tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47986828651680993182024-03-14T01:32:56.420-04:00Your Black LifeWhatever happens in the life of an African-American is fair-game here. But you are human first, so anything that makes you happy, frustrates you, angers you, worries you, or excites you serves as the fertile ground on which we can have this discussion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger698125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-70414967026907659382011-10-16T20:10:00.001-04:002011-10-16T20:12:29.527-04:00Women Arrested for Being Serial Rapists
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Read more »Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-9332285977636506292011-09-28T20:41:00.001-04:002011-09-28T20:41:44.125-04:00LSU Player Has Felonies Reduced to Misdemeanors   CLICK TO READ Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-67302262683193666362011-09-23T10:21:00.001-04:002011-09-23T10:22:43.268-04:00R&B Singer Vesta WilliamsFound Dead in L.A. Hotel RoomR&B singer Vesta Williams was found dead in a Los Angeles, California hotel room on Thursday. She was 48.
Best known for her 1989 hit “Congratulations,” word of the singer’s death has been making the rounds on Twitter as fellow celebrities have been sending out their condolences since last night.
The cause of death is still unknown pending the completion of a full investigation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-75542327094010853982011-09-23T07:56:00.000-04:002011-09-23T07:56:16.836-04:0031% of Black Men Over 18 More Likely to Still Live with ParentsAccording to the latest Census figures, the unemployment rate for young adults 18 and over is the highest since World War II, and they risk living in poverty more than others — nearly one in five.
"We have a monster jobs problem, and young people are the biggest losers," said Andrew Sum, an economist and director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. He noted that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-31501524172550725952011-09-23T07:26:00.000-04:002011-09-23T07:26:39.417-04:00Chris Brown Rewards Fan for Returning Bling Lost at VMAsR&B Sensation Chris Brown was delighted to get his $22,000 Rolex diamond watch back he lost last month during a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). Brown accidentally threw one of his most prized possessions into the crowd.
In keeping his promise as sent in a Tweet, to show appreciation to the person who returned it, Brown rewarded the honest fan, Alisha Borton, with a visit toUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-2597989662481672922011-09-23T01:09:00.000-04:002011-09-23T01:09:32.665-04:00Beyonce`s Mama Selling 8,800 Square Foot Houston MansionFashion designer Tina Knowles and mother of world renown entertainer, Beyonce has put her sprawling Houston, Texas mansion on the market.
The beautiful home has a carved stone fireplace, multilevel formal living and dining room, and a 50 foot wall of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the backyard pool.
With the asking price being $3.5 million, reports suggest the "palace" was aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-81241797259627708332011-09-22T09:30:00.002-04:002011-09-22T09:39:33.354-04:00Oprah: The Only African American on this Year's Forbes 400 ListAccording to the 2011 Forbes Billionaire List, Nigeria's Aliko Dangote with a net worth of $13.8 billion is the richest Black person in the world.
The other Black billionaires on the 2011 list are South African gold magnate Patrice Motsepe with $3.3 billion, American Oprah Winfrey at $2.7 billion and Nigeria's Mike Adenuga with $2 billion.
From 2001 to 2003, Forbes listed BET (Black Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-47529105488013451872011-09-22T08:59:00.000-04:002011-09-22T08:59:05.400-04:00Facebook: A Change Gone Continue to ComeMany Facebook subscribers are growing increasingly frustrated with the plethora of changes being implemented by Facebook in its effort to remain "fresh".
With about 750 million active monthly subscribers using Facebook , there is widespread anger over changes to the ‘news feed’ — the stream of information collated on the front page of every Facebook profile — and the overall profile Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-23972235764461058062011-09-22T07:54:00.000-04:002011-09-22T07:54:28.580-04:00Convicted Killer of Jasper Dragging Crime ExecutedA convicted white supremacist gang member of the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas, was executed Wednesday evening
Lawrence Russell Brewer was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m., just 10 minutes after the final injection of the lethal drugs into both his black tattooed covered arms.
