Fantasia Blowing It Again: Mahalia Jackson Estate “Aghast” at Her Pregnancy; Film Runs Risk of Folding
• October 9, 2011 • Comments Off on Fantasia Blowing It Again: Mahalia Jackson Estate “Aghast” at Her Pregnancy; Film Runs Risk of FoldingPosted 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
Fantasia Barrino To Play Mahalia Jackson?
• February 9, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Health, Mahalia Jackson, Music, New Orleans Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Spirituality, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: "A Dry White Season", "American Idol", Chicago IL, Civil Rights Activist, Color Purple, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia Barrino, Fish and Bread Singer, Gospel Music, Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Louisiana, Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., New Orleans, The Hollywood Reporter
Remembering Lena Horne: “Now” by Santiago Alvarez, Film About Civil Rights Demonstrations Set to Lena Horne’s Singing
• May 11, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Film, Hate Crimes, Music, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Hava Nagila", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Activist, Civil Rights Demonstrations, Cuba, Cuban, Folk Song, Jew, Jewish, Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton, Paul Robeson, Racism, Santiago Alvarez, The Sixties, הבה נגילה
The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92
• May 10, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Stormy Weather", Activist, Affairs, African American, African Americans, Artie Shaw, Billy Strayhorn, Black Sororities, Black Woman, Blacks, Brooklyn NY, Cafe Society, Civil Rights Activist, Delta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Donald Bogle, France, Gail Lumet Buckley, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, James Gavin, Janet Jackson, Joe Louis, Katherine Dunham, Kevin Buckley, Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton, Love, Malcolm X, Marriage, New York City, Orson Welles, Racism, Recluse, Secret Marriage, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Singer, Soror, The Eighties, The Fillmore, The Horn, The Nineties, The Sixties
The Ancestors Claim Dorothy Height, 98
• April 20, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Dorothy Height, Education, India, Love, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Womanism
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