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Funeral Arrangements for Dorothy Height Announced by the National Council of Negro Women (w/Update)

• April 25, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Dorothy Height, Education, Health, Love, Race, The Economy, Women
Tags: African American History, African American Women, African Americans, Black Single Women, Black Soror, Black Sororities, Black Sorority, Black Women, Blacks, Community Service, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Dorothy Height, Dorothy I. Height Building, Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Howard University, NCNW, Self-Affirmation, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Service, Service to the Race, The Black Club Movement, The National Council of Negro Women, Washington National Cathedral

Tina Turner: What Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo Feels Like for Me

• November 23, 2009 • 6 Comments

Posted in Love, Religion, Who I Am
Tags: "Beyond: Buddhist and Christian Prayers", African Americans, Bad News, Blacks, Buddhism, Chanting, Common Sense, Daily Life, Daimoku, Gongyo, Human Life, Human Revolution, Inner Peace, Life, Life Affirming, Lotus Sutra, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichiren, Nichiren Buddhism, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Self-Affirmation, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Soka Gakkai International, Tina, Tina Turner

Rihanna on GMA: “I Feel Ashamed…Eff Love.”

• November 5, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Domestic Violence, Education, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Rihanna Fenty, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Good Morning America", "Russian Roulette", 20/20, African Americans, Assault, Beating, Beatings, Billie Holiday, Blacks, Children, Chris Brown, Co-Inkydink, Coincidence, Common Sense, Competition, Diane Sawyer, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Growing Up, James Brown, Love, Mary J. Blige, MTV, Nicole Simpson, O.J. Simpson, Packaging, Physical Assault, Rebranding, Relationships, Repackaging, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, Self Image, Self-Affirmation, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, SMH, Tour

Kimberly Anyadike, 15, Becomes Youngest Af-Am Woman to Fly Across the U.S.

• July 13, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Education, History, Kimberly Anyadike, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Black Girl, Black Teen, Black Woman, California, Cessna, Compton CA, Kimberly Anyadike, Levi Thornhill, Magic Mountain, Newport News VA, Robin Petgrave, Self-Affirmation, Self-Expression, Self-Worth, Single Engine Airplane, Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Airmen Inc., U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II

From ColorLines: Michael Jackson’s “Mark” on the World

• July 3, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality
Tags: African Americans, Afro, Assimilation, ColorLines, Jack & Jill Politics, Mark, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Moonwalk, Performance, Popular Culture, Psychology, Racewire, Self Image, Self-Affirmation, Self-Expression, Self-Hating, Singer, Tammy Johnson, World Culture

Smokey Robinson IS an American

• April 24, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Race
Tags: African Americans, Blackness, Blacks, Def Poetry Jam, Motown, Naming Oneself, Self Image, Self-Affirmation, Self-Expression, Smokey Robinson, The Miracles, William "Smokey" Robinson

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