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WASHINGTON-Evangeline Cole-Thompson, also known as “Mama Cole” has died at age 58 after struggling with pancreatic cancer. Cole opened Cole’s Cafe in 2002, which served as one of the few sit down soul food eateries in South East D.C. and her dishes were popular with the community and critics alike. The Washington Post reports: In […]
In this week’s Newsweek, producer/director Tyler Perry has penned an open letter to one of the alleged victims of Jerry Sandusky in the scandal that has rocked Penn State University and the entire country: SEE ALSO: The Sex Addiction Epidemic I don’t know your name, but I know your face. I don’t know your journey, […]
Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary will add reality TV show stars to their resume in 2012, but are the going to be the next Braxtons? At first it seems like the sister acts have nothing in common. However, there are some interesting similarities in the two families. Like the Braxtons, Mary Mary […]
A 23-year-old Bronx, N.Y. man who was acquitted of murder in March after spending 4 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit was fatally shot last Monday near his home, police say. See also: Ohio Craigslist Murders: Second Body Identified See also: The Top 5 Unsolved Hip-Hop Murders David Clarke, the ex-murder […]
Special Thanks to Coka-Lani at WKYS Over the weekend, the National Museum Of American History in Washington D.C. reopened the 10th edition of the “FIRST LADIES” exhibit, featuring dresses and other items from First Ladies dating back 100 years to the present! Our First Lady, Michelle Obama, was on hand at the opening!! The new […]
Excerpted from the Resurgence website Porn is a problem. It’s a personal problem for many and a cultural problem for all. You may think you have not been affected by porn, but you have because it’s embedded in the surrounding culture. The staggering size of the pornography industry, its influence upon the media and the […]
Last month, Gospel greats BeBe & CeCe Winans received one of their highest honors, when they were added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The brother and sister act were recognized by an institution that honors the best in film, television and music, and friends and family were in Los Angeles to share their excitement. […]
Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about the Pilgrims & America’s Thanksgiving Nov 21 : 03 days till Thanksgiving Did you know that US Presidents issue an annual Thanksgiving Proclamation? While President George Washington was the first US President to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation, subsequent Presidents did not necessarily follow that custom. In 1863 […]
Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about the Pilgrims & America’s Thanksgiving Nov 23 : 01 day till Thanksgiving Did you know that for many Native American people, Thanksgiving is cause for mourning rather than celebration? Although the First Thanksgiving included the Pilgrims’ Native American neighbors, that spirit of cooperation did not last long […]