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Phoebe.

• May 6, 2011 • Comments Off

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
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August Update on Bruce Jackson of the Four Starved Brothers: Judge Refuses to Unseal 2006 Records Regarding Care

• September 1, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted 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 Comments

Posted 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

Update on the Four N.J. Starved Brothers: Why is Bruce Jackson Being Kept from Seeing His Brothers?

• May 8, 2010 • 19 Comments

Posted 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

MSNBC’s Chris “Tweety” Matthews: “I Forgot [Obama] Was Black Tonight”; But He Doesn’t and Neither Do We

• January 28, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted 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 Comments

Posted 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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