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The 2011 Soul Train Awards are just around the corner and Cedric the Entertainer will be this year’s host. The 3rd annual event will highlight the best of today’s R&B music while bridging the latest styles to the classic sounds of yesterday. It’ll take place at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Ga. on Thursday Nov. 17 and […]
A New York police officer faces civil rights charges after he allegedly falsely arrested a Black Staten Island man and then used racial slurs to brag about it. “I fried another nigger, ” NYPD officer Michael Daragjati, 32, can be heard saying in a phone conversation intercepted by federal authorities. “The power to arrest…must be used […]
“In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it; a black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideals,” President Obama said. Obama spoke in the shadow of the 30-foot […]
As comedians often do, Chris Tucker used his personal woes as comedic fodder during a recent stand-up show. As reported, the superstar is said to owe $11 million to the IRS and is now facing foreclosure on his $6 million mansion in Florida. During a recent show in Miami, the comedian joked about IRS officials […]
Raven Symone took the weave out and wore her hair natural for an event. What do you think? Should she put the weave back in, or rock it natural? Source Janet Jackson Stuns For “Blackglama” Photoshoot [PHOTOS] Keyshia Cole Celebrates 30th Birthday Hubby [PHOTOS]
If Dr. Conrad Murray is convicted of felony involuntary manslaughter and sentenced tothe maximum — 4 years in state prison — he will not spend a single day in prison … and he could end up on house arrest. A new law went into effect in California on October 1, which says, because of overcrowding, people convicted […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three months ago, one of the CIA’s most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. On that much, everyone agrees. Exactly what he’s doing there, however, is much less clear. Since The Associated Press revealed the assignment […]
http://www.newsnet5.com WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama saluted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday as a man who “stirred our conscience” and made the Union “more perfect,” rejoicing in the dedication of a monument memorializing the slain civil rights leader’s life and work. “I know we will overcome,” Obama proclaimed, standing by the 30-foot granite monument […]
*R&B singer Carl Thomas has finalized a date for his new album, “Conquer,” the album we’ve all been waiting for. So on Dec. 6, wait no more because the saucy, sexy sensual, and don’t forget inspirational music will be out in stores. “I am back,” the singer declared. “Do you know why? I am back […]
Martin Luther King isn’t the first African American to be immortalized with his own monument. There are several memorials across the country paying tribute to African American leaders, artists, and academics. Check out our list of the Top 10 monuments to African Americans. We positioned them in the order we think Is there anyone you […]
From CNN, by Roy Peter Clark: I was in Atlanta when I first learned of a controversy over an inscription marking the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington. The quote on one side of the granite “Stone of Hope” reads, “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.” In an […]
After her recent divorce from Mark Anthony, Jenny has been getting around the block with the men folks…this time she has been seen again with Bradley Cooper: Bradley Cooper was seen in Los Angeles Saturday with a woman paparazzi say is Jennifer Lopez and who our exclusive photos reveal to be a woman who sure […]