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“The Committee” Selects a Black Female President in Bestselling Author Terry E. Hill’s New Release

San Francisco – With Come Sunday Morning, When Sunday Comes Again and The Last Sunday, author Terry E. Hill has proven himself an adept story weaver. Enthralling his readers with a trilogy based inside a megachurch setting, his well-spun plots of scandal, suspense and seduction were delivered with acute precision. Skillfully whipping his readers into […]

KRS-ONE: ‘Technology is Attempting to Manipulate Hip-Hop

By Christopher Harris, The Village Voice – At 26, KRS-One sneered, crouched, and raised his fists in a fighting stance on the cover of the Village Voice’s June 1992 Rock ‘n’ Roll Quarterly edition. Within a sprawling twenty-two-page Q&A, penned by Robert Christgau, the Voice examined the young rapper’s ideologies in a cover story titled […]

Natalie Cole, Grammy Winning Singer and Daughter of Jazz Legend Nat King Cole

Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer and the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, has died. She was 65. Natalie Cole Career Highlights Natalie Cole rocketed to stardom in 1975 with her debut album, Inseparable, earning her a #1 single, “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and her first two Grammy® awards for Best New […]

Young Black Men Killed by US Police at Highest Rate in Year of 1,134 Deaths

The Guardian – Young black men were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by police officers in 2015, according to the findings of a Guardian study that recorded a final tally of 1,134 deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers this year. Despite making up only 2% of the total […]

2016 Democratic National Convention Watch Party With Vivica A. Fox & Howard Hewett

Save the date for the 2016 Democratic National Convention Watch Party hosted by actress and producer, Vivica A. Fox and chair of the Darby Township Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Richard R. Womack Jr. Grammy Award winning singer, Howard Hewett, will perform. We’re “Celebrating the Black Vote,” because the fight for voting rights and the entire civil […]

U.S. Census Bureau Facts: Black History Month: February 2016

Washington, DC – To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays of […]

GOP Used Carson to Improve its Image

By John J. Dunphy, The Telegraph – Ben Carson’s candidacy is collapsing. Conservative evangelicals, who formerly comprised the core of Carson’s supporters, are deserting the retired surgeon in droves for Ted Cruz or other GOP presidential contenders. Carson’s public statements finally convinced many of those who once ardently supported him that his abysmal ignorance of […]