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The NAACP is urging Indiana officials to examine the discipline procedures in the state’s schools.
Sleeping with marbles under your pillow sounds like an average 8-year-old thing to do. Selling marbles for 500 bucks a pop? Not so much. See…
During her second acceptance speech at the American Music Awards, rapper Nicki Minaj revealed that her mother was going to be releasing a Gospel album. Nicki Minaj won the AMA award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album, and mentioned that her mother had already found a publicist. Despite her racy image, Nicki Minaj did thank God for […]
The new ABC television show “Good Christian Belles” (G.C.B.) is making a big buzz, and it hasn’t hit the air yet. The nighttime soap opera will air on Sunday nights after “Desperate Housewives,” and is based on the book Good Christian B****es by Kim Gatlin. G.C.B. stars Leslie Bibb as Amanda Vaughn, a high school […]
On the red carpet at the Soul Train Awards, the pregnant Erica Campbell (right) of Mary Mary revealed some details about her baby. We now know that Erica has a baby girl on the way, and we also know when her little one is due. Take a look at Erica share the good news in […]
VIA Kissrichmond Leon Kerry, who has led the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association as its Commissioner since 1988, announced his retirement earlier this week, effective immediately. The announcement cited personal reasons as to Kerry’s unexpected decision. Kerry has seen the nation’s oldest conference of HBCUs grow to attract larger increasingly audiences in his 22 years, with […]
A 7-year-old girl authored a children’s book titled, “Not Fat Because I Want To Be,” in order to expose the challenges of being an obese…
The president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Freeman Hrabowski, was profiled on CBS’s 60 Minutes last night in a segment that focused on the great work he’s done in the areas of science and math at his university. Check out the video here The opening line of the piece: “We met a man with […]
Comedian Chris Rock made some interesting comments this week about President Barack Obama. Rock, who is a strong supporter of the president, felt compelled to argue that none of us should be fooled by the relatively passive, less than impressive first term of Obama. Instead, Rock says that we should look forward to the fact […]
Three young African American chess players from the New York City area have each become masters before their 13th birthdays. Fewer than 2 percent of…
After the secular girl group Destiny’s Child disbanded, Michelle Williams shifted to Gospel music by releasing her solo inspirational album Heart to Yours (2002). She released her second project Do You Know two years later and stayed in the Gospel lane. But in 2008, Michelle went back to the secular side with a R&B/Pop/Dance album. […]
InteractiveOne Chief Technology Officer Navarrow Wright appeared in tonight’s edition of Black in America 4 which focused on the lack of African Americans in Silicon Valley and the technology industry. During the show, Wright implored some of the members of the NewMe Accelerator to be harder on themselves, and to make sure they show up […]