 3, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Anjanette Albert, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Crime, Education, Gang Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Altgeld Gardens, Anjanette Alibert, Anthony Dawson, Arne Duncan, Black Women, Blacks, Cartoons, Chicago, Chicago IL, Christian Fenger Academy High School, Common Sense, Convicted Felon, Convicted Murderer, Cook County, Derrion Albert, End of Story, Eric Carson, Eric Holder, Eugene Riley, Faux Noise, Fox News, Growing Up, Growing Up The Hard Way, Honor Student, Honor Students, Human Being, Justice, Kool Moe Dee, Lapoleon Colbert, Motherhood, Murder, Murder of Derrion Albert, Murderers, Plea, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Silvonus Shannon, The Roadrunner, The Ville, United States, Wild Wild West, Wile E. Coyote
The Ancestors Welcome Poet-Singer-Musician Gil Scott-Heron, Known For “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”; Father of the Spoken Word Movement and a Progenitor of Hip Hop
• May 28, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Environmental Crimes, Hate Crimes, Homelessness, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Joblessness, Music, National Issues, Race, Revolutions, Television, Television Series, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Winter in America", African American, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Alec Wilkinson, Blacks, Brenda Sykes, Brian Jackson, Chuck D, Drug Addict, Drugs, Gia Scott-Heron, Gil Scott-Heron, I'm New Here, Jamaica, Jamaican Ancestry, Kanye West, Musician, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, New York, New York City, Racism, Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Ron Carter, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, We Almost Lost Detroit
The President and The First Lady in Ireland
• May 23, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Immigration, Ireland, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Scotland, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Ancestry, Barack Obama, Blacks, Enda Kenny, George W. Bush, Great Famine (Ireland), Ireland, Irish American, Irish of Color, Love, Moneygall, Muhammad Ali, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republic of Ireland, Taoiseach, The Great Famine, The Irish Diaspora, United States
Getting “Real”: Bill Maher’s New Rules For Republicans After The Past Two Weeks
• May 8, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Maher, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Real Time with Bill Maher", Africa, African American, African Americans, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bill Maher, Black, Cleaning House, Comedy, Commentary, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Defense, FBP, First Black President, GOP, Grecian Formula, HBO, Just for Men, Michael Eric Dyson, National Security, Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama, Punditry, Pundits, Racism, Republican, Saudi Arabia, Seth Meyers, The Economy, The Rich, The White House Correspondents' Dinner, Timothy Geithner, Tora Bora, Twin Towers, United States
The Ancestors Bring Home Manning Marable, 60, Author-Scholar-Activist, Two Days Before He Was To Publish His Bio of Malcolm X
• April 2, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", African American, Alex Haley, Civil Rights, Columbia University, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Double Lung Transplant, Hip Hop Generation, Legacy, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, New York City, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Sarcoidosis, The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race Class and Power, The Great Wells Of Democracy: The Meaning Of Race In American Life, Transplant, University of Wisconsin Madison, UW-Madison, Working Families, Working Families Party
Justice At Last For Recy Taylor? (w/Updates)
• March 21, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Recy Taylor, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "At the Dark at the End of the Street", Abbeville Alabama, African American, African Americans, Alabama, Apology, Black Women, Blacks, Danielle McGuire, Grand Jury, Henry County, Jim Crow laws, Journal of American History, Lynching, Marriage, Montgomery Bus Boycott, PTSD, Racism, Rape, Recy Taylor, Rep. Dexter Grimsley, Robert Corbitt, Rosa Parks, The Civil Rights Movement, The Forties, The South, The Women's Movement, United States, White Supremacy
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2010
• December 6, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fashion, Film, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Immigration, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Activists, African American, African American History, African Americans, Afro-British, Afro-French, Afro-German, Afro-Greek, Afro-Russian, Afro-Swedish, Athletes, Black People, Black Women, Blacks, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dounne Alexander, Educators, Europe, Grace Bumbry, History, Liechtenstein, Models, Norway, Politicians, Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, Singers, Spain, Sweden, Trisha Goddard, United States, Yvette Jarvis
Have You Voted Yet? If Not, Vote Democratic Party Today No Matter What
• November 1, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: African American, Birth Certificate, Birthers, Black Middle Class, Black Youth, Blacks, Christian Right Wing, City Clerk, Clintonistas, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney, David Mahoney, Democratic, Democratic Leadership Council, Democratic Party, Democrats in Name Only, Domestic Violence, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eugene Walker, Ex-Convict, Ex-Girlfriend, Faux Noise, Food Stamps, Fox News, Franklin Roosevelt, Gallup Polls, GOP, Grassroots Democrats, Health Care, Hippie Punching, Illinois, K Street, Kendrick Meek, Lower Class Blacks, Madison Farmers' Market, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI, Mother, Parties, Pat Buchanan, Pat Moynihan, Police Murder, Police Shooting, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Privatizing Social Security, Republican, Richard Nixon, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, Senator Russ Feingold, Tea Party, Teabagging, The Democratic Party, The Green Party, The Koch Brothers, The Tea Party, United States, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin
The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street Video
