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The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)

• August 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Asia Ashford, Associated Press, Baptists, Berry Gordy, Bryant Park, Cancer, Dance, Dancer, Facebook, Gospel, Marvin Gaye, Motown, New York City, New York Times, Nickolas Ashford, Nicole Ashford, Park Benches, Pop Music, R&B, Ray Charles, Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand), Scepter Records, Singers, Songwriters, Soul Music, Tammi Terrell, The Black Church, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Sugar Bar, Theatre District, Throat Cancer, Twitter, Valerie Simpson, White Rock Baptist Church, Whitney Houston, Your Precious Love

The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie

• December 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stroke, Teena Marie, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Fire and Desire", "La Dona", "Square Biz", "The Wall Street Journal", African Americans, Alia Rose Brockert, Alternative Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Blue-Eyed Soul, California, Children, Diazepam, Drugs, Family, Grand Mal Seizure, Herbal Remedies, Hindsight, Hood Pass, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner, Lady T, Latin Music, Lenny Kravitz, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lovergirl: Teena Marie Story, Lynn Jeter, Mary Christine Brockert, Medications, MedPage Today, Motherhood, Motown, Neurologist, Neurology, NewsOne, Phoebe Snow, Portuguese, R&B, Rick James, Sapphire, Self-Medication, Side Effects, Singer, Singing, Soul Music, Stax, Teena Marie, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Tonic–clonic seizure, Valium, Venice CA

“America’s Got Talent” Sends Home Alice Tan Ridley, Subway Singer and Gabourey Sidibe’s Mom

• September 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Acting, Alice Tan Ridley, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Love, Music, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "America's Got Talent", "The Bodyguard", Alice Ridley, Alice Tan Ridley, Broadway, Classics, Gabourey Sidibe, Gospel, Howie Mandel, Hustler, Jazz, Middle-Aged, R&B, Reality Show, Studio One Young Beast Society, Talent Competition, Talent Show, The Hof, The Oscars, Unofficial Poll

Bobby McFerrin is Back

• March 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentary, Film, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "The Power of the Pentatonic Scale", African Americans, Blacks, Bobby McFerrin, Britain, Cabaret, California, Choral Blend, Germany, Janis Siegel, Jazz, Jr., Linda Goldstein, Lisa Fischer, Luciana Souza, Musical Collaboration, New Album, Opera, Performance Art, R&B, Robert McFerrin, Rock, San Francisco, The Barbican, The Masonic Center, Touring, Tribal Chants, UK, VOCAbuLarieS, Voices, Voicestra, World Science Festival

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

Saturday Night Music, June 27: Michael Jackson, “Get It Together,” with the Jackson Five on “Soul Train,” 1973

• June 27, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Memoir, Music, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
Tags: "Corner of the Sky", "Looking Through the Windows", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Soul Train", Berry Gordy, Billboard, Bubblegum Soul, CBS, Clifton Davis, Dancing Machine, Disco, Growing Up, Hal Davis, Mainstream, Melba Moore, Michael Jackson, Norman Whitfield, Pop, R&B, The Jackson 5, The Jackson 5ive, The Jackson Five, The Robot, The Seventies, The Sixties

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The New York Times

How the Eric Garner Decision Compares With Other Cases July 16, 2019
Despite increased attention on deaths involving the police, most officers involved in them are not charged. Among the few who are, most are not convicted.
MS-13 Gang Members Charged With Brutal Murders in Los Angeles July 16, 2019
A sweeping indictment of 22 members of the transnational criminal gang’s “Fulton Clique” lists a host of crimes ranging from racketeering to gruesome killings.
After Tumultuous Protests, Puerto Rico Governor Insists He Will Not Resign July 16, 2019
Puerto Rico’s embattled governor, Ricardo Rosselló, acknowledged widespread public anger but said he would “keep working for the people.”
‘Chance the Snapper,’ the Alligator That Mesmerized Chicago, Is Captured July 16, 2019
Officials had been searching for the alligator for almost a week. It took someone from a warmer clime — Florida — to nab him. The story had enthralled Chicago.
Beyond the Grave, the N.R.A.’s $56 Million Donor Lives On July 16, 2019
The National Rifle Association’s benefactors have been veiled in secrecy, but more than 1,000 emerged after a records review. One loomed above the rest.
The ‘Lady of the House’ Who Was Long Entangled With Jeffrey Epstein July 16, 2019
Ghislaine Maxwell’s yearslong involvement with Mr. Epstein, who faces charges of sex trafficking and abuse, has raised questions about what she may have known.
Daily Stormer Founder Should Pay ‘Troll Storm’ Victim $14 Million, Judge Says July 16, 2019
It would be the second multimillion-dollar judgment against the publisher of the neo-Nazi site, Andrew Anglin, whose location is unknown.
Ed Dwight Was Set to Be the First Black Astronaut. Here’s Why That Never Happened. July 16, 2019
For a brief moment, the civil rights movement and the space race came together.

