Archive for the 'Spirituality' Category
• January 18, 2014 •
Comments Off on LIVE STREAMING: Homegoing of Poet Amiri Baraka at the Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey
Posted in African American History, African History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Drama, Love, Music, Public Access, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: African Americans, Amina Baraka, Amiri Baraka, Blacks, Cultural Nationalism, Drama, Essays, LeRoi Jones, Marxism, New Jersey, Newark, Newark New Jersey, Playwright, Poetry, Politics, Racism, United States
• April 17, 2013 •
Comments Off on Magic’s Son E.J. in First Interview Since Coming Out
Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gossip, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Coming Out, Ellen DeGeneres, Gay-Friendly, GWist.TV, Howard Bragman, Johnson, Joy Behar Show, LGBT, Logo, Magic Johnson, New York University, RuPaul, Sunset Strip, YouTube
• March 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on Tina Turner is Becoming a Swiss Citizen for Love, Not for Evading American Taxes
Posted in African American History, American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Switzerland, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tina Turner, Travel, Women
Tags: American Citizenship, Armani, Capitol Records, Carl Jung, Chateau Algonquin, Craig Hill, Eduardo Saverin, EMI, EMI Germany, Erwin Bach, Europe, French Riviera, German, Germany, Ike Turner, Küsnacht, Kuesnacht, Long Term Relationship, Love, Millionaires, Nina Simone, Papparazzi, Phil Spector, Ronnie Turner, Soka Gakkai International - Switzerland, Swiss Bank Accounts, Switzerland, Taxes, Tina, Tina Turner, U.S. Citizenship, United States, Zurich
• December 25, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Photo from Facebook: A Child Grasps the Full Meaning of Xmas
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Holidays, Love, Spirituality
Tags: "Oh my!", Buddhism, Child, Children, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Presents, Christmas Tree, George, George Takei, Gifts, Growing Up, Killings, Letters to Santa, Love, Missing Xmas, Murder, Newtown Connecticut, Religion and Spirituality, Santa, School Shootings, United States, Xmas
• September 9, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: “Stand!” Sly and the Family Stone, 1969
Posted in American History, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Love, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Sexuality, Sly and The Family Stone, Spirituality, Stevie Wonder, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: "Fulfillingness First Finale", "I Want to Take You Higher", American Politics, Cynthia Robinson, Everyday People, Gospel, Gospel Extension, Gospel Music, Jerry Martini, Love, Politics, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Simple Song, Sly, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly Stone, Standing Up, Struggle, The 2012 Presidential Campaign, The Democratic National Convention 2012, The Democratic Party, The Sixties, United States
• July 23, 2012 •
Comments Off on Tina Turner “Speakeasy” Interview on Canadian TV
Posted 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
• July 8, 2012 •
Comments Off on Yep, It’s Official: Fantasia and Antwaun Are Done; He’s Going For Reality Stars Now
Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fantasia Barrino, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: "American Idol", "Even Angels", Antwaun Cook, Baby Daddy, Baby Mama, Bad Girls Club, Birthday, Caribbean, Celebrity, D List, D Listers, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Grammy Award Winner, Hustlers, Instagram, Jesus, Kendra James, Paula Cook, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago, Whitney Houston
• March 10, 2012 •
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Posted 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
• February 21, 2012 •
2 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Supremes/Diana Ross and The Supremes, Women
Tags: "Up the Ladder to the Roof", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cindy Birdsong, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Frank Wilson, Funk Brothers, Jean Terrell, Love, Mary Wilson, Motown, Motown Records, Ross, Shopping, Supremes, The Seventies, United States, Vincent DiMirco, Wah-wah pedal
• February 18, 2012 •
Comments Off on Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month
Posted in African American History, American History, Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Gwen Ifill, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Valerie Simpson, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Ashford, Ashford and Simpson, Berry Gordy, Black History Month, Black Women, Blacks, Brother Ray, Celebrity Deaths, Death, Gwen Ifill, Interview, Love, Love Songs, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Nickolas Ashford, Passing, Public Television, Ray Charles, Simpson, Tammi Terrell, Teddy Pendergrass, The Eighties, The Seventies, Tivos, Valerie Simpson, W, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television
