The Largest Black Parade In America!
The 41st African Day Parade kicks off Sunday September 19, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. in Harlem, NY running from 111th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. to 142nd Street. It features lively music, costumed bands, dance troupes, and dignitaries, attracting hundreds of thousands spectators and participants alike. Last year it [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama’s and daughters vacation to Spain apparently doesn’t sit too well with critics. They described the trip as lavish and glitzy and Daily News writer, Andrea Tantros went as far as to compare the First Lady to a “modern day Marie Antoinette- the French queen who spent extravagantly on clothes and [...]
America has Barack Obama and Haiti has Wyclef Jean.
Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer Wyclef Jean arrived in Haiti Thursday to file his candidacy papers and officially announce his bid to run for president of Haiti. Wyclef states the people of Haiti have suffered enough and that his focus will be to rebuild Haiti which was [...]
“I am so so hurt and confused and frankly angry by this news,” said Michaela Angela Davis, a former fashion editor at Essence . “I feel like a girlfriend has died,”
Judge Nicolas Garaufis blocks city’s plan to hire 300 new candidates ruling that FDNY’s latest written exam used (exam No. 6019) still discriminates against Blacks & Latinos and is not a true measure of the abilities required for entry-level firefighters. The ruling also questioned whether there was a need to hire firefighters before the exam [...]
Psyche of Sound’s long awaited album entitled Identity Crisis is the perfect antidote if you want to rock out or simply just chill! His 20 track debut album features an eclectic mix of Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop & R& B Soul—a wicked combination that can only be pulled off with a talent such as Psyche’s. Call [...]
New York City settles with the Sean Bell family and his associates Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield for 7.15 million in the wrongful death shooting. Sean Bell was shot and killed in a hail of 50 bullets by police officers in outside of Club Kalua in Queens on November 26, 2006 just hours before his [...]
Gyptian stopped by J& R Music World in NYC to a jammed packed crowd filled with fans who were there for a free live, in store performance and get a signed copy of his smash hit single “Hold Yuh” which is #2 on the Reggae Billboard charts, #1 on iTunes. Dressed simply in a blue [...]
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer born in Brooklyn, NY. She joined the mike chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood. She broke down barriers in Hollywood for black performers [...]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, joined Congressman Charles Rangel, ATU President Warren S. George, TWU International President James C. Little, TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen, including several labor community, civil rights and elected leaders at 34th Street and Penn Station to launch a national campaign, “Keep America Moving” with the goal of redirecting a portion of [...]