The Guardian, UK

House passes resolution officially condemning Trump's racist attack on congresswomen – live July 16, 2019
Key adviser tries to deny Trump’s tweets were racistTrump responds: ‘I don’t have a racist bone in my body’Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 12.33am BST Reporting on the House resolution that just passed, Sabrina Siddiqui writes:The measure, which formally rebuked the president’s comments as “racist”, was approved on a mostly partisan-lin […]
House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticks July 16, 2019
A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released themThe US House of Representatives has called for an investigation into whether the spread of Lyme disease had its roots in a Pentagon experiment in weaponising ticks.The House approved an amendment proposed by a Republican congressman from N […]
Ursula von der Leyen elected first female European commission president July 16, 2019
German minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude JunckerUrsula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the European commission’s first female president and the first German in the job for more than 50 years.In a secret ballot, MEPs voted narrowly to support the German defence minister as a replacement for Jean-Claude Juncker when he steps down […]
Police in Brazil shut down factory making fake Ferraris and Lamborghinis July 16, 2019
Father and son accused of offering the cars on social media for $45,000 to $60,000 – a fraction of the price of the real thingPolice in Brazil say they’ve shut down a clandestine factory that was producing fake Ferraris and sham Lamborghinis.A father and son who owned the workshop in the southern state of Santa Catarina have been arrested on industrial prope […]
Three formally charged in Malta for murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia July 16, 2019
Trial over anti-corruption journalist’s killing may not take place for years, say expertsThree men have been formally charged over the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese anti-corruption journalist and blogger who was killed by a car bomb in November 2017.Brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, and Vincent Muscat, all in their fifties, were arrest […]
Johnny Clegg, South African singer and activist, dies aged 66 July 16, 2019
Grammy-nominated singer one of few white artists to openly confront apartheid regime The South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and 1980s, has died aged 66, his agent has said.He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015. Continue reading...
July on course to be hottest month ever, say climate scientists July 16, 2019
If global trends continue for another fortnight, it will beat previous two-year-old record Record temperatures across much of the world over the past two weeks could make July the hottest month ever measured on Earth, according to climate scientists.The past fortnight has seen freak heat in the Canadian Arctic, crippling droughts in Chennai and Harare and fo […]
Alejandro Toledo: Peru ex-president faces corruption charges after US arrest July 16, 2019
Toledo is a fugitive from Peru for allegedly receiving $20m from a Brazilian construction company Peru’s former president Alejandro Toledo has been arrested in the United States following an extradition request from his home country where he faces corruption charges.Toledo, who governed from 2001 to 2006, was arrested in northern California on Tuesday and or […]

The BBC

US House votes to condemn Trump's attacks on congresswomen July 16, 2019
The symbolic resolution denounces Mr Trump's comments about four congresswomen, branded as racist.
Von der Leyen elected EU Commission head after MEPs vote July 16, 2019
German Ursula von der Leyen will replace Jean-Claude Juncker on 1 November after a close vote.
Johnny Clegg, South African musician and activist, dies aged 66 July 16, 2019
One of South Africa's best-known musicians and anti-apartheid activist dies at the age of 66.
Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency attacked at Senate hearing July 16, 2019
The tech giant's Libra digital currency is attacked by senators who say the company is not trusted.
Inside Iran: Are Tehran's poorest paying the price? July 16, 2019
US imposed sanctions are crippling the economy, making food and medicines unaffordable.
Norway's spy Town: 'They took him and they have broken him' July 16, 2019
The wife of a Norwegian pensioner convicted of espionage in Russia has spoken to the BBC about her anger at the intelligence service.
Huge fire sweeps through Peru neighbourhood July 16, 2019
Eighty families have been affected by the fire, according to local media.
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta journalist's murder suspects to stand trial July 16, 2019
Prosecutors issue a bill of indictment against three men held in 2017 over Daphne Caruana Galizia's death.