In 1998, Byrd, 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-10997044250934237822011-09-22T07:26:00.000-04:002011-09-22T07:26:46.073-04:00Janet Jackson's Ex-Husband, James DeBarge, Credits Michael with Saving His LifeAppearing on "Dr. Drew's Life Changers" James DeBarge, Janet Jackson's first husband and former member of the hit making 80's group, DeBarge, credited Michael Jackson with saving his life in a suicide attempt.
"I was going to jump and everyone was losing it...He was the only one not freaking out," DeBarge said. "He seemed to be familiar with my pain...He knew I needed someone to talk Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-89214728076847968702011-09-21T11:30:00.000-04:002011-09-21T11:30:26.806-04:00T.I.'s Time in Jail Shows That Crime Does PayT.I.'s recent incarceration has been great for business. His business.
Sales for the rapper's clothing line, A.K.O.O. (A King Of One's Self) have skyrocketed while he's been behind bars, according to a rep for the brand.
The company's sales soared by 25 percent in the last year while the rapper served time for violating probation on a drug charge (later dismissed).
A.K.O.O. hadn't seen Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-79594621447663482012011-09-20T22:15:00.001-04:002011-09-21T00:52:28.060-04:00Matchmaker Sues Gayle King for Not Coming through with OprahOrly Hadida -- aka Orly the Matchmaker - is suing the world's most favorite best friend, Gayle King for not getting her on Oprah.
After allegedly spending hundreds of hours hooking Gayle up with 5 men, Orly claims that she waived her normal $500,000 matchmaking fee in exchange for an arrangment she made with Gayle two years ago to get her on Oprah's show before it ended.
Orly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-38408754923730379542011-09-20T12:44:00.001-04:002011-09-21T01:00:57.909-04:00Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by LeBron James' Wannabe 'Dad'
Leicester Stovall & LeBron James
The claim of Leicester Bryce Stovall who said he was the father of LeBron James has been dismissed bya Washington, D.C. judge.
TMZ reports that Stovall had all eight of his claims rejected because he could not prove them and had "not identified any damages." Stovall has accused James' mother Gloria with tampering with a paternity test.
Stovall,&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-5684425143795701422011-09-19T20:38:00.000-04:002011-09-19T20:38:13.595-04:00Holt Named New Host of 'Dateline NBC'In an arena where African American national news anchors are few, long-time veteran news anchor and reporter, Lester Holt, will serve as the new host of "Dateline NBC".
Holt will replace Ann Curry who currently serves as co-anchor with Matt Lauer of the Today Show.
Embarking on 30 years as a career journalist, Holt became a regular with the NBC family since 2000 when he began his career with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-91526639699851264402011-09-19T20:06:00.000-04:002011-09-19T20:06:46.184-04:00Cornell West Part of Group Seeking Obama ChallengerDr. Cornell West has joined forces with former Presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader to promote a "progressive agenda" with an intent of attracting a liberal challenger to President Barack Obama.
As part of the steering committee of the New Progressive Alliance (NPA), West, who has reportedly joined with Nader, is leading a group of liberals and academics, seeking candidates Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-14949802948691769932011-09-19T11:06:00.000-04:002011-09-19T11:06:04.251-04:00Bowie State Stabbing Overshadows Homecoming Weekend
Alexis Simpson, murder suspect
Dispute over the volume of iPod music led to the stabbing death of Bowie State University sophmore Dominique Frazier - who would have turned 19 on Sunday.
Frazier was alleged stabbed with a pair of scissors about 8 p.m. last Thursday repeatedly by Alexis Simpson, a second year freshmen who reported transferred from Clark Atlanta University in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-63547055439027022562011-09-19T10:30:00.000-04:002011-09-19T10:30:53.287-04:00Federal Minority-Owned Small Business Programs in JeopardyEfforts by the federal government to ensure equity in contracting may be jeopardy.As a formality, the Obama administration has proposed eliminating a federal contracting program benefiting ethnic minority-owned businesses after courts ruled that the program was unconstitutional.Before 2008 and 2009 court rulings, the Defense Department and other agencies added 10 percent to low bids from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-38084190538560679362011-09-17T07:10:00.000-04:002011-09-17T07:10:15.584-04:00Violent Crimes By Fell By 12%WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of violent crimes fell by a surprisingly large 12 percent in the United States last year, a far bigger drop than the nation has been averaging since 2001, the Justice Department said.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported there were 3.8 million violent crimes last year, down from 4.3 million in 2009.
