“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
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
Shaniya Davis: Twelve Jurors Finally Seated for Mario McNeill Trial; Four Alternates to Follow
• April 17, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Girls, Blacks, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Cumberland County Superior Court, Drama, Fayetteville Observer, Harnett County North Carolina, Jim Ammons, Jury, Jury Contamination, Jury Seated, Jury Selection, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Rape, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Shaniya Davis, Tuesday
Shaniya Davis: McNeill Says He’s Innocent and Refuses a Plea Deal as Nine Out of the Twelve Are Chosen for the Jury, But There’s a Problem
• April 11, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Ammons, Bill Kirby, Blacks, Children, Cumberland County Courthouse, Fayetteville Observer, Jury Contamination, Jury Selection, Life Imprisonment Without Possibility of Parole, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Plea, Plea Bargain, Pope, Rape, Sex, Shaniya Davis, United States
Shaniya Davis: The Girl’s Aunt Brenda Dated Mario McNeill Three Months Before The Murder
• April 6, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Crime, Cultural History, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, American Broadcasting Company, Antoinette Davis, Blacks, Brenda Davis, Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Slavery, Children, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Observer, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Rape, Sex, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Sister
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
Shaniya Davis: The Trial is a Go for Monday, April 8, After McNeill’s Lawyers Are Denied Another Postponement
• April 3, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Biracial Children, Blacks, Child Abuse, Child Murder, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Fayetteville Observer, Lawyer, McNeill, Monday, North Carolina, Sex, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Trial
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
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
The Ancestors Welcome Bobby Smith, 76, Lead Singer of The Spinners
• March 18, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, The Spinners
Tags: African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Bobbie Smith, Bobby Smith, Cancer, Detroit, Detroit MI, Ferndale MI, G.C. Cameron, Growing Up, Henry Fambrough, Lead Singer, Lung Cancer, Motown, Oldies, Orlando FL, Pervis Jackson, Philippé Wynne, Smith, Soul Train Music Cruise, Spinner, Stevie Wonder, The Motor City, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thom Bell
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 • 6 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
Entering The Arena: The Right Wing Attacks on Zerlina Maxwell
• March 12, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Domestic Violence, Education, Facebook, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Slavery, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: "The Ed Show", African Americans, Blacks, Bystander Effect, ColorLines, Death Threats, Ebony Magazine, Faux Noise, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Grio, Hannity, Harassment, Hate Crimes, Imprisonment, International Women's Day, LGBT, Maxwell, Rape, Sean Hannity, Sex, Steubenville Ohio, Twitter, VAWA, Washington Times, Zerlina Maxwell
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
Archaeologist Hilke Thuer Wants to Prove Bones Are of Cleopatra’s Sister, But Without the Skull There’ll Always Be a Shadow of a Doubt
• March 1, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Africans, Archaeology, Celebrities/Royals, Classical History, Cultural History, Documentaries, Education, Egypt, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Turkey, World History
Tags: "Cleopatra Portrait of a Killer", "Cleopatra", Africa, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Austrian Academy of Science, BBC One, Black Ancestry, Blacks, Charlotte Observer, Classical History, Cleopatra VII, DNA, Dynasty, Egyptian, Ephesus, Greco-Roman, Greeks, Half-Sister, Julius Caesar, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Sister, Temple of Artemis, The Ptolemies, Turkey, Tutankhamun
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
Shaniya Davis: In Two Hand-Written Letters, Accused Murderer Mario McNeill Proclaims His Innocence
• February 21, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Capital Punishment, Child Abuse, Children, Cumberland County, Cumberland County Detention Center, Cumberland County Superior Court, Death Penalty, Drugs, Fayetteville Observer, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Nicole Davis, North Carolina, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Trial, United States, Wednesday
Bishop Eddie Long Subject of New Book Published by Centino Kemp and Subject of Lawsuit Brought by New Birth Parishioners
• February 16, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Crime, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion
Tags: Abusive Relationships, African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Gays, Blacks, Centino Kemp, Cheating, Coming of Age Story, Drama, Eddie Long, Ephren Taylor, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Presentation, First Lady, Florida, Georgia Voice, Homosexuality, Kemp, Kindle, LGBT, Lust, Mental Cruelty, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Nonfiction, Power, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Suicide Attempts, Taylor, Television, The First Lady, Twitter, United States, Valentine's Day
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: Sex, Motherhood, Rape, African Americans, CNN, Blacks, Murder, North Carolina, Children, Black Children, Black Women, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Shaniya Davis, Antoinette Davis, "The Fayetteville Observer", Bradley Lockhart, Abuse Pornography, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sex Slave, Child Rape, Billy West, Lawyer, Biracial Children, District Attorney, Fayetteville Observer, Child Exploitation, Fayetteville North Carolina, Trial, McNeill, McNeil, Wednesday, Sex Slave
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
Link to Live Stream of Hadiya Pendleton Funeral, Greater Harvest Baptist Church, February 9, 2013
• February 9, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Gang Violence, Mass Shootings, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Uncategorized
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Girls, Blacks, Chicago Sun-Times, Children, Danny K. Davis, First Lady, First Lady Michelle Obama, FLOTUS, Greater Harvest Baptist Church, Growing Up, Hadiya, Hadiya Pendleton, Hyde Park, King College Prep, Murder, President, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rahm Emmanuel
The Ancestors Take Jazz Trumpeter Donald Byrd, 80
• February 8, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Donald Byrd, Music, Who I Am
Tags: African Americans, Art Blakey, Bebop, Blackbyrds, Blacks, Byrd, Donald Byrd, Growing Up, Herbie Hancock, Hiphop, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Miles Davis, Music, Samples, Sonny Rollins, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, Thelonious Monk, United States
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