Jonylah’s Funeral is Now
• March 19, 2013 • Comments Off on Jonylah’s Funeral is NowPosted in African American History, Black People, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhism, Charles Knight, Chicago, Children, Death, Death Care, Drama, Drugs, Funeral Services, I Will Always Love You, Jonathan, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Emani Watkins, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Murder, Tamela Mann, Whitney Houston
In a Blink of an Eye: It’s Been Forty-Five Years Since Otis Redding’s “(Sitting On) The Dock of The Bay” Was Recorded
• January 9, 2013 • Comments Off on In a Blink of an Eye: It’s Been Forty-Five Years Since Otis Redding’s “(Sitting On) The Dock of The Bay” Was RecordedPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Otis Redding, Suicide, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "(Sitting On} The Dock of the Bay", 45th Anniversary, African Americans, Anniversary, Bay, Blacks, Death, Dock of the Bay, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Eric Clapton, Fillmore, Growing Up, Jimi Hendrix, Lake Monona, Madison, Madison WI, Monterey Pop Festival, Otis, Otis Redding, San Francisco, Steve Cropper, Summer of Love, The Bar Kays, The Mar-Kays, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin
Rodney King Buried at Forest Lawn Last Saturday, But Questions and Rumors Still Persist About The Moments Before His Death
• July 4, 2012 • 9 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Police Misconduct/Killings, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Suicide, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption", African Americans, Al Sharpton, Alcoholism, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Daughters, Death, Drug Abuse, Drugs, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Hollywood, King, Laura Dene King, Los Angeles, Racism, Rialto, Rialto California, Rodney King, Saturday, Simi Valley, Suicide, The Nineties, The Reverend Al Sharpton, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, United States
Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month
• February 18, 2012 • Comments Off on Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This MonthPosted 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
Rapper Heavy D Died of a Blood Clot After Long Transatlantic Plane Flight
• December 27, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted 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
Etta James Is Not Long For This World
• December 18, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Etta James, Health, Leukemia, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Women
Tags: "At Last", "I'd Rather Go Blind", "Tell Mama", Addict, African Americans, Artis Mills, Beverly Hills, Black Women, Blacks, California, Children, Chronic Leukemia, Common Sense, Death, Donto James, Dr. Elaine James, Drug Addiction, Eric Clapton, Etta, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Heroin, James, Los Angeles, Marriage, Paul Butterfield, Prescription Drug Addiction, Press-Enterprise, Riverside California, Sametto James, Sons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Terminal Illness, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, Weight Problems
A Verdict Has Been Reached in The Dr. Conrad Murray Criminal Manslaughter Case
• November 7, 2011 • Comments Off on A Verdict Has Been Reached in The Dr. Conrad Murray Criminal Manslaughter CasePosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "This is It", Addiction, Cardiologist, CNN, Conrad Murray, Death, Dr. Conrad Murray, Guilty, Health, Jackson, Joe Jackson, Jury, Katherine Jackson, Manslaughter, Mental Health, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Murder, Not Guilty, Not Guilty Plea, Personal Physician, Propofol, Quackery, Quacks, Sleep, United States, Verdict
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: No State Supreme Court Justice Should Be Putting Their Hands Around Anyone’s Throat
• June 27, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: No State Supreme Court Justice Should Be Putting Their Hands Around Anyone’s ThroatPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Ann Walsh Bradley, Assassinations, Attack, California, Chavez Ravine, Concealed Guns, Concealed Weapons, Croup, David Prosser, Death, Death Threats, Dodger Stadium, Drama, Gabrielle Giffords, Governor Scott Walker, Guns, Jared Lee Loughner, Justices, Maiming, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Murder, Neil Postman, Physical Abuse, President Barack Obama, Radical Republicans, Recall, Republican, Republicans, Secession, Senator Charles Sumner, Shirley Abrahamson, State Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, The Civil War, Threats, United States, Violence in the Workplace, Weapons, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Workplace Issues
James Arthur Ray, Leader of Deadly Sweat Lodge Retreat, Found Guilty of Three Counts of Negligent Homicide
• June 23, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Altered States, Arizona, Death, Food, Hawaii, Huna, Indigenous People, James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Kirby Brown, Larry King, Law of Attraction, Liz Neuman, Manslaughter, Mind Control, Negligent Homicide, New Age, Oprah Winfrey, Peru, Psychology, Q'eros, Ray, Rituals, Samurai Game, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Sedona AZ, Self-Help Gurus, Stanislav Grof, Success, Sweat Box, Sweat Lodge, The Samurai Game, Thinking, United Indians of All Tribes, United States, Verdict, Water, Yavapai County Arizona
BREAKING: The Ancestors Welcome Clarence Clemons, 69, of The E Street Band
