That “Cartoon Scandal”: Episode 9, “YOLO”
• December 9, 2013 • Comments Off on That “Cartoon Scandal”: Episode 9, “YOLO”Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Love, Michael Jackson, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Olivia Pope, People of Color, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson, The Rest of the World
Tags: African Americans, American Broadcasting Company, B6-13, Baby Huck, Black Women, Blacks, Drama, Fitz, Gladiators, Huck, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationships, Jake, Kerry Washington, Latinos, Olivia, Olivia Pope, Olivia Pope Associates, OPA, Pope, Quinn, Scandal, Television, Torture, Wisconsin, Yolo
Seal and Heidi Have a “Secret”
• September 30, 2010 • Comments Off on Seal and Heidi Have a “Secret”Posted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Tags: "Secret", Black Briton, Brazil, Erotic, Fashion, Fashion Model, German Americans, Germans, Heidi Klum Samuel, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Model, Music Video, Nigeria, Seal, Seal Samuel, Sex, Singer, Vocalist
Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”
• September 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Nichelle Nichols, Race, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories", "Reflections", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Commander Nyota Uhura, Creepin', Decision, Dr. King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Extramarital Relationships, First Interracial Kiss on TV, Gene Roddenberry, Interracial Relationships, Kiss, Los Angeles CA, Love, Lt. Uhura, Majel Barrett, NAACP, Race, Racism, Saint of the Sixties, Savas Abadsidis, Sex, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, The Original Series", UCLA, William Shatner
“Dr. Laura” Caller Nita ‘Jade’ Hanson on “Larry King Live”: Next Time, Sista, Go to a Qualified Shrink to Work Out Your Problems, Especially Not a Wing Nut Radio Talk Show Host
• August 20, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Larry King Live", "Strawberry Letter", "Two Mules for Sister Sara", African Americans, Anonymity, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Cheap, Clint Eastwood, Confrontation, Consumer, Consumerism, Cowards, Dr. Laura, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Ed Schultz, Faux Noise, Fox News, Hate Speech, Howard Stern, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intimacy, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Love, Madison WI, Marriage, Nita 'Jade' Hanson, Nita Hanson, Oakland CA, Oaktown, President Barack Obama, Psychologists, Psychology, Racism, Radio Talk Show, Randi Rhodes, Rush Limbaugh, Self-Respect, Shrinks, Snakes, Southside Madison, Stereotypes, Steve Harvey, Stranger, Talk Radio, The First Amendment, The N Word, Therapists, Therapy
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 Grandchildren of Lena Horne
• May 12, 2010 • 14 CommentsPosted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Rachel Got Married", "Stormy Weather", "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne", African Americans, Alex Weinstein, Amy Lumet, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Cannavale, Breast Enhancement, Breastesses, Children, Cindy McCain, Civil Rights, Community Volunteer, Con Artist, Craziness, Culinary Arts, Drama, Drugs, Family, Florida, French Culinary Institute, Gail Lumet Buckley, Growing Up, Guardian, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Jacob Cannavale, Jenny Lumet, John McCain, Latinos, Lena Horne, Lena Jones, Lena Mary Horne, Lifetime Achievement Award, London, Los Angeles CA, Louis Jordan Jones, Manhattan Country School, Multiracial, National Enquirer, Native American, Needy, New York City, Oscars, P.J. O'Rourke, Party Girl, Pastry Chef-Instructor, People of Color, Playboy, Race, Rachel Uchitel, Racism, Samadhi Jones, Sasha Weinstein, Screenwriter, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sidney Lumet, Singer, Socialite, Sound Editor, Spitting Image, Striving, Teddy Jones, The Eighties, The French Culinary Institute, The Marines, The Nineties, The Oscars, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thomas Jones, Tony Peck, William Jones, Women of Color, Writer, Youth
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
“Small Island” Concludes on PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre Sunday
• April 22, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
Tags: "Masterpiece Theater", "Small Island", Afro-British, Afro-Caribbean, Andrea Levy, Belonging, Bernard, Black British, Black Britons, Blacks, Britain, Colin Firth, Cotswolds, Drama, Gilbert, Great Britain, Hortense, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationships, Jamaica, King and Country, Love, Naivety, PBS, Queenie, Racism, Sade, Sex, World War II, WW II
Chaz Ebert Steps Out on Her Own and with Roger
• April 21, 2010 • Comments Off on Chaz Ebert Steps Out on Her Own and with RogerPosted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Sneak Previews", "The Chicago Sun-Times", 12th Annual Roger Ebert Film Festival, African Americans, Attorney, Blacks, Cancer, Champaign IL, Chaz, Chaz Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Ebertfest, Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival, Film Critic, Film Criticism, Husband, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Lawyer, Love, Marriage, Roger Ebert, Television Program, The Virginia Theatre, Wife
The Word on Harlem’s Streets About Tiger Woods
• December 17, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Education, Film, Gossip, Homelessness, Joblessness, Love, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: 125th Street, Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Common Sense, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Growing Up, Harlem, Interracial Relationships, Jobs, Marriage, New York City, NYC, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, The Apollo Theater, The Hotel Theresa, The Theresa Hotel, Tiger Woods, White Women