Archive for August, 2010

Trainwreck: Fantasia Barrino

• August 31, 2010 • 4 Comments

Two Replies to Glenn Beck and The Tea Party Movement

• August 30, 2010 • 3 Comments

The Fifth of Katrina – The Community at Large

• August 30, 2010 • 2 Comments

Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”

• August 30, 2010 • Comments Off on Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”

Only One Black Emmy Winner This Year; But Archie Panjabi Won

• August 30, 2010 • Comments Off on Only One Black Emmy Winner This Year; But Archie Panjabi Won

The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010

The Fifth of Katrina – The People

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Fifth of Katrina – The People

Knifed Cabbie Sharif Meets Mayor Bloomberg; NYPD Finds Attacker Enright’s Journals

• August 27, 2010 • Comments Off on Knifed Cabbie Sharif Meets Mayor Bloomberg; NYPD Finds Attacker Enright’s Journals

Blockbuster Video to Declare Bankruptcy In September

• August 26, 2010 • 1 Comment


Mitrice’s Funeral

• August 26, 2010 • 23 Comments

One More Thing Before I Go Tonight…

• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on One More Thing Before I Go Tonight…

Now They’re Attacking Muslims Over Park 51: Queens Cab Driver Stabbed in The Neck by Passenger Because He Said He Was Muslim

• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on Now They’re Attacking Muslims Over Park 51: Queens Cab Driver Stabbed in The Neck by Passenger Because He Said He Was Muslim

Well, We’re Not Going to Claim THIS Ancestor: DNA Study of Adolf Hitler Shows He Had Jewish and African Roots

• August 25, 2010 • 1 Comment

Ms. Nordegren Regrets…

• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on Ms. Nordegren Regrets…

The Ancestors Summon “The Godfather of the Bass Guitar,” Robert Wilson of The Gap Band, 53

• August 24, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Summon “The Godfather of the Bass Guitar,” Robert Wilson of The Gap Band, 53

The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” Controversy

• August 23, 2010 • Comments Off on The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” Controversy

Saying Goodbye to Mitrice Richardson

• August 23, 2010 • 1 Comment

Ten Store Chains Closing More Stores or Going Out of Business

• August 23, 2010 • 4 Comments

In Case You Still Don’t Get It: A Word From Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney on The N Word

• August 23, 2010 • 1 Comment


Memorial Services for Mitrice Richardson Open to the Public Starting Tomorrow, Friday, August 20

• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Memorial Services for Mitrice Richardson Open to the Public Starting Tomorrow, Friday, August 20

Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO

• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO

There Must Be Thousands of Other Shaquan Duleys, But They Would Not Have Killed Their Kids

• August 17, 2010 • Comments Off on There Must Be Thousands of Other Shaquan Duleys, But They Would Not Have Killed Their Kids

The Ancestors Claim Singer/Actress/Songwriter Abbey Lincoln, 80

• August 15, 2010 • 1 Comment