The Tom Joyner Morning Show talked with Nathaniel Gay who is a black gay man at the center of controversy for a recent video showing his wedding nuptials with husband Robert. Gay insists that the media took the video montage out of context coining the “gay kappa wedding” phrase and that it has no affiliation with Kappa Alpha Psi. Click […]
The presumptive GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney will address the National NAACP Convention in Houston, Texas today. His address will entail the economy on job growth and getting small businesses booming again. President Obama won 95% of the black vote in 2008. Romney will address the 14.4 % unemployment rate among blacks which is higher than 8.2% national […]
Actor Morgan Freeman is in the news again. Freeman is one of President Obama’s strongest supporters, had this to say, Obama is “mixed race” and not African American. Freeman was trying to prove a point when the republicans and others rejects and criticizes the president, that fact is, he is not only black. He said […]
Wendell Scott was born on August 29, 1921 in Danville, Virginia. He was the only black driver to win a top NASCAR series known today as the Sprint Cup series. He won the race at the Jacksonville, Florida Speedway Park in December 1, 1963. Scott died on December 23, 1990. VOTE NOW! NASCAR Hall of Fame […]
Courtesy of: HotSpotATL.com Steve Harvey’s Think Like A Man is finally in theaters today, and Gabrielle Union and Regina Hall stopped by Majic 107.5 / 97.5 recently to talk with Carol Blackmon about their roles in the film. In addition to the movie, Gabrielle and Regina discussed men and relationships and black women in Hollywood. […]
On this date in 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first African American actor to win an Academy award for Best actor. He won the Oscar for his role as a construction worker who built a church for nuns in “Lilies of the Field” Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1924 in Miami, Florida while his […]
UPDATE: Two white men accused of shooting five black men have reportedly confessed. A Tulsa police spokesman told the “New York Times” that 19 year old Jake England admits shooting three of the victims and 33 year old Alvin Watts has admitted he shot two others. England and Watts are being held on a $10 […]
My Rich History: Blacks or African Americans have built the foundation for this America. We are inventors, doctors, lawyers, professors, business owners, entertainers, ambassadors, carpenters and presidents. But in all of our contributions and accomplishments we still haven’t mastered “colorism.” Kiara Lee is a senior attending the University of Richmond majoring in Sociology with a […]
Get Educated! Get Updated! Get Tested! EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Roland Martin interviews Phil Wilson, President and CEO of the AIDS Institute. Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Days and most people are not aware of the impact of HIV/AIDS on black college campuses in the south. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a study in […]
Mark your calendars for December 3rd, it’s the annual Holiday Open House at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia from 12 – 4pm. Free admission to the museum, children’s crafts and photos with “Santa with Soul”. The Heritage Gift Shop will have Holiday items for sale. The Museum is located at OO Clay Street. […]
Father & Son Artists, Jerome & Jeromyah Jones, celebrate “The Art of Father & Son As One” their new exhibition at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia now through January 21, 2012. See their art on line www.blackhistorymuseum.org or call 804-780-9093. The museum is located at 00 Clay Street, Richmond.
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia invites you to a Black and White Affair, Friday, October 14, 6-9pm. Come dressed in your best black & white outfits as the Museum opens two new exhibitions, Louis Hansel Draper: The Way I See It and Darrick Claiborne: Biblical Proportions. Tickets are $25 for Members and […]
