Archive for the 'Differently-Abled' Category
LeVar Burton Explains It All For Us When It Comes to “Driving While Black”
• July 3, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, New Orleans, Race, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Burton, California, CNN, Geordi La Forge, Kunta Kinte, LeVar Burton, New Orleans, New York, Reading Rainbow, Roots, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tim Wise, United States
Nancy Lanza, Deceased Mother of the Sandy Hook Killer, Was a “Prepper” and Taught Her Son to Shoot
• December 17, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Obama Administration, Suicide, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Adam, Adam Lanza, Asperger Syndrome, Baggers, Bar, Daily Telegraph, Elementary School, End of the World, Extremists, Lanza, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Nancy, Nancy Lanza, Newtown, Newtown Connecticut, Preppers, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Survivalism, Survivalist Movement, Tavern, Tea Party, Teabaggers, The Economy
Phoebe.
• May 6, 2011 • Comments Off on Phoebe.Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Health, Jews, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Phoebe Snow, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Fresh", African Americans, Ashkenazi, Bessie Smith, Big Bill Broonzey, Billie Holiday, Blacks, Bohemian, CeCe Peniston, Children, Constables on Patrol, Differently-Abled, DNA Analysis, DNA profiling, Four-Octaves, General Foods, George Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Greenwich Village, Growing Up, Hallmark, Howard Stern, Iberian Peninsula, Jackson Browne, Jewry, Jews, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Martha Graham, Mavis Staples, Medically-Induced Coma, Michael McDonald, Michelob, Mother, Mother's Day, Muslims, New York, New York Rock and Soul Revue, Passing, Phil Kearns, Phoebe Ann Loeb, Phoebe Snow, Poetry Man, Robert DeNiro, Santana, Sephardic, Singer Songwriter, Sly Stone, Television Commercials, The Seventies, The Sisters of Glory, Thelma Houston, TV Commercials, Valerie Kearns, Woodstock 25
When Nadin Khoury, The Boy Hung From a Fence, Visited “The View”
• February 4, 2011 • Comments Off on When Nadin Khoury, The Boy Hung From a Fence, Visited “The View”Posted in Africans, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Differently-Abled, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View
Tags: Behavioral Problems, Bullying, DeSean Jackson, Hanging, Jamaal Jackson, Liberia, Libero-Americans, Lynched, Nadin Khoury, New York Times, Opportunity Center, Parents, Rebecca Wright, Remedial Studies, Teenagers, The View, Todd Herremans, Torture, Troubled Teens, United States, Upper Darby Township Delaware County Pennsylvania
The Ancestors Take Home Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist James Moody, 85
• December 11, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Take Home Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist James Moody, 85Posted in African American History, American History, Ba'hais, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, European History, France, Health, Italy, James Moody, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World War II
Tags: Aretha Franklin, Be-Bop, Be-Bop Jazz, Bill Cosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Flautist, Flute, Funeral Services, George Wein, James Moody, James Moody Jazz Scholarship for Newark Youth Fund, Jazz, King Pleasure, Lou Watters, Moody's Mood for Love, Pancreatic Cancer, Quincy Jones, San Diego, San Diego CA, San Diego County, San Diego Union-Tribune, Saxophone, Saxophonist, The Grammys, The Visionary Project, Van Morrison, Wynton Marsalis
Is James Jones a Hero? Outraged Father of Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Confronts the Bullies on the School Bus
• September 20, 2010 • 7 CommentsPosted in Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Discipline", African Americans, Anti-Bullying Policy, Anti-Social Behavior, Black Families, Black Parents, Blacks, Buddhism, Buddhists, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Catholic Church, Catholic School, Conception, Condoms, Daughter, Gay Bait, Generations, Greenwood Lakes Middle School, Growing Up, Hero, Insensitivity, James Jones, Juvenile Court, Juvie, Lake Mary FL, Lake Mary Florida, Love, New Orleans, Nuns, OHellNawl, Prison, Prison Industry, Private School, Punching, Resources, School Administrators, School Bus, Schools, Seminole County, Seminole County Jail, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Slaus, Special Needs Child, Suicide, Suicide Watch, Teachers, The Sixties, Thuggish, Thugs, Thugs-in-Training, Triflin', Uncouth, Verbal Abuse, Violence and Abuse, Waste
August Update on Bruce Jackson of the Four Starved Brothers: Judge Refuses to Unseal 2006 Records Regarding Care
• September 1, 2010 • Comments Off on August Update on Bruce Jackson of the Four Starved Brothers: Judge Refuses to Unseal 2006 Records Regarding CarePosted in Black People, Class, Differently-Abled, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race
Tags: "The Philadelphia Inquirer", Abuse, Adopted Brother, Adoptive Parents, African Americans, Blacks, Brothers, Bruce Jackson, Care, Child Abuse, Confidential Records, Conservator, Developmentally Disabled, Differently-Abled, Disabled, Dropping the Anvil, Four Starved Brothers, Group Home, Growing Up, Haddonfield, Haddonfield New Jersey, Incompetent, Inquirer, John Connell, Judge Mary Eva Colalillo, Los Angeles, Maturity, Michael Jackson, New Jersey, Racism, Sexuality, Superior Court, Transparency, Trending
Bruce Jackson of the Four Starved Brothers Headlined in Inquirer Story