• January 22, 2012 •
Comments Off on Louis and “Louis”
Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Louis Armstrong, Love, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Coleman, Anthony Isaiah Coleman, Blacks, Boy, Documentary, Educational TV, Fictionalized, Film Documentary, Flushing Cemetery, Growing Up, Homage, Idiom, Kalamu, Kalamu ya Salaam, London Jazz Festival, Louis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Louisiana, Love, Lucille Armstrong, Melodrama, NeoGriot, New Orleans, Satchmo, Silent Film, Street Urchin, United States, Wynton Marsalis, YouTube
• January 8, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Cartoon From Facebook, “Genius”
Posted in Celebrity Children, Class, Love, Spirituality
Tags: Beatle, Cartoon, Children, Collections, Cynthia Lennon, Facebook, Growing Up, Hey Jude, John, John Lennon, Julian, Julian Lennon, Memorabilia, Online Communities, Paul McCartney, Photography, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Beatles
• December 31, 2011 •
Comments Off on The New Year, 2012, Arrives
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, People of Color, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Who I Am, World History
Tags: Asia, Auckland, Australia, International Date Line, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Year, New Years Eve, New Zealand, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Samoa, Samoan, Samoans, Sydney, Tokelau
• December 27, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cooking, Music, Music Videos, Spirituality, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blood Clot, California, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CNN, Common Sense, Death, Eddie Murphy, Heart Disease, Heavy D, London, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Meals, Mia Amber Davis, Obesity, Plates, Pounds, Pulmonary Embolism, Rappers, Rapping, Thrombus, Tower Heist, Trans-Atlantic, Transatlantic Plane Flights, United States
• December 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Luther Vandross and Chaka Khan, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Posted in African American History, Chaka Khan, Cultural History, Health, Love, Luther Vandross, Music, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", Chaka Khan, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Erotic, Facebook, Luther Vandross, Old School, Romantic, Singing, Warner Bros.
• December 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on Black Surfers? It’s Not Just a White Thing. “Whitewash,” Black Surfing Documentary Narrated by Ben Harper and Black Thought of The Roots Now at Hulu
Posted in African American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Black Surfers, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Music, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, Weather, Women
Tags: African American, Amelia Earhart, Beach Boys, Ben Harper, Black People, Black Surfers, Black Thought, California Girls, Coast Starlight, Documentary, Don Schollander, Esther Williams, Ethnicity, Fordham University, Gidget, James Brown, John Hoberman, Kelly Slater, Los Angeles, Memoir, New Orleans, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Soui, Southern California, Sports Commentator, Surf, Surf Culture, Surfing, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tariq Trotter, The Roots, United States, Whitewash
• December 6, 2011 •
4 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Adrienne Hunter-Strothers, AIDS, Alimony, Assets, Attorneys, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Woman Attorney, Custody, Discovery, Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Eddie Long, Ex-Wife, Failure, Four Young Men, Heterosexual Black Women, Investments, Lawyers, Marriage, Michael W. Tyler, Ministry, No-Fault, Pastor, Property, Repentance, Separation, Spouse, Spouses, STDs, Ted Haggard, Therapist, Therapy, Upper Hand, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Wife, Woman
• December 4, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Baptists, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Centino Kemp, Children, Divorce, Divorce Attorneys, Divorce Petition, Drama, Eddie Long, Evangelical Christians, Four Young Men, Grooming, Homosexuality, Jamal Parris, Leave of Absence, Marriage, Ministers, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Preachers, Sabbatical, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Spencer LeGrande, Statement, The First Lady, United States, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Victims
• November 12, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted 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
