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From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — Americans need only stand in line at the grocery checkout counter to glimpse the conspiracy theories percolating about President Obama. “Birthplace Cover-Up,” screams the current issue of the racy tabloid Globe. “Obama’s Secret Life Exposed!” The article claims, without proof, that Mr. Obama uses a phony Social Security […]
The family of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman who was killed in an illegal police raid has received $4.9 million, the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced Monday morning that the estate of Kathryn Johnston, led by her niece Sarah Dozier, would be getting a $4.9 million settlement. The full city […]
By Oretha Winston at Elev8.com Gospel star Fred Hammond — a Grammy, Stellar, and Dove Award-winner with nearly three decades in music and ministry — has produced a concept recording unlike any other in recent gospel music history. “Life in the Word offers something a little different,” says Hammond, whose songs have, over the years, […]
Our very own CoCo Brother Live held another event for his Stand Campaign. This one was held in Richmond. Check out the exclusive footage from our affiliate station, Richmond’s Praise 104.7! RELATED: VIDEO: Fred Hammond Talks About His Ideal Woman With CoCo Brother
Story via: @IAmGwoods Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound™ is bigger than ever in 2010 with the expansion to three new cities, including Charlotte, N.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Cleveland, and of course a stop in Atlanta! The national gospel choir competition gives church choirs across the country a chance to win the title of “The Best […]
Abbey Lincoln, the exquisitely talented singer whose metaphor-laden songs, seductive voice and outsized personality made her an iconic figure in jazz, died Saturday. She was 80. Lincoln passed away in her upper West Side apartment, her brother David Wooldridge told The New York Times. In a career that spanned six decades, Lincoln recorded more than […]
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who came under fire for repeatedly using the N-word while on-air with a caller, is ditching her show at the end of the year “to regain my First Amendment rights,” she announced Tuesday night. The 63-year-old Schlessinger used the racial epithet 11 times in 5 minutes while trying to make a point […]
For the fourth consecutive year, U.S.News & World Report has produced a ranking of the undergraduate education at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). These colleges were compared only with one another for these rankings. How did we choose the schools to be part of the survey? In order to be on the list, a […]
Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting the NewsCorp the Rupert Murdoch owned parent company of Fox News, has donated $1 million to the Republican Governor’s Association. Read the full story here. RELATED STORIES: Only 1 Percent Of Fox News’ Primetime Viewers Are Black Former DNC Chair Howard Dean: “Fox News Is Absolutely Racist”
Shirley Sherrod has emailed an open letter defending herself and the NAACP, while attacking conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart and the Tea Party. Here is the letter: Back in March, I delivered a speech to an NAACP Freedom Fund banquet in my home state of Georgia. I drew on my personal life story to urge poor […]
From the AJC.com: A Hall County couple were among the 130 people who survived a plane crash in the Caribbean. The couple, Carolina and David Bellino of Flowery Branch, were on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday. “I have a fracture in my back and I cannot move,” Carolina said, “and my husband has a fracture […]
The Oprah Winfrey Network hasn’t even launched yet and already a lawsuit has been filed against the cable upstart by a former employee – who, by the way, says her legal action was a long time coming. On Friday, Catherine Dunn sued for wrongful termination and discrimination claiming she was fired because of her Multiple […]