Johnson C. Smith University(JCSU) alum Shermaine Williams will compete in the London Olympics with Jamaica’s national team after performing well at the Jamaica National Senior Championships held at National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Williams won third place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.79 seconds at the event, qualifying her to become the […]
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UMES’ Guion-Firmin to Run for French Team in London Olympics
University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) Lenora Guion-Firmin will represent the French National team at the 2012 Olympics in London following a strong performance at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Guion-Firmin ran the second-leg of the 4×400 meter relay race in Helsinki, helping the French team win silver in the event with […]
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Wife of Nat “King” Cole, and Natalie Cole’s Mother, Dies at 89
Big Band singer Maria Hawkins Cole, wife of jazz legend Nat “King” Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, died July 10 in Boca Raton, Fla., after a short battle with cancer. She was 89. “I just want to thank everyone for their prayers loving support. Mom has passed, gone to glory, July 10th 2012. […]
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Spike Lee Working on Michael Jackson Documentary
Spike Lee has made many groundbreaking films throughout his career, but none may be as closely-watched as his latest project: a documentary about Michael Jackson. Lee said he was friends with Jackson, and learned more about Jackson by doing the documentary. “I’m more than just a huge fan of Michael Jackson,” Lee told Rolling Stone. […]
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Rep. Allen West Defends Slavery Comments
Days after an interview with Fox News in which Rep. Allen West equated Social Security disability to a form of slavery, the Florida Republican continued to defend his comments and blast the media. In a July 8 television appearance on Fox and Friends, West criticized President Obama’s policies, particularly those helping the unemployed. West said […]
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House Republicans Again Vote to Repeal Obamacare; Attempt Expected to Fail Once More
House Republicans on July 11 voted to once again repeal President Obama’s health care reform law, a move doomed to failure in the Democratic-led Senate. Since the creation of the law, GOP congressmen have made more than 30 attempts to either repeal the law as a whole or get rid of certain provisions, according to […]
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Florida’s Black Lt. Governor Embroiled in Alleged Lesbian Sex Scandal
Allegations that she was engaged in a lesbian affair have placed Florida’s first female lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, considered by many to be on the short list of possible running mates for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in the center of a scandal six weeks before her party’s convention. Carroll, 52, a married mother […]
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Two County Officers Indicted For Misconduct
An alleged scare tactic went awry after two Prince George’s County officers who were invited by the host to a Memorial Day party in Charles County to place fear in three teens accused of stealing alcohol were accused of criminal conduct in connection with the incident. A Charles County grand jury on June 28 indicted […]
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Two D.C. Men Slain on Fourth of July
As fireworks lit up the sky over the nation’s capital on Independence Day, D.C. police combed two neighborhoods in Northwest Washington investigating shootings that left two people dead and six injured. The first incident occurred just after 8 p.m. in the 5000 block of First Street, NW. Police who responded to a call for shots […]
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Romney Jeered During Speech at NAACP Convention
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney traveled to Houston July 11 to explain to members of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization why they should cast their votes for him come November. “If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him,” the GOP’s presumptive nominee said […]
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Cheryl Gooch Named Dean of Lincoln’s School of Humanities
Lincoln University recently appointed Dr. Cheryl Renée Gooch as Dean of the School of Humanities and Graduate Studies. She began her duties at the university on July 2. Gooch has more than 20 years of academic leadership and teaching experience at both teaching and research-focused institutions, complemented by leadership accomplishments in the public service and […]
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P.G. County Sports & Learning Complex Track Named after BSU Coach Colbert
Bowie State University Assistant Track and Field Coach Larry Colbert was honored in June by the Prince George’s County Council, and the county’s Planning Board of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in a ceremony naming the the P.G. County Sports and Learning Center running track after him. Colbert, a longtime resident of Prince […]