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Rev. Al Sharpton was in Cleveland recently for the ‘Get Out The Vote’ rally. He addressed the community about how important this midterm election is to the black community. He reminded the crowd of the struggle and fight our ancestors dealt with in order to give us the right to vote. He also talked of […]

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President Barack Obama has been hitting the media circuit hard as next week’s midterm elections approach. The president appeared on the “Steve Harvey Morning Show,” which airs on our sister station Majic 107.5 / 97.5, to talk about the importance of voting. The President and Steve also talked about some of his administration’s accomplishments and […]

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Former track superstar Marion Jones has written a book titled “On The Right Track” which features an apology for the mistakes she made that led to a six-month jail sentence. In addition to taking performance-enhancing drugs, Jones lied to a federal prosecutors and ended up serving time. Jones says she spent a quarter of her […]

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“For Colored Girls” premiered last night in New York City and many fabulous celebs hit the red carpet in support of the Tyler Perry movie adapted from Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play. The movie is in theaters November 5th. It stars actresses Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Divine, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington, Macy Gray and many […]

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Michael Jackson may have been dead for the entire year, but according to Forbes Magazine, he managed to out earn Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Madonna. Combined.

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Peter Bossman, 54, became mayor of the picturesque seaside city of Piran in the second round of local elections after beating the centre-right incumbent, according to preliminary results. “My victory shows a high level of democracy in Slovenia,” said Mr. Bossman, who came to Slovenia from Ghana 33 years ago to study medicine. He is […]

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Ever since “Washington Watch with Roland Martin” launched in 2009, TV One has made a point of trying to get conservative officeholders – Republicans – on the show. Phone calls were made to the House Republican Conference and the Senate Republican Conference. More than a year later a year – only one sitting member of […]

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Oprah Winfrey will star in a new movie alongside Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep, her first role since 1999’s “Beloved.” The still-untitled project comes from Michael Patrick King who wrote and directed both “Sex and the City” films after he exec-produced the HBO series. A spokesman for Universal Studios said that the comedy will “revolve […]

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Recently, John Blake of CNN featured The Rev. E. Dewey Smith Jr. in a documentary. It started with bangs on the pulpit with his fist. He shuts his eyes and moans. Then a high-pitched sound rises from his throat like the wail of a boiling tea-kettle. “I wish you’d take the brakes off and let […]

A squabble at a council meeting in a Georgia city has caught the attention of the NAACP after a white councilman told his black counterpart that he should be working in a cotton field. The exchange took place in a recent Warner Robins City Council meeting near Macon, said Larry Holmes, president of the NAACP […]

Dallas radio host and author Reuben Armstrong has been doing the media circuit talking about his 2006 book, “Snakes In The Pulpit,” in which he accused Bishop Eddie Long of being a homosexual and having relationships with two youth Pastors. Here is one of his interviews: RELATED: Bishop Eddie Long’s Ex-Wife Alleges He Abused Her […]