VIA: New York Times During the housing boom, Henry County, a suburb of Atlanta, had its share of racial tension as more and more blacks joined the tens of thousands of others pouring in, creating a standoffish gap between the newcomers and the county’s oldtimers. But the recession has begun to erase those differences. Blacks […]
VIA: New York Times With unemployment among blacks at more than 15 percent, the N.A.A.C.P. will join several other groups on Tuesday to call on President Obama to do more to create jobs. The organizations — including the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group— will make clear that they […]
VIA: US Magazine Janet Jackson is speaking out about her brother Michael’s death, blaming Dr. Conrad Murray, whom she says should no longer be allowed to practice medicine. “He was the one that was administering,” she tells Robin Roberts in an ABC News special, In the Spotlight, airing Wednesday. “I think he is responsible.” Dr. […]
VIA: Chicago Tribune Police investigating the death of Chicago school board president Michael Scott say initial reports from the scene indicate Scott shot himself in the head along the banks of the Chicago River. Scott’s family had reported him missing on Sunday. Police used his cell phone to locate his body and his car behind […]
VIA: CNN.com Hjalti á Lava was searching his iPhone for a Bible app when he stumbled across Church Online, a service of Web site LifeChurch.tv. Soon he was regularly logging into the Oklahoma-based cyber-church — some 4,100 miles away from á Lava’s home in the Faroe Islands, west of Norway. “It allows me to connect […]
VIA: New York Times There is a moment at the beginning of this latest revival of “Dreamgirls” when reality and fantasy mesh, when the actresses performing onstage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem are as excited and anxious about their chance at stardom as the fictional ’60s-era singers they portray. “You’re talking about it, but […]
VIA: People Charla Nash, the Stamford, Conn., woman mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee on Feb. 16, spoke out for the first time to show the world how she’s doing after that brutal attack. Saying she’s not in any pain, Nash told Oprah Winfrey for a show that aired Wednesday, “I don’t remember [The attack]. I […]
VIA: Singersroom.com The ex-wife of gospel recording star BeBe Winans is pleased with Oprah Winfrey’s decision to remove him from a several episode stint. Speaking with TMZ shortly after the decision was confirmed by Winfrey’s rep, Winans said the ban “further demonstrates the fact that Oprah continues to be a strong voice against domestic violence […]
VIA: Singersroom.com Donald Lawrence, Smokie Norful, Kierra Sheard, and Mary Mary are among those with leading nominations for the 25th Annual Stellar Awards. Lawrence, nominated for a multitude of awards, including Artist of the Year, is being recognized for his 2009 effort “The Law of Confession Part 1”. Up for eight nominations in total, “The […]
VIA: AJC.com The driver of the bus that crashed last month carrying Morehouse College band students apparently died of natural causes Tuesday after a wreck in southwest Atlanta. Ralph Marshall, 63, of Jonesboro died following a collision near Sylvan Road, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. An autopsy performed Wednesday morning “shows no […]
VIA: CNN.com Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest college and professional basketball players of all time, says he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer. “I have chronic myeloid leukemia,” Abdul-Jabbar told CNN. He said he received the diagnosis last December. The 62-year-old former center for the Los Angeles Lakers said aside from […]
VIA: CNN.COM John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the suburbs of the nation’s capital, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt, Virginia. Muhammad continued to profess his innocence during two lengthy trials — including one featuring testimony from young accomplice Lee […]