• December 13, 2013 •
Comments Off on LIVE STREAMING: South Africa Says Goodbye to Nelson Mandela
Posted in African American History, African History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Cable, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Graca Machel, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Race, South Africa, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Women, World History
Tags: African National Congress, Africans, ANC, Bill Clinton, Children, eNCA, Funeral, Graça Machel, Hillary Clinton, Last Rites, Mandela, Marriage, Mthatha Airport, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Oprah Winfrey, Pretoria, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Qunu, SABC, South Africa, South African National Defence Force, South Africans, Thembu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Xhosa
• March 20, 2013 •
Comments Off on Jonylah’s Funeral, March 19, 2013—Excerpts from Videos and Photos
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Preachers/Ministers, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Burial, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Children, Drama, Funeral, Grandmother, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Young, Motherhood, Murder, Reverend Corey Brooks, Tuesday, Twitter, United States
• December 20, 2012 •
Comments Off on Ana Grace Márquez-Greene, Slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School, To Be Laid to Rest Saturday, December 22, in Bloomfield, CT
Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Facebook, Health, Mass Shootings, Murder/Manslaughter
Tags: African American, African Americans, Ana, Ana Greene, Ana Marquez-Greene, Biracial, Biracial Children, Blacks, Burial, Chicago, Child, Children, Connecticut, Daughter, Drive Bys, East Palo Alto, Facebook, Funeral, Funeral Services, Jimmy Greene, Latina, Latino, Love, Mass Murder, Murder, Nelba Marquez-Greene, Newtown, Philadelphia, Puerto Rico, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Stray Bullets, Street Violence, United States, Western Connecticut State University
• February 22, 2012 •
3 Comments
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Facebook, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston
Tags: Abortion, African Americans, Anna, Banna, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Book Reviews, Chris Brown, Divorce, Downton Abbey, Eddie, Eddie Long, Facebook, Funeral, Gillette, Growing Up, Hair Relaxers, John Chadima, Marriage, Mr. Bates, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Ray J, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, Scott Walker, United States, Vanessa Long, Whitney Houston, Wisconsin
• February 19, 2012 •
2 Comments
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston
Tags: Addict, Addictions, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Children, Cissy Houston, Daily Beast, Doing Dope, Drugs, Funeral, Getting High, Growing Up, Houston, Love, Rehab, Self-Worth, Singers, Substance Abuse, Whitney, Whitney Houston
• February 18, 2012 •
Comments Off on I’m Going to Watch the Funeral Like You Will Be, and Doing the Laundry, Too
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: ABC, African Americans, Associated Press, Baptist, Black Women, Blacks, CNN, Dionne Warwick, Funeral, Funeral Service, Gohonzon, Kevin Costner, LiveStream, Love, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Jersey, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhist, SGI, United States, Whitney, Whitney Houston
• February 16, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: African Americans, Associated Press, Baptist, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Funeral, Gay, Houston, John Russell Houston Jr., Katherine Jackson, Lesbian, LGBT, LiveStream, Love, Marriage, New Hope Baptist Church, New Jersey, Newark, Newark New Jersey, Newark NJ, Peter Tatchell, Robyn Crawford, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, Tell All Book, The Eighties, The Nineties, United States, Whitney Houston
• February 13, 2012 •
10 Comments
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drug Culture/Industry, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wendy Williams, Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: Accidental Death, African Americans, Alprazolam, Beverly Hills Police Department, Black Women, Blacks, California, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, CPR, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Funeral, Houston, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Mary Jones, Michael Jackson, New Jersey, Prescription Drugs, TMZ.com, United States, Valium, Wendy Williams, Whitney, Whitney Houston, Xanax
