Police May Nail The Killers of Antonio Santiago Faster Than They Will Find George Zimmerman Guilty, or Find Jonylah Watkins’ Murderers
• March 30, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Education, Gang Violence, Gun Violence, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Associated Press, Baby Killer, Black Motherhood, Black Teenagers, Black Women, Blacks, Brunswick Georgia, California, Chicago, Child Murder, Common Sense, Dominique Lang, Elkins, Facebook, Gangs, Glassey, Gloucester County New Jersey, Hadiya Pendleton, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah Watkins, Luis Santiago, Motherhood, Murder, New Jersey, No Snitching, Racism, Sherry West, Shootings, The No Snitching Rule, Trayvon Martin, 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
And Now, On the Occasion of the Verdict from the Steubenville Rape Trial, I Bring You A Word from Comedian Dick Gregory
• March 18, 2013 • 7 CommentsPosted in American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, CNN, Common Sense, Crime, Crimes Against Humanity, Dick Gregory, Drugs, Football Teams, Growing Up, Guilt (law), Juveniles, Ma'lik Richmond, Ohio, Parties, Pinterest, Rape, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sex Crimes, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Sports, Steubenville High School, Steubenville Ohio, Teenagers, Trains, Trent Mays, United States, Women, Youth
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
The Shaniya Davis Case: Mario McNeill Facing New Charges as Well as Trial on April 8, 2013
• February 15, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", Abuse Pornography, African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Billy West, Biracial Children, Black Children, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Child Exploitation, Child Rape, Child Sex Slave, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, CNN, District Attorney, Fayetteville North Carolina, Fayetteville Observer, Lawyer, McNeil, McNeill, Motherhood, Murder, North Carolina, Rape, Sex, Sex Slave, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Trial, Wednesday
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
Shaniya Davis Trial Postponed AGAIN! Until April, 2013
• February 7, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Motherhood, Rape, African Americans, Murder, North Carolina, Child Abuse, Drugs, Children, United States, Black Women, Shaniya Davis, DSS, North Carolina Department of Social Services, Antoinette Davis, Bradley Lockhart, Mario McNeill, Mario Andrette McNeill, Fayetteville, Child Rape, State Bureau of Investigation, Child Slavery, Drug Debt, Lawyer, Black Motherhood, Defense Attorneys, Fayetteville North Carolina, Trial, Child Sexual Slavery, Pope, WRAL-5, Kudzu, Butch Pope, Terry Alford, Lee-Hartnett Counties
Mario Andrette McNeill, Accused Murderer of Shaniya Davis, Given Trial Date of February 18 and Faces Death Penalty; Mother Antoinette Davis to be Tried Separately
• January 11, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Billy West, Black Women, Child Abuse, Child Murder, Child Sex Slavery, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Slave, Children, District Attorney, Drugs, Fayetteville Observer, Lawyer, Life Imprisonment Without Possibility of Parole, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Mother, Motherhood, Pope, Prosecutors, Rape, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Trial, Trial Date
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
Jovan Belcher and Other Sports-Related Killings: It’s Not Over Until The Victim Blaming Stops
• December 9, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Jovan Belcher-Kassandra Perkins, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, Sports, Suicide, The Brain, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Uncategorized, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anger Management, Armour Boulevard, Belcher, Bentley, Black Women, Blacks, Bob Costas, Brittni Glass, CDC, Children, Chris Henry, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Common Sense, CTE, Deadspin, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drama, Infants, Jamaal Charles, Jason Whitlock, Jovan Belcher, Kansas City Chiefs, Kasi Perkins, Kassandra Perkins, Loleini Tonga, Love, MAAV, Male Athletes Against Violence, Motherhood, Murder, Murder Suicide, Newborn, Perkins, Power and Light District, Pregnancy, Sex, Trey Songz, What About Our Daughters?, Zoe
Vanessa Long Breaks Her Long Silence About Not Divorcing Bishop Eddie Long
• September 8, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Bahamas, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Centino Kemp, Christian Post, Divorce, Eddie Long, IRAs, LGBT, Megachurch, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Retirement Fund, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Ted Haggard, Twitter, United States, Vanessa Long
The Democratic Convention, September 4, 2012: The First Lady Hits It Way Out of The Park
• September 4, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Abortion, Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Bill Maher, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Facebook, Fashion, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Immigration, Labor Relations, Love, Michelle Obama, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Social Security, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Voter Suppression, Women