Experts aren't sure why. The expectation had been that crime Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-25744104582697848952011-09-16T16:24:00.000-04:002011-09-16T16:24:40.000-04:00With Post Offices Closing, Does It Mean More Unemployment for Black Postal WorkersIt's painful to watch the U.S. Postal Service announce almost 3,700 proposed post office closures nationwide, including 34 in New York City. This pain is intensified knowing that Congress is currently considering cutbacks in delivery to five days.
After the Civil War, African-Americans were first allowed entry into the postal workforce. By 1970, blacks, making up one-fifth of the postal workforceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-10788094843104514912011-09-16T14:27:00.000-04:002011-09-16T14:27:22.215-04:00What Does SAT Score Decline Mean for BlacksNewly released SAT scores show that scores in reading, writing and even math are down over last year and have been declining for years. And critical reading scores are the lowest in 40 years.
The stubborn and disturbing achievement gaps among Asians, white and Blacks remain large. The average composite SAT scores for Asians, for example, have increased 40 points since 2006, while black Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-19754728093125402922011-09-16T07:06:00.000-04:002011-09-16T07:06:56.645-04:00U.S. Supreme Court Halts the Execution of Duane BuckHUNTSVILLE, Texas - Late Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the execution of Duane Buck,48, halted. Buck was convicted of killing of his girlfriend and a man in 1995.
After 16 years of having been convicted, Buck's lawyers appealed his sentence saying it was not fair due to a psychologist's testimony that black people were more likely to commit violence.
Buck was spared Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-85401951146137496992011-09-16T06:31:00.000-04:002011-09-16T06:31:48.896-04:00Simmons to Retire as President of Brown UniversityKnown as the "Jackie Robinson of college presidents," Ruth Simmons, President of Brown University is retiring. As the first African American appointed as president of an Ivy League school, Simmons became president of Brown in 2000.
Under her leadership, Brown increased its faculty by 20 percent, improved financial aid and built a new home for its medical school.
In 2002, Newsweek selectedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-37168146406126809682011-09-16T05:54:00.001-04:002011-09-16T06:02:41.680-04:00Former Friend & Ex-Aide Rolls on Kwame Kilpatrick Pleads Guilty in Federal Public Corruption CaseFormer friend & ex-aide to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Derrick Miller, recently plead guilty in the federal public-corruption case being leveled against the already convicted ex-mayor.
According to Miller, Kilpatrick had Miller and others part of the ex-mayor's inner circle shake down contractors in the form of bribes in exchange for city contracts. Miller admitted to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-16226052961301779792011-09-14T08:03:00.000-04:002011-09-14T08:03:56.047-04:00$50K Available to Help Save Your Home NOW! Deadline: 9/15/2011A $50,000 loan to help you save your house is available now! However the last time to apply ends TOMORROW!
In a recent radio interview, Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) announced the availability of the Emergency Homeowner's Loan Program (EHLP). It's a billion dollar funded loan program that provides up to a $50,000 loan for 24 months to those who qualify by having lost a job through Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798682865168099318.post-22780752730425379332011-09-14T07:41:00.000-04:002011-09-14T07:41:36.648-04:00Michael Jackson's Mother and His Children to Receive $30M from Estate
Michael's children with Katherine Jackson and Aunt LaToya
There are those who argue that world renowned entertainer Michael Jackson is worth more in death than while he was living. This could be the case due to the $310 million in revenues that executors of MJ's estate have managed to generate as of December 31, 2010.
As a result, the executors have filed court documents requesting to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0