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Jay King Drops Debut Solo CD "Open Book" and Launches New Web Series "Up Close and Personal" -- Los Angeles, CA - Industry veteran, musician and producer, Jay King has always been ahead of the curve. As the founder/creator of Club Nouveau, perhaps one of the most distinctive
"Chariot" a New Stage Play with Themes of Racism, Homophobia and Finally Acceptance is Coming Forth to Hollywood -- Hollywood, CA - Theater lovers will be elevated and emancipated when "Chariot" an explosive drama by Steven Lee arrives to the legendary Stella Adler Theatre, July 16 through September 2
Michael Jackson Performing at the Concert in the Sky - Commentary by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - “All I wanna say is that they don’t really care about us” is a line from my favorite Michael Jackson song. Another excerpt from the same
Becoming Post Racial - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- “Race has no place in American life or law.” President John F. Kennedy spoke these words the evening of June 11, 1963 following the desegregation of the University of Alabama
Local Celebrities And Top Atlanta Chefs Turn Out For The 20th Anniversary Of Real Men Cook For Charity -- WSB-TV Family 2 Family Project makes it possible for over 500 families to attend the prominent Father’s Day celebration Top Atlanta chefs, celebrity tasters and judges, and over one hundred
The Racist History of The War On Drugs -- (Taylor Media Services) According to the Drug Policy Alliance (www.drugpolicy.org), African Americans constitute 13 percent of all users of illegal drugs but they make up 35 percent of those arrested
Zakiya Hooker "Keeps It Real" in North and South America with New CD Release -- San Francisco, CA - When a woman sings the blues it is the most natural rhythm on the planet. Who else to better to know and express the anguish of
Jacksonville Jags Should Sign Michael Vick - Commentary by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - I would like to buy two season tickets to see the National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars this fall……..if they sign former Atlanta Falcon QB Michael Vick
Resetting Our Moral Clocks - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- The fact that those of us opposed to abortion find the work of late term abortionist George Tiller perverse and immoral does not mean that we give sanction to his
Find Joy in Mourning an Inspirational Book by Angela Dockter-Harris -- Angela A. Dockter-Harris guides readers to healing after loss in her new book released nationwide, titled Dance in the Rain: His Joy Comes in the Mourning. Published by Tate Publishing
Hawks Guard, Joe Johnson, Mayor Shirley Franklin, and Real Housewives of Atlanta's Ed Hartwell to Join Real Men Cook June 21 -- Festivities include food, clowns, Double Dutch, prizes, live performance by Canton Jones, Case, Wanda Trent Philips and Antonio Allen and chef demonstrations by Chef Keith Kash and Chef Rick Anthony
Having Your Racial Cake and Eating it Too - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- John C. Calhoun, father of the confederacy, said about the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence: “there is not a word of truth in the whole proposition, as expressed
BLACK WOMEN'S ROUNDTABLE Statement on the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court -- Washington, DC- Following are statements from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation'S (NCBCP) Black Women's Roundtable on President Obama's announcement of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. From Melanie L
The Breath Tax - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- The rationale for the “Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009," otherwise known as Cap and Trade, is that environmental catastrophe awaits us if we do not control
Marcus Darc Documents Rise and Fall of Kelly in Music Video Release -- Los Angeles - When Marc McWillams aka Marcus Darc formed his first group as a teenager in Chicago, R-Kelly & MGM, he knew then that he not only possessed a
Havenotz Entertainment Option Rights to "Harlem Godfather, The Rap on My Husband Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson" -- Los Angeles - Just weeks after the passing of Mayme Hatcher Johnson, widow of the legendary Harlem gangster, Bumpy Johnson, Havenotz Entertainment has optioned the film rights to her book
The Right-Wing Tango - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- Quiet as its kept Hollywood is filled with conservatives. I am not speaking of republicans. You can turn over any rock and find an Arlen Specter waiting to crawl out
Hip Hop Choreographer, Lauren Outlaw Dances into Success in Over 12 Countries On Top European Reality Shows -- Dallas, TX - Hip hop and dance have always been a winning combination. The energetic kinetics of the youthful trend has inspired a movement that has propelled bodies clear around
Bluesman John Lee Hooker, Jr. Continues to Garner Nods for "All Odds Against Me" CD -- When bluesman John Lee Hooker, Jr. named his album, "All Odds Against Me" it was because for so many years they had been. John Lee Hooker Jr. has an intimate
Cleo Manago Speaks On "Crips & Bloods" Documentary -- Manago Cites: "Black Men Killing Each Other was Safer than Confronting Their Enemy" Los Angeles, CA - The voice of social architect, activist and visionary, Cleo Manago is certainly recognized
Zakiya Hooker, Daughter of Blues Legend John Lee Hooker, Is "Keeping It Real" with New CD Release -- San Francisco, CA - When your daddy is blues icon, the late great, four-time Grammy winner, John Lee Hooker, what's a blues sangin' sista to do? When posed with that
NCBCP Spirit of Democracy Honorees Announced -- Washington, DC - Congresswoman Barbara Lee; actress, Sheryl Lee Ralph; editor-in-chief emeritus of Essence, Susan L. Taylor; and retired Command Sergeant Major, Michele S. Jones; are the National Coalition on
Barrett LaRoda Licenses Jewelry Deal for R&B SuperStar Gladys Knight -- Los Angeles, CA - R&B icon Gladys Knight has always personified the essence of style, grace and soul. An award winning singer and songwriter and an accomplished businesswoman, actress, author
Vivica Fox Addresses Plastic Surgery Rumors with Dr. Boogie -- Los Angeles, CA - When hair stylist to the stars, Dr. Boogie launched his blog, "Chair Chat with Dr. Boogie" at www.DrBoogieSecrets.blogspot.com he promised to give his famous clients a
Resuscitating the GOP 2: The Brand - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. Mark 3:25 It is both reasonable and fair to ask reformers of the Republican
Rich Getting Richer at Poor's Expense - Commentary by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - President Barack Obama has made an American economic rebound a priority in the early days of his term. He has infused the economy with borrowed dollars
Resuscitating the GOP - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- A popular topic of conversation these days is what ails the Republican Party. Everyone from barbershop pundits and opinion writers to former Bush administration officials have waded in with opinions
Changes - Commentary by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - Every year or so a politician comes along and says, “It’s time for a change!” Preachers, teachers, employers and others also love to talk about changes
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. INC. to Celebrate 30th Anniversary During the Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner -- Cicely Tyson, the Ron Clark Academy and Dr. Joseph E. Lowery among participants in an evening of reflection and celebration Atlanta, GA - SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc
Don't Hate, Celebrate: Inauguration will Unfold in Divine Order -- by Edrea Davis We all want the last word, to be the final act, to close the deal. It makes you wonder why mainstream media and gayrights activists focused so
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