Tags: 2012 Presidential Campaign, 2012 Presidential Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, Black Women, Blacks, Charlotte North Carolina, Children, Concrete Loop, Democratic National Convention, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, Love, Malia, Malia Obama, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Motherhood, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sasha, Sasha Obama, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Big Dog, The First Lady, United States, White House
Saturday Night Music, September 1, 2012: “Best of My Love,” The Emotions, Live at Sinbad’s Summer Jam, 1998
• September 2, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Love, Music, The Emotions, Women
Tags: "The Midnight Special", African Americans, Al McKay, Arts, Aruba, Black Women, Blacks, California, Caribbean, Clarence McDonald, Comedy, David Adkins, Different World, Earth Wind and Fire, EWF, Funk, HBO, Houseguest, Jingle All the Way, Los Angeles, Love, Maurice White, McDonald, Music, Nostalgia, Showtime, Sinbad, Sinbad's Summer Jam, Soul, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
Mario Andrette McNeill and Antoinette Davis Go on Trial in February for the Murder of Shaniya Davis
• August 18, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette Nicole Davis, Billy West, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Murder, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Slavery, Children, Cumberland County, Davis, District Attorney, Fayetteville North Carolina, Fayetteville Observer, February 2013, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Harnett County North Carolina, Mario Andrette McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Police, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Shaniya Davis, State Bureau of Investigation, United States
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 Black People, Gossip, Race, Celebrities/Royals, Women, Television, Education, The Rest of the World, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Health, People of Color, Sports, United Kingdom, Protestant Denominations, African American History, American History, Cultural History, Travel, Celebrity Children, Venus and Serena Williams, The Summer Olympics 2012, Gabrielle "Gabby" Douglas
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
Tina Turner “Speakeasy” Interview on Canadian TV
• July 23, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhists, Canadian TV, Music, Nichiren Buddhism, Pop, SGI Buddhism, Television, Tina Turner, YouTube
Some Sunday Love: Hazel Scott with a Medley of Gershwin and “Taking a Chance on Love”
• July 22, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Adam Clayton Powell, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cafe Society, Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt, France, Growing Up, Hazel Scott, Lena Horne, Leslie Uggams, Love, Mike Douglas Show, People, Rhapsody in Blue, The Great American Songbook, The Sixties, United States
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
Creflo Thinks He Should Never Have Been Arrested, Because He Didn’t Choke or Slap His Daughter. Here We Go Again…
• June 11, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Domestic Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Creflo Dollar, Domestic Violence, Drama, Eddie Long, Growing Up, Love, News One, Old Testament, Parenting, Pastor, Sunday, United States
The President and The First Lady at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Saturday, April 28, 2012
• April 29, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Fashion, Food, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Republicans in Name Only, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Billy Crystal, Black Women, Dinner, First Lady Michelle Obama, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republican, Seth Meyers, United States, Washington DC, White House Correspondents Association
Audra McDonald and Stephen Colbert Duet The Gershwins’ “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess”
• March 12, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Love, Music, Race, Republicans in Name Only, Sexuality, Stephen Colbert, Women
Tags: African Americans, Audra McDonald, Bess, Black Women, Blacks, Broadway, Drama, George and Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Love, McDonald, Musicals, Porgy, Porgy and Bess, Racism, Stephen Colbert, Theatre, Truthiness, United States
All Female and Nearly All Black: Democratic Georgia State Senators Walk Out Protesting a War on Women
• March 11, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in Abortion, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: Abortion, Access, African Americans, Barry Goldwater, Birth Control, Black Women, Blacks, Democratic Party (United States), Georgia Senate, Georgia State Senate, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Republican, Richard Nixon, Women of Color, Womens Rights, Young Black Women
A Work in Progress Trailer of “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth”
• March 10, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker
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