• November 2, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Nuyorican Soul, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, Rotary Connection, Spirituality, The Economy, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Spirituality, Black Women, Blacks, Chess Records, Donyale Luna, Jimi Hendrix, Jocelyn Brown, Love, Madison WI, Minnie Riperton, Music, Naomi Sims, New York City, Nikki Giovanni, Nuyorican, Puerto Rico, Racism, Richard Rudolph, Rotary Connection, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shopping, Spirituality, Sun, The Seventies, United States, YouTube
• October 16, 2011 •
Comments Off on On The Dedication of The King Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Art, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I Have a Dream" Speech, Africa, African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Blacks, Call and Response, China, Civil Rights Activists, Drum Major, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Georgia, Homeless, King, Lei Yixin, Mao Anqing, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Memorial, Monument, Nobel Peace Prize, Philosophy, Poverty, Prisoners, Robert Pierre, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Auburn, The King Memorial, Tiananmen Square, United States, Vietnam
• October 9, 2011 •
Comments Off on Fantasia Blowing It Again: Mahalia Jackson Estate “Aghast” at Her Pregnancy; Film Runs Risk of Folding
Posted in Abortion, Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Distribution/Business, Fantasia Barrino, Film, Janet Jackson, Lena Horne, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Super Bowl, Women
Tags: "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Bad Karma, Barrino, Bedridden, Black Women, Blacks, Child Out of Wedlock, Civil Rights Activist, Common Sense, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Gail Lumet Buckley, Gambling, Growing Up, Lena Horne, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Marriage, Missy Elliott, Motherhood, New York Post, Octavia Spencer, Pregnancy, Queen of Gospel, Secular Music, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Single Mother, Spending, Super Bowl 2004, Super Bowl Sunday, The Estate of Lena Horne, The Estate of Mahalia Jackson, United States, Wardrobe Malfunction
• September 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on The Queen of Soul Halts Release of “Amazing Grace” Documentary
Posted in African American History, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, Women
Tags: "Shadow and Act", Academy Award, African Americans, Alan Reed, Aretha Franklin, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Compact Disc, Documentary, Dusty Springfield, DVD, Film, Film Documentary, Film Release, Halle Berry, Jeremiah Johnson, Jesus, Legal Maneuver, Movies, Nikki Finke, Oscar Consideration, Roberta Flack, Sydney Pollack, The Oscars, The Seventies, Too Much Diva, Wrong!
• August 28, 2011 •
Comments Off on A Little Sunday Music: Herbie Hancock, ‘Chameleon,’ from “Headhunters,” 1973
Posted in African American History, Africans, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Herbie Hancock, Love, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Chameleon", "Headhunters", African Americans, African Instruments, Arp Odyssey, Bass, Bass Line, Bennie Maupin, Blacks, Certified Gold, Curtis Mayfield, Drums, Funk, Gold Album, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Jazz Album, Jazz Fusion, Masks, Miles Davis, Nichiren Buddhist, Religious Conversion, Sly and The Family Stone, Sly Stone, Soul, The Headhunters, The Seventies, United States
• August 24, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted 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
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Black Surfers? It’s Not Just a White Thing. “Whitewash,” Black Surfing Documentary Narrated by Ben Harper and Black Thought of The Roots Now at Hulu
• December 13, 2011 • Comments Off on Black Surfers? It’s Not Just a White Thing. “Whitewash,” Black Surfing Documentary Narrated by Ben Harper and Black Thought of The Roots Now at HuluPosted in African American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Black Surfers, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Music, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, Weather, Women
Tags: African American, Amelia Earhart, Beach Boys, Ben Harper, Black People, Black Surfers, Black Thought, California Girls, Coast Starlight, Documentary, Don Schollander, Esther Williams, Ethnicity, Fordham University, Gidget, James Brown, John Hoberman, Kelly Slater, Los Angeles, Memoir, New Orleans, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Soui, Southern California, Sports Commentator, Surf, Surf Culture, Surfing, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tariq Trotter, The Roots, United States, Whitewash