Vonetta Flowers was born October 29, 1973 in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1992, Vonetta graduated from P.D. Jackson Olin High School. She was the first person in her family to go to college. She graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She ...
Posted Sunday, February 19th 2012 at 4:57PM
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(FinalCall.com) - The world is still reeling from the shocking death of legendary singer and cultural icon Whitney Houston. As condolences continue pouring in from fellow musicians, entertainers and fans, the eternal and tremendous legacy of the woma ...
Posted Sunday, February 19th 2012 at 4:15PM
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OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Notoriety over a costumed ice cream cone mascot mistaken by passersby for a Ku Klux Klan protestor apparently did not result more customers for a Florida ice cream shop.
The Ocala Star Banner reported Saturday that the Ice Cream ...
Posted Saturday, February 18th 2012 at 6:43PM
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Huey Newton, the youngest of seven children, was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on 17th February, 1942. His father, who named his son after the radical politcian, Huey P. Long, was an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colou ...
Posted Friday, February 17th 2012 at 12:35PM
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Dr. Patricia Bath, M.D., is the inventor of the cataract Laserphacoprobe, which is the medical instrument to remove cataracts from the eye. Dr. Bath was the first Black Female Surgeon appointed to UCLA in 1975, and is credited with the founding of th ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2012 at 9:09PM
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By Roger Friedman
Forbes.com
EXCLUSIVE--Whitney Houston’s death made for a long day’s journey into night at the Beverly Hilton. While the Clive Davis Grammy dinner had to proceed downstairs in the ballroom–with 800 guests already filing in as the ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2012 at 11:12AM
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Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the birthplace of jazz. He is considered the most important improviser in jazz, and he taught the world to swing. Armstrong, fondly known as "Satchmo" (which is short for "Satchel ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2012 at 11:05AM
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From The Seattle Times
February 14, 2012
Treneicia Gardner is counting down from five, signaling her kindergarten and first-grade students to hurry to the classroom rug for a math lesson.
Most have no problem making it. The only holdup is a li ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2012 at 10:58AM
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NEW ORLEANS--Some Southern residents are becoming the targets of pre-recorded phone calls indicating a family member was arrested or involved in a serious accident.
Those calls are being made to several residents of California, Texas, Louisiana, ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2012 at 10:54AM
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Dedicated to all my family!!!
A TRUE LOVE STORY
Every moment we spent together
Has touched our lives, our souls forever
The things that we shared and learned
Is permanent growth that we've earned.
The person that I have grown into tod ...
Posted Tuesday, February 14th 2012 at 12:56PM
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Don Alan Raymond (1952-1969) was an African American athlete who was integrated into Hahnville High School in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana during a time of racial tension.
Raymond, nick-named "Easy" because of his go-with-the-flow attitude, affe ...
Posted Monday, February 13th 2012 at 10:45AM
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NO PERMANENT SCARS
c 2009 By Sister Siebra Muhammad
Shadows of the past fall behind me
Tossed aside on the road less traveled
Before me is the path to my future
Footsteps line my dreams unraveled
In the distance I see what I have lost ...
Posted Sunday, February 12th 2012 at 6:12PM
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LOS ANGELES--Investigators probing the death of Whitney Houston are trying to determine whether she drowned while in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday shortly before she was set to attend a pre-Grammy Awards gala, according to a source who ...
Posted Sunday, February 12th 2012 at 4:52PM
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LOUISIANA--Controversy erupted at a Slidell junior high school late last week when at least one parent observed drawings and altered pictures depicting malicious images of President Barack Obama, including one photo in which a bullet hole was portray ...
Posted Saturday, February 11th 2012 at 4:28PM
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World famous journalist and history's best selling Black author Alex Haley was born Alexander Murray Palmer Haley in Ithaca, New York on August 11, 1921. Haley began his writing career as a senior editor for Reader's Digest shortly after retiring fro ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2012 at 12:19PM
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