• October 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Africans, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "I Whip My Hair", "Sesame Street", "The Bluest Eye", "The Spook Show", ABC News, African American, Angelina Jolie, Anything Muppet, Barbie Dolls, Biracial, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Muppet Girl, Black Women, Blacks, Blonde, Blue Contact Lenses, Children, Culture, Deep, Girls of Color, Growing Up, Joey Mazzarino, Latinas, Latinos, Love, Mash-up, NBC News, Racism, Segi Mazzarino, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Straight, Television, The Media, Toni Morrison, Towel, Viral, W, Whoopi Goldberg, Willow Smith, Women of Color, Zahara Jolie-Pitt
Over a Million Hits to a Fox Affiliate to See This Video of Jamal Parris Saying Where and When Bishop Long Wanted Sex
• October 1, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African American, African Americans, Alone, Anthony Flagg, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Automobiles, Blacks, Cars, Church, Civil Suit, Civil Suits, Coercion, Cul-de-Sac, Cult, Dale Russell, Faux News, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Gays, Growing Up, International Travel, Jamal Parris, Lawsuit, Leon Wright, LGBT, Long Fellows Youth Academy, Mega-Church, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Rendezvous, Rod 2.0, Rupert Murdoch, Seduction, Sex, Sex Crimes, Sexual Relationship, Sexuality, South DeKalb, Support Groups, Tract Home, Trips, Video, WAGA-TV
A Disappointed Member of the Black Middle Class Addresses the President
• September 21, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African American, Alternatives, American Dream, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Foreclosures, Joblessness, Middle-Class, New York Times, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Real Estate, Republicans, Subprime Loans, The Black Middle Class, The Economy, Third Political Party, Two-Party System, United States, Velma Hart, Veteran, Washington
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in October
• September 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Birthplace, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Marie Osbey, Children, Civil Rights, Creole Speaking, Creole Woman of Color, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Dr. Richard Davis, Eric Foner, Faubourg Tremé, French Speaking, Gens de Couleur, Glen David Andrews, Hurricane Katrina, Irving Trevigne, Jazz, John Hope Franklin, Lolis Eric Elie, Love, Madison Public Library, Marriage, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Racism, South, South Madison Branch
UPDATE: Bethany Storro Acid Attack a Hoax: I’m Getting Really Tired of These Psychos Blaming Blacks
• September 17, 2010 • 9 CommentsPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Columbian", "The Vancouver Voice", Acid Attack, African American, Ashley Todd, Bethany Storro, Bonnie Anne Sweeten, Burn, Cambodia, Charles Stuart, Copycat Crime, Derri Dias Velarde, Duke Lacrosse Team, Family, Fear, Health Insurance, Hoax, Jesse Anderson, Katheryn Russell-Brown, Latina, Marcus Griffith, Mesa AZ, Pakistan, Police, Psychos, Race, Racial, Racial Undertones, Racism, Susan Smith, Tawana Brawley, The Criminalblackman, The Media, The Oprah Winfrey Show, United States, Vancouver WA, Wisconsin
The Ancestors Summon Artist Varnette Honeywood, 60
• September 14, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Art, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Race, Varnette Honeywood, Women
Tags: "The Cosby Show", African American, African American Art, African Americans, Art, Artist, Bill Cosby, Black Art, Black Women, Blacks, California, Delta Sigma Theta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Love, Marriage, Originals, Southern California, Terry McMillan, The Eighties, The Huxtables, The Nineties, Tulane University, United States, Varnette Honeywood, Varnette P. Honeywood
The Fifth of Katrina – The Community at Large
• August 30, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "When the Levees Broke", Affordable Housing, African American, Bennie Pete, Bounce Music, California, Children, Civil Rights, FEMA Trailers, Harry Cook, Homeless, Homelessness, Housing Projects, Hurricane Katrina, Low-Cost Housing, Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New York, New York City, NYU, Oklahoma, Rental Property, Rentals, Rents, Sandra Bullock, Tennessee, The Great Recession, The Hot 8 Brass Band, The Lower Nine, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Ninth Ward, Tulane University, United States, Warren Easton High School, Young Urban Redevelopment Professionals
The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92
• May 10, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Stormy Weather", Activist, Affairs, African American, African Americans, Artie Shaw, Billy Strayhorn, Black Sororities, Black Woman, Blacks, Brooklyn NY, Cafe Society, Civil Rights Activist, Delta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Donald Bogle, France, Gail Lumet Buckley, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, James Gavin, Janet Jackson, Joe Louis, Katherine Dunham, Kevin Buckley, Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton, Love, Malcolm X, Marriage, New York City, Orson Welles, Racism, Recluse, Secret Marriage, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Singer, Soror, The Eighties, The Fillmore, The Horn, The Nineties, The Sixties
The Nike Ad: Tiger Woods and His Father Earl’s Voice
• April 8, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Asian American, Augusta GA, Biracial, Blacks, Branding, Earl Woods, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Endorsements, Endorser, Father, Fatherhood, Georgia, Golf, Growing Up, Infidelity, Love, Love of the Game, Love of Work, Nike, Rebranding, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex Scandal, Sports, The Masters, The Swoosh, Tiger Woods
Where Shaniya Was Found Is Now An Impromptu Memorial Site
• March 26, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes
Tags: African American, African American Women, Biracial, Child Abuse, Children, Crosses, Daughter, Goddaughter, Grandchild, Lee County, Memorial Site, Rape, Self-Worth, Shaniya Davis, Sister, Stuffed Animals, Walker Road
Black Surfers? It’s Not Just a White Thing. “Whitewash,” Black Surfing Documentary Narrated by Ben Harper and Black Thought of The Roots Now at Hulu
• December 13, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Black Surfers, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Music, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, Weather, Women
Tags: African American, Amelia Earhart, Beach Boys, Ben Harper, Black People, Black Surfers, Black Thought, California Girls, Coast Starlight, Documentary, Don Schollander, Esther Williams, Ethnicity, Fordham University, Gidget, James Brown, John Hoberman, Kelly Slater, Los Angeles, Memoir, New Orleans, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Soui, Southern California, Sports Commentator, Surf, Surf Culture, Surfing, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tariq Trotter, The Roots, United States, Whitewash