April V. Taylor It seems many people have taken offense to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison choosing to leave her papers as part of the permanent library collection of Princeton University, where she taught at for nearly two decades. Those who have taken offense feel as though the papers should have been left to HBCU Howard University, where Morrison graduated from and also taught such influential Black leaders as Stokley Carmichael….
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Pregnant 25-year-old Adel Charles of Croydon, England was humiliated by a traffic officer before he gave her a ticket. She had paid for an hour of parking outside a clinic for her final pre-birth check-up — she’s due on Friday. According to Thisiscroydontoday.co.uk, she walked out of the clinic, saw the officer standing over her car and pleaded with him not to issue her a ticket. She said “You could see…
President Barack Obama said Thursday it was just common sense to keep girls under the age of 17 from being able to buy a morning-after contraceptive pill off a drugstore shelf. Citing his own two daughters, Obama said: “I think most parents would probably feel the same way.” Plenty of pediatric leaders and women’s advocacy groups did not, as reaction flowed in to the administration’s decision to prevent…
A bill called the Weekend Voting Act seeks to move Election Day to the first weekend in November, allowing voters to cast ballots on either Saturday or Sunday. While the bill has its backers in Congress, it has not been introduced in the current Congress, and Soboroff acknowledges it is difficult to get lawmakers to take up the issue. “There’s not a lot of incentive for people…
What the Ha-yell reports: Well, I guess you can’t have it your way at Burger King all the time. Shawn Porter, 32, was going through the drive-thru at a BK in Deltona, Florida, when he allegedly got the brilliant idea to place an order for a “blunt and some herbs.” Apparently, recreational drug use isn’t taken lightly in the drive-thru, because the cashier, recognizing the smell of marijuana…
A groundbreaking survey of African American mothers on their pregnancy and birth experiences reveals that black moms have little support before, during and after birth—a void that may explain why African American babies are disproportionately underweight and suffer high infant mortality. The first-of-its-kind survey of 245 Black women in Oregon was conducted by the International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC), with help from Portland State University, as part…
Single Ladies” has found its replacement for Stacey Dash. “All My Children” vet Denise Vasi will join the cast of VH1′s breakout hit series, the network announced this morning. Vasi will play Raquel, a businesswoman from a prominent Southern family. “Denise is the perfect addition to the ‘Single Ladies’ cast,” executive producer Queen Latifah said. “She is bringing a fun, new element to the show.” via ‘All My…
Last week, actress Kyla Pratt spoke out for the first time about why she decided to keep the birth of her now 1 year old daughter a secret as well as cleared up rumors that her baby’s father, Danny Kilpatrick, was a stripper. She also promised that he would be releasing a project soon and the world would see his talents. As promised, Danny’s rap alias, which is…
Wendy Williams sure knows how to bring up uncomfortable mess doesn’t she? When rapper T.I. and his wife Tiny visited her show recently, the gossipy host asked the couple if there was any chance that she would have taken the drug charges he acquired during their September 2010 arrest that sent him back to jail with a sentence of 11 months. The conversation was stirred by all the…
Pauly D has spun his way to success as the newest member of 50 Cent’s music group. On Thursday, the “Jersey Shore” star officially signed on to the hip-hop mogul’s G-Note record label, reports Billboard. Pauly D’s new deal sounds like a right fit for the rapper’s dance and pop music featured label. The 31-year-old deejay, who found fame from the hit MTV reality show, has managed to…
The Jackson family can now move on since the Conrad Murray trial is finished. But there’s no rest for the weary. Word is that the Jackson kids could be getting their own reality show. This would be a great opportunity for the youngsters to live in the limelight, the same fame their father sheltered them from for such a long time. According to reports, Paris, Prince Michael…
Your Black News reports: There’s normal-crazy; then, there’s crazy-crazy. Damel Burton killed his girlfriend’s son, 18-year-old Keith Murrell, in their apartment, then opened fire on a Queens bus, killing another man. “The defendant stated that he would have shot more people but the gun jammed,” said prosecutor Suzanne O’Hare said in Queens Criminal Court during Burton’s arraignment. Read more at Your Black News
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired two Ku Klux Klan robes that will be exhibited in its future home on the National Mall. One of the robes donated Monday comes from the family of the late writer Stetson Kennedy, who died in August some six decades after he infiltrated the KKK and exposed its secrets. The second robe belonged…
Wonder what it feels like to wake up one morning and just decide to BUY a professional baseball team? Magic Johnson would know. He and his group of investors have made an offer to buy the L.A. Dodgers. And they’re not offering up chump change. Get the deets on the BILLIONS the fellas have and Magic potentially making MLB history by buying the Dodgers inside… NBA Hall…