Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on archit ...
Posted Monday, March 11th 2013 at 3:12PM
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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan will speak to high school and college students March 21 and 22 during a visit to Tuskegee University.
A release states that Farrakhan will talk about education, the need for historically black colleges and un ...
Posted Monday, March 11th 2013 at 2:46PM
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SOUTH AFRICA--Following the wishes of his dead namesake, 8-year-old Sanele Masilela got hitched to Helen Shabangu, who is a Mother of five, in their village of Tshwane, South Africa, reports the U.K. Daily Mail.
The wedding announcement sent shoc ...
Posted Monday, March 11th 2013 at 2:43PM
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(FinalCall.com) Can lessons be learned from Lil’ Wayne lyrics about Emmett Till, whose brutal murder helped ignite civil rights movement? Final Call re-examines questions about power, entertainers, music, messages and how they impact Black America.
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Posted Saturday, March 9th 2013 at 4:39PM
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Lil' Kim 'Just Now Getting Over' Notorious B.I.G's Death, 16 Years Later
Years after Biggie's March 9, 1997 death, Kim will celebrate for the first time.
The loss of the Notorious B.I.G. was tough for hip-hop, but while fans lost a legend, Lil' K ...
Posted Saturday, March 9th 2013 at 4:20PM
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(AP) A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector test to keep racists off his force.
Coopertown Police Chief Shane Sullivan took over the department in November, becoming the 11th chie ...
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At 73-years-old Tina Turner has landed her first Vogue cover. The legendary singer covers the fashion bible’s Germany issue for the month of April. The cover was shot by photography couple Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan Indlekofer.
This cover makes Ti ...
Posted Saturday, March 9th 2013 at 3:24PM
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(ABC NEWS) -- A black student at a Texas junior high school was the victim of routine racial taunts and bullying, including his receiving a fake invitation to a KKK birthday party to be held in his honor, his mother says.
Justin Howard, a seventh ...
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Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. A one-of-a-kind pioneer of 20th-century music, Tharpe attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings th ...
Posted Thursday, March 7th 2013 at 10:55AM
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By Charles Foerster
March 03, 2013
This is a time when the public has an opportunity to materially affect how they, the consumers, may protect their own health and that of their offspring for generations to come. In that respect the timer is run ...
Posted Thursday, March 7th 2013 at 10:44AM
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