First African Lodge established by Prince Hall (1784). Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas (1918). US merchant ship Booker T. Washington gets its first Black captain, Hugh Mulzac (1940). President John F. Kennedy sends federal troops in to aid the integration of University of Mississippi (1962). Lt. Gov. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The NFL is investigating a confrontation between Green Bay Packers safety Nick Collins and a fan after Monday night’s loss to the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press the league is “in the process of reviewing all the facts.” Milwaukee’s WITI-TV aired video in which Collins […]
Source: WZAKCleveland.com Michael Baisden and 93.1 WZAK for the One Million Mentors National Campaign To Save Our Kids. Million Mentors w/ Michael Baisden & George Wilborn latest stop at Cleveland East Tech High School, encouraging our youth and the adults in the neighborhood to step it up!
The Huffington Post is reporting that Kansas City Chiefs lineman, Shaun Smith has been charged with grabbing an opponents private parts for the second time in two weeks. On Sunday, San Francisco 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis said Smith tried to feel him. Davis retaliated and received a 15-yard penalty, putting an end to the […]
Genetic ancestry has no role to play in how African American patients with asthma respond to medication, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
It was supposed to be a day at the circus that, in reality, never felt very circus-like.
Some pee wee football players in Pearland Texas are seeking new role models following an ugly brawl that pitted coaches from one team against coaches from another.
Income levels for African-Americans are less than half the income levels for whites in 31 major metropolitan areas, according to a Business First analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data. The largest disparity exists in Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., where the per capita income for black residents is $20,368, which is 35.9 percent of the comparable figure […]
Parents are claiming that a 13-year-old, Asher Brown killed himself due to bullying in Cypress, Texas according to the Houston Chronicle. The eighth-grader killed himself last week. He shot himself in the head after enduring what his mother and stepfather say was constant harassment from four other students at Hamilton Middle School in the Cypress-Fairbanks […]
BlackWeb2.o is reporting that Tavis Smiley and Cornel West will be joining forces for their own radio show. Princeton professor Cornel West and broadcaster Tavis Smiley are joining forces this fall to co-host a new radio show. Both are provocative and well-known public figures and leveraging the current popularity of the Tavis Smiley Show and […]
Greg Carter spent the last three years scraping together $250,000 to write, direct and produce “A Gangland Love Story,” a gritty, urban retelling of “Romeo and Juliet.”
Source: PraiseCleveland.com Yolanda Adams Interviews Pastor Marvin Sapp for the 1st time since the Homegoing of his wife, Malinda Sapp. .He shares with us his new single “He Has His Hands On You”