• June 18, 2011 • Comments Off on BREAKING: The Ancestors Welcome Clarence Clemons, 69, of The E Street BandPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Clarence Clemons, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Religion, Spirituality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Amnesty International, Be-Bop Jazz, Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales, Black Rock, Black Rocker, Blacks, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, Death, E Street Band, Florida, Health, Jungleland, King Curtis, Lady Gaga, Love, New York Times, Peter Gabriel, Rock, Rock and Roll, Saxophone, Saxophonist, Star Spangled Banner, Sting, Stroke, Stroke Complications, The Eighties, The Fifties, Thunder Road, Tracy Chapman, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“The Way of All Flesh,” A Documentary About Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, The Immortal
• June 5, 2011 • Comments Off on “The Way of All Flesh,” A Documentary About Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, The ImmortalPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Cancer, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Henrietta Lacks/HeLa, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Oprah", "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Cell, Cell Line, Consent, Death, Disease, Exploitation, Feature Film, Harpo Productions, HBO, HeLa, Henrietta Lack, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Informed Consent, Life, Medicine, Oprah Winfrey, Racism, Rebecca Skloot, Stealing, The Fifties, The Lack Family, United States
The Ancestors Take Home Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, Former Black Panther Leader
• June 2, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Expatriates, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Tanzania, The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, Amnesty International, Assata Shakur, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, Death, Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt, Elmer Pratt, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frame-Up, Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt, Geronimo Pratt, Johnnie Cochran, Los Angeles, Louisiana Born, Malaria, Murder Frame-Up, Pratt, Race, Stuart Hanlon, Tanzania, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Sixties, United States, Village, Wrongfully Accused
Funeral Services Announced for Gil Scott-Heron and More (w/Update)
• June 1, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, HIV Positive, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Art, Artists, Arts, BBC News, Blacks, Children, Crack, Creative People, Death, Drug Addiction, Drugs, E. Ethelbert Miller, Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, Funeral Services, Ghostface Killah, Gia Scott-Heron, Gil Scott-Heron, Growing Up, I'm New Here, Kanye West, Love, Musician, New York City, New York Times, Novelist, Poet, Polymath, Riverside Church, Singer, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Talib Kweli, The Fieldston School, The Hip Hop Nation, The Seventies, The Sixties, Washington D.C.
Osama Bin Laden Has Been Killed; His Body Is In U.S. Custody (w/Updates)
• May 1, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, Crime, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Obama Administration, Pakistan, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 2001, 911, ABC News, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, Barack Obama, Capture, CBS News, CNN, Death, Escape, International Terrorism, Islam, Killed, Location of Osama bin Laden, Military Intelligence, Muslims, National Security, NBC News, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President, President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, President Obama, President of the United States, Republicans, Secessionist Movements, September 11, Taliban, Terrorism, The CIA, The Twin Towers, Tora Bora, Troops, U.S. Military, United States, War on Terror, World Trade Center
The Ancestors Claim Glenda Cleveland, The Woman Who Tried to Stop Jeffrey Dahmer
• January 9, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Glenda Cleveland, Hate Crimes, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Thailand, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 25th and Kilbourn, 911, African American Men, African Americans, Asian American Men, Asian Americans, Background Check, Black Poor, Black Women, Blacks, Boyfriend, Child Molester, Christopher Scarver, Cigarettes, Cleveland, Constables on Patrol, Crime, Death, FBI, Gays, Glenda Cleveland, HBP, Heart Disease, Human Flesh, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jury, Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee WI, Mississippi, Molesters, Motherhood, Murder, Murder Spree, Nicole Childress, Ohio, Oxford Apartments, Poor, Poor People, Rape, Rescue, Rescuer, Sandra Smith, Serial Killer, Sex, Skull, South Side, Southeast Asians, Souvenir, Tony Hughes, Unemployed, Wisconsin, Working Poor
Forty Years Since George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” Released; Nine Years Since George Left Us
• November 29, 2010 • Comments Off on Forty Years Since George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” Released; Nine Years Since George Left UsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Public Television, Religion, Spirituality, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "All Things Must Pass", "Rubber Soul", "The Concert for George", Anniversary, Assassination, Beatle, Britain, David Crosby, Death, George Harrison, High School, India, Indians, Jim Croce, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Knife Attack, Los Angeles California, Lung Cancer, Memorial, Music, Paul McCartney, PBS, Phase, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Religious, Singer Songwriter, Sitar, Solo Album, Spiritual Rock, The Beatles, The Seventies, Tribute
