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The Ancestors Welcome Bobby Smith, 76, Lead Singer of The Spinners

• March 18, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, The Spinners
Tags: African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Bobbie Smith, Bobby Smith, Cancer, Detroit, Detroit MI, Ferndale MI, G.C. Cameron, Growing Up, Henry Fambrough, Lead Singer, Lung Cancer, Motown, Oldies, Orlando FL, Pervis Jackson, Philippé Wynne, Smith, Soul Train Music Cruise, Spinner, Stevie Wonder, The Motor City, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thom Bell

Where Have I Been, and Where Am I Going?

• February 7, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Memoir, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Suicide
Tags: Barack Obama, Bishop Eddie Long, California, Detroit, Don Cornelius, Eddie Long, Employment, General Motors, Louisiana, Minimum wage, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Republicans, Richard Tee, Super Bowl, Tom Scott, Unemployed, United States, Wage

Aretha Is Back

• May 10, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Fashion, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Respect", "Sunday Morning", Anthony Mason, Carolyn Franklin, CBS, Civil Rights, Dennis Edwards, Detroit, Good Friday, James Brown, Lady Soul, Michigan, Mystery, Privacy, Queen of Soul, Reticence, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Sam Cooke, Singer, Songwriter, Ted White, West Detroit

Saturday Night Music, January 29, 2011: The Marvelettes, “Too Many Fish in The Sea,” and The Ancestors Call Its First Lead Singer, Gladys Horton, 66

• January 29, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Music, The Marvelettes, Women
Tags: "Please Mr. Postman", "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game", "Too Many Fish in The Sea", 45s, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Billboard Top 100, Black Women, Blacks, California, Detroit, Detroit MI, Georgeanna Tillman, Gladys Horton, Inkster, Larry Marshak, Marketing, Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wilson, Money, Motown, R & B, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sherman Oaks CA, Singles, Southern California, The Marvelettes, The Sixties, The Supremes, Wanda Young

Little Aiyana Jones is Buried as Hundreds Attend, Mourn

• May 22, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Democrats, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Aiyana Jones, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Baptists, Cop Reality Shows, Detroit, Detroit MI, Geoffrey Feiger, Police Killing, Police Misconduct, Reality Show, Rep. John Conyers, Reverend Al Sharpton, Second Ebenezer Church, The Motor City

Another Jeezus Take the Wheel Moment: Dad Strips and Shoots Son Execution-Style After Son Confesses to Mom That He Acted Inappropriately With His Three-Year-Old Sister

• November 22, 2009 • 7 Comments

Posted in Black People, Crime, Murder/Manslaughter, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Freep", "The Detroit Free Press", African Americans, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Detroit, Detroit MI, Execution-Style, Father, Growing Up, Highland Park MI, Jamar Pinkney Jr., Jamar Pinkney Sr., Lazette Cherry, Michigan, Motherhood, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Shooting, Slaying, Son, Wayne County

Drummer Uriel Jones, Motown Funk Brother, Dies at 74

• March 26, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, History, Music
Tags: Allen Slutsky, Art Blakey, Berry Gordy, Bob Babbitt, Dearborn MI, Detroit, Drummer, Funk Brothers, Los Angeles, Motown, Paul Justman, Standing in The Shadows of Motown, The Funk Brothers, Uriel Jones

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