Centino Kemp, Bishop Long Accuser, Claims Suicide Attempt, But The Other Accusers and Some Friends Aren’t Buying His Story
• November 12, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Books, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Notorious", "Signs of a Predator", "Wild Child Kemp", African Americans, Alexander, Atlanta, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Book, Caribbean, Centino, Centino Kemp, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Dale Russell, Eddie Long, Famous, Gay, Jamal Parris, Kemp, Mental Health, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Safety, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Spencer LeGrande, The Black Church, The Caribbean, The First Lady, Transvestite, United States, Willie Alexander
The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)
• August 24, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Asia Ashford, Associated Press, Baptists, Berry Gordy, Bryant Park, Cancer, Dance, Dancer, Facebook, Gospel, Marvin Gaye, Motown, New York City, New York Times, Nickolas Ashford, Nicole Ashford, Park Benches, Pop Music, R&B, Ray Charles, Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand), Scepter Records, Singers, Songwriters, Soul Music, Tammi Terrell, The Black Church, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Sugar Bar, Theatre District, Throat Cancer, Twitter, Valerie Simpson, White Rock Baptist Church, Whitney Houston, Your Precious Love
Bishop Eddie Long Had a Fifth Accuser
• July 28, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Preachers/Ministers, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, B.J. Bernstein, Bahamas, Baptists, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Centinio Kemp, Centino Kemp, Children, Church, Dale Russell, Eddie Long, Florida, Gays, Homosexual Acts, I-Team, Lawsuit, LGBT, Love, Lovers, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Prosperity Gospel, Queen, Recording Studios, Singer, Taylor Long, The Black Church, Transsexual, Transvestite, Trial, Tricking
Atlanta Fox 5 I-Team Reporter Dale Russell Adds to Story About Bishop Long, Ephren Taylor and The Cheated Parishioners
• February 4, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta GA, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Blacks, Born again (Christianity), Common Sense, Dale Russell, Ephren Taylor, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Presentation, Fox I-Team, Fox News, Illegal Gambling, John Meddling, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Seven Deadly Sins, Sweepstakes Video Games, The Black Church, Vanity, YouTube
“Drumline Live” Touches Down in Madison’s Overture Center for Three Days, November 27, 28, 29
• November 25, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Memoir, New Orleans, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Fights", "The Last Battle", African Americans, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Arts, Band Competition, Black Greeks, Black Women, Blacks, Debt, Don Roberts, Drumline, Financial Mismanagement, Florida A&M University, Fraternities, Growing Up, Halftime Live, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, International Tour, Love, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Morris Brown College, Music, Music Gods, Second Tour, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Black Church, The Overture Center, The Overture Center for the Arts, Tour, United Negro College Fund
The Ancestors Summon “The Godfather of the Bass Guitar,” Robert Wilson of The Gap Band, 53
• August 24, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Gap Band, The Heart
Tags: "Magician's Holiday", "The Godfather of Bass Guitar", ?uestlove, African Americans, Ahmir Thompson, Bassist, Blacks, Brenda Wilson, Charlie Wilson, Coronary, Funk Bassist, Guy and Aaron Hall, Heart Attack, Keith Sweat, Leon Russell, Love, Memorial, Myocardial Infarction, Palmdale CA, R. Kelly, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, The Black Church, The Eighties, The Gap Band, The Roots, The Seventies, The Timeless Music Festival, Tulsa OK, Wayman Tisdale
What Else Andrew Breitbart Doesn’t Know About Shirley Sherrod? He Doesn’t Know $%*@! About the Black Church
• July 22, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Race, Journalism and Ethics, Womanism, Women, Television, American Politics, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Teabagging Party, Class, Democrats in Name Only, Hate Crimes, People of Color, Chicanos/Latinos, Mental Health/Psychology, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Keith Olbermann, Spirituality, Protestant Denominations, African American History, Cultural History, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: African Americans, The Black Church, Latinos, The View, Racism, President Barack Obama, Black Women, Tim Wise, ABC News, Methodist, Hate, Lying, Lies, The Tea Party Movement, Baptist, Andrew Breitbart, Shirley Sherrod, AME, COGIC, Spiritual Church of New Orleans, Holiness, Audience, The Deity, Call and Response, The Tea Party, Race Hate, Charles Sherrod, SNCC, Reverend Charles Sherrod, The Albany Movement, Selma Voting Rights Movement
See Dorothy Height’s Funeral on C-Span 3 and at The Grio (w/Update)
• April 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Race, Barack and Michelle Obama, Women, Television, Education, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Democrats, Protestant Denominations, African American History, American History, Dorothy Height
Tags: African Americans, The Black Church, Blacks, President Barack Obama, Single Black Women, African American Women, National Council of Negro Women, Dorothy Height, The Black Club Movement, Dorothy Irene Height, Eminence Grise, Funerals, Eulogy, Baptist
Wells Fargo Targeted “Mud People” for Subprime “Ghetto” Loans
• June 8, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Consumerism, Homelessness, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy
Tags: "Ghetto Loans", "Mud People", "The Nation", Beth Jacobson, City of Baltimore, Discrimination, Foreclosures, N.A.A.C.P., Racism, Reverse Redlining, The Black Church, The Economy, Tony Paschal, Wells Fargo, Zip Codes
Youssou N’Dour Documentary, “I Bring What I Love,” at 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival
• April 1, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Film, Music, Youssou N'Dour
Tags: I Bring What I Love, Islam, Marabouts, Mbalax, Muezzin, Neneh Cherry, Peter Gabriel, Ray Charles, Senegal, The Black Church, The Mouridiya, Wisconsin Film Festival


























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