Oprah Winfrey’s OWN has found at least one winning formula in its programming – the reality show “Welcome to Sweetie Pies.” The story of Miss Robbie Montgomery and her family-run soul food restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri has made fervent fans out of viewers who can appreciate her wisdom and her devotion to family and […]

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Actor/comedian Tommy Davidson, best known for his work on “In Living Color,” has had a career as a standup comic for many years, and this weekend, he’s heading down to Texas to the Arlington Improv. Davidson has racked up credits in movies like “Bamboozled,” “Booty Call,” “Strictly Business” and “Black Dynamite” and was for years […]

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This week, a grand jury met one last time over the cold case of Frank Morris, an African-American shopkeeper in Ferriday, Louisiana, who was brutally murdered in 1964, a victim of the Ku Klux Klan. Morris’ case was re-opened in 2007 as part of unsolved civil rights murder investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice. […]

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In the Old West, there was a black female slave named Mary Fields who was raised by nuns in Tennessee. She was an orphaned child who never married and never gave birth. After moving to Toledo, Ohio, Fields would spend all of her time in the Catholic Convent with a woman named Mother Amadeus. Though […]

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A poised Atlanta businesswoman appeared on a local television station Monday and told viewers that she had a 13-year affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, yet another bombshell accusation that involves Cain and alleged inappropriate relationships with women from his past. “It was pretty simple. It wasn’t complicated. I was aware that he was […]

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Recently, the people of Lafayette, Indiana learned that a small cottage that once stood at 1009 Cincinnati Street was more than an abandoned building – it was a historic AME church for the free black slave community. Built in the early 19th century, blacks owned the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1846 to 1866. […]

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President Barack Obama, who in 1979 won a Hawaii state championship playing basketball for his high school, the Punahou School, really misses NBA basketball. He misses it so much that he’s decided to do something about it. With the NBA lockout threatening to cancel the entire season, last week, the president’s re-election campaign announced that […]

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The original 1996 blockbuster brought in $817 million and continued to grow in popularity long after its premiere. Because of its demand, Will Smith is asking for $50 million to be a part of the new film. But that asking price might just keep the actor from appearing in the sci-fi action movies. Vulture reports […]

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Although there was not a dry eye at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, New York during Friday’s homegoing service for Dwight Arrington Myers, known to the world as rapper Heavy D, his loved ones celebrated his generous nature, and his 11-year-old daughter, Xea, lovingly reminded the congregation of 1,500 mourners that her father “was […]

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Eleanor Williams was the first black female air traffic controller in the country. The Texas native and mother of seven began working for the FAA in 1963 as a janitor. Three months after working on the cleaning crew, williams took another job working at a cafeteria hospital before attending free classes at a local community […]

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It could be a scene lifted out of a Hollywood movie, but one so cheesy, you might not believe it. A car washer auditions in public for the first time and blows away seasoned judges with his unexpected talent. Not only does he ace his audition, he beats out everyone else to ascend to the […]

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In April 2010, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) La’Shanda Holmes became the first African-American female helicopter pilot in the U.S. Coast Guard. Holmes is a pilot of the MH-65 Dolphins. She joins the 85 female pilots of the 1,200 currently serving in the U.S. Coast Guard.   A North Carolina native, Holmes and her brother were raised […]