Aretha Says She Didn’t Have Gastric Bypass Surgery, But STILL Doesn’t Say What The Surgery Was About
• March 11, 2011 • Comments Off on Aretha Says She Didn’t Have Gastric Bypass Surgery, But STILL Doesn’t Say What The Surgery Was AboutPosted in Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "People Magazine", Access Hollywood, Aretha Franklin, Bingeing, Coyness, Fat, Gastric Bypass Surgery, Health, Interviews, Overeating, Pancreatic Cancer, Publicity, Rapid Weight Loss, Singing Tour, Surgery, Vanity, Weight, Wendy Williams
No Big Whoop: Oprah Has a Half Sister, But What Does It Really Mean?
• January 24, 2011 • Comments Off on No Big Whoop: Oprah Has a Half Sister, But What Does It Really Mean?Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drug Overdoses, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Oprah Winfrey, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "It's a Hard Knock Life", "Katherine the Great", "The National Enquirer", "Tricky Dick", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Beauty Queen, Black Women, Blacks, Brand, Brand Name, Branding, Celebrities, Child Out of Wedlock, Children, Deborah Davis, DNA Analysis, DNA profiling, Drama, Drugs, Gayle King, Harcourt, Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, Health, John Tesh, Katherine Graham, Kitty Kelley, Middle-Class, Milwaukee WI, Narrative, National Enquirer, Non-Disclosure Statements, Oprah Winfrey, Outside Child, Pancreatic Cancer, Patricia, Ray Charles, Rich, Richard M. Nixon, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Grio, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rich, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Vernita Lee, Vernon Winfrey, WaPo, Washington Post, Watergate, Wisconsin, Woodward and Bernstein
The Ancestors Take Home Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist James Moody, 85
• December 11, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Take Home Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist James Moody, 85Posted in African American History, American History, Ba'hais, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, European History, France, Health, Italy, James Moody, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World War II
Tags: Aretha Franklin, Be-Bop, Be-Bop Jazz, Bill Cosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Flautist, Flute, Funeral Services, George Wein, James Moody, James Moody Jazz Scholarship for Newark Youth Fund, Jazz, King Pleasure, Lou Watters, Moody's Mood for Love, Pancreatic Cancer, Quincy Jones, San Diego, San Diego CA, San Diego County, San Diego Union-Tribune, Saxophone, Saxophonist, The Grammys, The Visionary Project, Van Morrison, Wynton Marsalis
The Queen of Soul Has Incurable Pancreatic Cancer
• December 8, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cooking, Cultural History, Democrats, Diabetes, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Dr. Feelgood", "Freeway of Love, "Live at the Fillmore West", "Respect", "The National Enquirer", "Who's Zoomin' Who?", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Carolyn Franklin, Coma, Condoleezza Rice, Depression, Detroit Free Press, Diabetes, Diabetic, Diabetics, Drug Abuse, Edward Franklin, Erma Franklin, Exercise, Growing Up, Incurable, Junkie, King Curtis, King Curtis and The Kingpins, Knives, Lady Soul, Love, Martin Luther King Jr., Miss Re, Miss Re Re, Murder, National Enquirer, New York, Pancreatic Cancer, Patrick Swayze, Queen of the Blues, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Smoker, Smoking, The Eighties, The Kingpins, The Queen of Soul, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
The Little Rock Nine Are Now Eight: The Ancestors Bring Home Jefferson Thomas
• September 6, 2010 • Comments Off on The Little Rock Nine Are Now Eight: The Ancestors Bring Home Jefferson ThomasPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Democrats, Education, Health, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Accounting, African Americans, Arkansas, Baptist, Barack Obama, Blacks, California, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Central High School, Charismatic Churches, Children, Church of God, Columbus OH, Congressional Gold Medal, Department of Defense, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Growing Up, Hillary Clinton, Huckajesus, Jefferson Thomas, L.A. State, Little Rock AK, Little Rock Nine, Los Angeles State, Los Angeles State College, Melba Pattillo Beals, Mike Huckabee, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Mobil Oil, NAACP, Ohio, Pancreatic Cancer, President Bill Clinton, Racism, Retail Sales Business, Sophomore, Terrence Roberts, The Little Rock Nine, The Little Rock Nine Foundation, The Supreme Court, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, Vietnam, Wayne State University
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