• January 25, 2012 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Etta James, Love, Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Black Women, Blacks, California, CNN, Donto James, Etta James, Friday, Funeral, Inglewood, Inglewood California, James, Johnny Otis, Los Angeles, Love, Rachel Noerdlinger, Rhythm & Blues Foundation, Sametto James, San Fernando Valley, Saturday, Singer, Tributes, Viewing, Wake
• September 10, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Claim South African Writer Lewis Nkosi, 73, Author of “Mating Birds”
Posted in Africans, Arts, Books, Class, Comedy, Drama, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, South Africa, Stroke, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Drum", "Mandela's Ego", "Mating Birds", "Rainbow Nation Speech", "Rainbow Nation", "Underground People", Albert Camus, Apartheid, Astrid Starck, Commonality, Drama, Durban, Essayist, Existentialism, Funeral, Glenn Masokoane, Identity, IsiZulu, Johannesburg, Joy Nkosi, Lewis Nkosi, Louise Nkosi, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela, Nieman Fellowship, Nostalgia, Playwright, Politics, Race, Racism, Random House Struik, Relationships, Resistance, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexuality, Sibiya, South Africa, Stroke, The Eighties, The Treason Trial, Vusi Mchunu, Zulu
• 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
• December 20, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pacific Islander, People of Color, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Belle Chasse LA, Blacks, Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC, Children, Common Sense, Debt, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Dispute, Domestic Violence, Drama, Drugs, Fiancée, Fight, Funeral, Growing Up, Jefferson Parish, Loleini Tonga, Marriage, New Orleans, Pacific Islander, Pacific Islanders, Preparations, Suburb, The Alario Center, The Bengals, The Cincinnati Bengals, The Oprah Winfrey Show, TMZ.com, Wedding, Westwego LA, Wide Receiver
• November 26, 2009 •
Comments Off on Judy Shepard Weighs In on the Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Hate Murder
Posted in American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Boy from Bushwick", "El Nuevo Dia", "Pink News", "Queerty", "The Edge", Ángel Rodríguez Colón, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, First Degree Murder, Funeral, Jorge Steven Lopez, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, Jose Alicea, Juan A. Martinez Matos, Judge Madeline Vega, Judy Shepard, Killings, Laramie WY, LGBT, Luis Rivera, Matthew Shepard, Matthew Shepard -James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, President Barack Obama, Puerto Rico, Rape, San Juan, The ACLU of Puerto Rico, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Toa Alta, University of Puerto Rico Legal Clinic, William Ramirez
• September 30, 2009 •
Comments Off on Please Help Derrion Albert’s Family Cover His Burial Expenses
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Gang Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: 2016 Summer Olympics, Anjanette Albert, Bow Wow, Burial, Chicago, Chicago IL, Christian Fenger High School, Denmark, Derrion Albert, FBI, Funeral, Funeral Expenses, Gangs, Global Grind, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Generation, Joseph Walker, Michael Skolnik, Nas, No Snitching, Norman Golliday, Police Supt. Jody Weis, Reward, The No Snitching Rule, The Secret Service, U.S. Olympic Committee, U.S. Secret Service
• July 6, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Gossip, History, Journalism and Ethics, Michael Jackson, Music, Race, Sexuality
Tags: Biography, Commodity, Cops, Custody, Doctors, eBay, Funeral, Gay Lovers, J. Randy Taraborelli, L.A.P.D., Memorial, Michael Jackson, Neverland Ranch, Self Image, Sexuality, Suicides, Toxicology Report, Will
• June 19, 2009 •
Comments Off on Officer Stephen Johns’ Funeral in Fort Washington Today
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, History, Race
Tags: Anne Frank, Emmett Till, Farewell, Fort Washington, Funeral, Hero, Holocaust Survivors, Janet Langhorne Cohen, Michigan, Paying Respects, Rep. John Conyers, Stephen Johns Jr., Stephen Tyrone Johns, The Smithsonian, The Wackenhut Corporation, The Washington Post, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, William S. Cohen, Zakiah Johns
• June 16, 2009 •
Comments Off on Stephen Tyrone Johns Funeral Set for Friday, June 19; Was Security Officer @ U.S. Holocaust Museum
Posted in American Politics, Black People, Crime, Hate Crimes, Race
Tags: Condolence Book, District of Columbia, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Funeral, Funeral Notice, Jams van Brunn, Security Officer, Shooting, Stephen Johns, Stephen Tyrone Johns, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, Washington D.C., White Supremacist
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