One Year Memorial for Shaniya Davis Next Tuesday, November 16. And Justice for Shaniya Seems Dead, Too
• November 12, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Shaniya Davis, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Biracial Children, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Brenda Reid Jackson, Child Molestation, Child Murder, Child Prostitution, Child Protective Services, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Cumberland County, Death, District Attorney Ed Grannis, Drugs, Dumping, Fayetteville NC, Fayetteville Observer, Foster Care, Homicide, Investigation, Mario Andrette McNeill, Michael Davis, Murder, North Carolina, Pregnancy, Rape, Shaniya Davis, Social Services Director Brenda Reid Jackson, Social Workers
One More Thing Before I Go Tonight…
• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on One More Thing Before I Go Tonight…Posted in Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Reality Shows, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "American Idol", Attempted Suicide, Black Motherhood, Boys, Breaking Point, Child Murder, Children, Daughters, Death, Fantasia Barrino, Funeral, Latice Sutton, Little Black Boys, Little Boys, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Morality, Motherhood, Mothers, Murder, Religion, Shaquan Duley, Single Black Mother, Single Black Women, Suicide
Phelps “Catfish” Collins, 66, Funk Pioneer, Member of P-Funk and Bootsy’s Rubber Band, and Brother of William “Bootsy” Collins, Joins the Ancestors
• August 8, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Bootsy and Catfish Collins, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, James Brown/The JB's, Love, Music, P-Funk All Stars, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality
Tags: "Stop Making Sense", "The Cincinnati Enquirer", African Americans, Bernie Worrell, Blacks, Bootsy, Bootsy Collins, Cancer, Catfish, Catfish Collins, Cincinnati OH, Death, Deceased, Diaperman, Father Figure, Funk, Funk Pioneer, Garry "Diaperman" Shider, Garry Shider, George Clinton, Guitar God, Guitar Idol, James Brown, Musician, P-Funk All Stars, Parliament-Funkadelic, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The JB's, The Seventies, Vox Ultrasonic, William "Bootsy" Collins
No Good Dads’ Day: Bradley Lockhart Appearance at “Shaniya Speaks” Event, June 11
• June 18, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Shaniya Speaks", Antoinette Davis, Biracial Children, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Care, Child Neglect, Child Rape, Child Safety, Child Slavery, Cumberland County, Daughter, Death, Fayetteville, Interracial Relationships, Justice, Justification, Mario Andrette McNeill, Negligent Fathers, Rape, Shaniya Davis, Whites
The Ancestors Claim Bassist Marvin Isley, 56, of The Isley Brothers (w/Update)
• June 7, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Diabetes, Health, Love, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Television, The Isley Brothers, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Between the Sheets", "Chicago Now", "Don't Say Goodnight", "Fight the Power", "For the Love of You", "Go for Your Guns", "Harvest for the World", "I Wanna Be With You", "The Heat is On", "The Pride", "Voyage to Atlantis", African Americans, American Diabetes Association, Associated Press, Bass Guitar, Bass Guitarist, Bass Line, Blacks, Celebrity Deaths, Chicago, Death, Diabetes, Guitar God, HBP, High Blood Pressure, Isley Brother, Isley Brothers, Isley-Jasper-Isley, Jaco Pastorius, Jalen Isley, Love, Mark Allen, Marvin Isley, Pride, Ronald Isley, Salt, Sex, Sheila Isley, Stanley Clarke, Sugar, Sydney Isley, The Eighties, The Isley Brothers, The Seventies
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
The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About Thanksgiving
• November 25, 2009 • Comments Off on The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About ThanksgivingPosted in Class, Education, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, The Economy
Tags: Afghanistan, Alternative History, Broken Families, Death, Eddie Izzard, First Nations, Homelessness, Iraq, King Philip's War, Massasoit, Mother Earth, Myth Making, Native Americans, Propaganda, Recovering Addiction, Scott Berkun, Settlers, Smallpox, Squanto, Thanksgiving, The Atlantic Ocean, The Civil War, The Great Recession, The Holidays, The Mayflower, The Pilgrims, The Puritans
PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطان
• November 17, 2009 • Comments Off on PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطانPosted in American Foreign Policy, Class, Documentaries, Education, Film, History, Iran, Neda Soltani, Obama Administration, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A Death in Tehran", "Frontline", Death, Demonstrations, Dictatorship, Documentary, Iran, Iran Election 2009, Islamic Republic, Killings, Neda Agha-Soltan, Neda Agha-Soltani, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltan, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltani, Neda Soltani, PBS, Protestors, Puiblic Broadcasting System, The Basij, The Twitter Revolt, The Twitter Revolution, Twitter, ندا آقا سلطان
Anjanette Albert Speaks
• October 4, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Anjanette Albert, Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Gang Violence, History, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, Who I Am, Women
Tags: Anjanette Albert, Beating Death, Beatings, Chicago, Chicago IL, Computer, Death, Derrion Albert, Eunice Kathleen Waymon, Gang Violence, Gangs, Louis Armstrong, Mary Kate Waymon, Memoir, Methodist, Mrs. Jackson, Murder, Nina Simone, Piano, Piano Lessons, Roseland, Study, Who I Am
