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On Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama signed a bill effectively awarding the four young victims of the tragic 1963 Birmingham church bombing with the Congressional Gold Medal. Ku Klux Klan members used dynamite in the blast that killed four girls, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair while injuring nearly two dozen others. The church was a […]
In Rosedale. a cargo train derailed earlier seriously injuring the driver who was pried from the train and flown to shock trauma. The driver is in serious by stable condition. the only other two passengers were not injured. Although, Rail and Hazmat Investigators did not find any toxic chemical spill or smoke at least 20 […]
What brought Kelly Rowland to tears? At a recent Washington D.C. concert the 32-year-old shed a few tears on stage. During a performance of her latest single ‘Dirty Laundry,’ the new “X Factor” host broke down after singing about her experience with domestic violence and sometimes-up, sometimes-down friendship with Beyonce. Check out the video footage below […]
It looks like the American Idol contest is in another game of musical chairs. Current judges Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson and Keith Urban are reportedly not be returning for next season. So who will judge American Idol? Multiple reports confirmed to E! that they have secured Grammy and Oscar winning, season 3 alum Jennifer Hudson as a judge for season 13. Hudson placed 7th […]
Seventy-one years ago, Army man Richard Arvine Overton was fighting for his country in the South Pacific. Now, at 107, the Austin, Texas, resident is reported to be the oldest living veteran in the United States. So how does he plan on spending this memorial day? On his porch of with a cigar nestled in his right […]
Memorial Day is probably one of my favorite holidays because it’s where we celebrate the legacy of those service members who put their life on the line for our freedom. And did you that the holiday was first celebrated by black soldiers? According to Yale University history professor David Blight, he says that blacks in […]
Lauryn Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress. Early in her career, she established her reputation as an actress in the film Sister Act Two: Back In The Habit,and then as the front woman of the hip-hop group Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of The Miseducation […]
We all watched on TV and read about the devastation the tornadoes caused in Moore Oklahoma. Here’s a guy that’s not just talking the talk he’s walking the walk. NBA star Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma Thunder not only gave a million dollars of his money for Oklahoma tornado relief but he got NIKE to […]
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards, 69, better known under the stage name Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award-winning singer, author, and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry. LaBelle spent 16 years as lead singer of Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles, who changed their name to Labelle in the early 1970s and released the […]
Gabrielle Molina, 12, hanged herself in her Queens, New York home after being viciously cyber-bullied by her middle school classmates, reports the New York Post.…