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McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now". They wrote and produced some of the most popular

Nina Simone, better known as "The High Priestess of Soul" was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina one of eight children in a poor family. She began playing piano at the ag

SAN DIEGO (FinalCall.com) - Sherry Johnson came to the city Convention Center with her nine-year-old-son, 23-year-old daughter and a lot on her mind. She sees a world spinning out of control, subli

BlackBlueDog.com--Attorney General Eric Holder reportedly became “incensed” after being accused of complaining about public interference in his office. The accusations came from top Obama advisor Dav

Peace, This blog is in response to a question asked by one of my dear sisters on the BlackWomenConnect.com site. INSTINCT or INTUITION? It is always sad to hear it often said by human beings

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THE SUGARHILL GANG ~ HISTORY The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for its 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight," the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. The song uses an

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. -- Authorities say an African American bank robber is in custody after disguising himself as an elderly white man and holding up several banks across Northern California. San Le

The following is a video lecture of Minister Ava Muhammad, the national spokesperson for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, speaking in Brooklyn, New York

THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS ~ HISTORY The Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul", were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An internationally acclaimed Turkish classical pianist is to stand trial on charges of insulting Muslim religious values in comments posted on Twitter, an Istanbul court ruled on

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING ~HISTORY "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by 500 school children

Beyonce will play Queen Tara in the 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios’ Epic. From the creators of Ice Age and Rio, Epic tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between

By Mary Foster, Associated Press May 30, 2012 They marched out of cotton and cane fields, away from the kitchens, the laundries and the rows of cabins standing behind white-columned plantations. I

NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police are looking for suspects Wednesday morning in a series of shootings which, even by New Orleans standards, constituted an especially violent day. There were four

VIRGINIA--Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni urged the older generation at Lynchburg College’s annual Conference on Aging to “write your story down.” “We should not have to be apologizing for our age

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT)- Boston University researchers found that sarcoidosis accounts for 25 percent of deaths among women in the Black Women’s Health Study who have the disease. Sarcoidosis caus

TheRoot.com--Three years before the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic called on Union veterans’ organizations to decorate the graves of dead soldiers, blacks in Charleston, South Ca

From Global Research.com May 27, 2012 They came as slaves; vast human cargo transported on tall British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included me

Give it up for our sister Sakeena Powers from Poughkeepsie, NY, who received her Hospital and Healthcare Degree from Dutchess Community College on May 25, 2012. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LOVELY MUSLI

Peace, The following article appeared in a Jamaican Newspaper this week. A copy of this letter was forwarded to my inbox this morning. Two words: MISEDUCATION and SELF HATRED. Read on: LETTER TO