• August 2, 2010 • 5 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Domestic Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Philadelphia Inquirer", African Americans, Amber Parrish, Blacks, Brothers, Bruce Jackson, Child Abuse, Children, Collingswood, Differently-Abled, Disabililty Rights of New Jersey, Disability Rights, Growing Up, James and Amber Parrish, Joe Young, Michael Parrish, Reverend James Parrish, Secluded, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sequestered, Starved, Starved Brothers, Starved to Death, Terrell Parrish, Tre'Shawn Parrish, Vanessa Jackson
Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Elderly Former Dane County Alderman Busted for Placing an Ad on Craig’s List for Someone to Build Him a Mail Bomb for His Wife’s Boyfriend
• July 18, 2010 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Elderly Former Dane County Alderman Busted for Placing an Ad on Craig’s List for Someone to Build Him a Mail Bomb for His Wife’s BoyfriendPosted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Domestic Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "You Light Up My LIfe", Ad, Affair, Alderman, Alderwoman, Assisted Living Aide, ATF, Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide, Bomb, Bomb Making, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, County of Dane, Craig's List, Craigslist, Dane County, Divorce, Dorothy Wheeler, Elderly, Flesh, Heather Snively, Homicide, Jansson Wheeler, Joe Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Korena Roberts, Latex, Lover, Madison, Madison Police Department, Madison WI, Marriage, Milwaukee Craig's List, Montana, Murder Suicide, Newborn, Oregon, Philip Markoff, Portland OR, Revenge Killing, Sex Lives, Sexuality, The Craigslist Killer, The Madison Police Department
Gary Coleman, 42, Joins the Ancestors
• May 28, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Differently-Abled, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Avenue Q", "Different Strokes", "People Magazine", African Americans, Brain Hemorrhage, Child Actor, Child Star, Death, Gary Coleman, Provo UT, Utah
Update on the Four N.J. Starved Brothers: Why is Bruce Jackson Being Kept from Seeing His Brothers?
• May 8, 2010 • 19 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Philadelphia Inquirer", Adopted Brother, Bruce Jackson, Contact, Criminal Attorney, Developmentally Disabled, Differently-Abled, Disability Rights of New Jersey, Forced Starvation, Guardianship Services, Incompetence, Interaction, James and Amber Parrish, Michael Critchley Sr., Michael Parrish, New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services, Starvation, State Guardian, Terrell Parrish, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Tre'Shawn Parrish
The Other Black Oscar Winners…Both Firsts, But Probably Not in the Way You Think
• March 8, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Awards, Black People, Class, Differently-Abled, Documentary, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Health, Liyana, Music, People of Color, Prudence Mabhena, Race, Television, The Rest of the World, Women, Zimbabwe
Tags: "Music by Prudence", "Precious", "The Los Angeles Times", African Americans, Arthrogryposis, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Documentary Short Subject, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Creative Control, Drama, Elinor Burkett, Geoffrey Shawn Fletcher, Kanye West, Kanye'd, Liyana, Oscar, Prudence Mabhena, Roger Ross Williams, The Oscars, Zimbabwe
The New Jersey Black Boys Who Were Nearly Starved to Death Six Years Ago Are Thriving, Growing Up…and Are Loved
• March 3, 2010 • 16 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Differently-Abled, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Religion, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Bruce Jackson, Camden County, CBS, Child Abuse, Child Beaters, Child Molesters, Child Neglect, Children, Collingswood, Discovery, Domestic Abusers, Eating Disorders, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Forced Starvation, Fundamentalist Christians, Growing Up, Home-Schooled, Michael Parrish, Motherhood, New Jersey, Raymond Jackson, Sect, Self Image, Self-Worth, Serial Rapists, Starvation, Terrell Parrish, Tre'Shawn Parrish, Vanessa Jackson, William Jackson, Without Remorse
MSNBC’s Chris “Tweety” Matthews: “I Forgot [Obama] Was Black Tonight”; But He Doesn’t and Neither Do We
• January 28, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Differently-Abled, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Teabagging Party, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African American, African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Blue Dogs, CAPA, Children, Chris Matthews. Tweety, Constables on Patrol, Creative and Performing Arts High School, Crime, Cultural Identity, David Sisek, Differently-Abled, Excessive Force, Fat Cats, High School Students, Jordan Miles, Mentally Challenged, Michael Suldette, MSNBC, Pittsburgh PA, Police Brutality, Post-Racial Era, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racial Identity, Racial Profiling, Republicans, Revolt, Richard Ewing, State of the Union Address, Tea Party Movement, Teenagers, Terez Miles, The Blue Curtain, Wall Street, WPXI
Turning Off His Light: Teddy Pendergrass Joins the Ancestors at 59
• January 14, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Differently-Abled, Health, Love, Music, Sexuality, Teddy Pendergrass, Women
Tags: "If You Don't Know Me By Now", "The Love I Lost", "Truly Blessed", "Wake Up Everybody", Aural Viagra, Bisexuality, Differently-Abled, Eddie Murphy, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Love, Paralysis, Philadelphia International Records, Philadelphia PA, R&B, Sex, Sexuality, Stanford University, Teddy Bear, Teddy P, Teddy Pendergrass, Tenika Wilson, The Eighties, The Marguerite, The Seventies, TP, Women
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