By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s mother, Vernita Lee, has died at the age of 83. A Winfrey spokeswoman on Monday issued a statement saying Lee died at her Milwaukee home on Nov. 22. The spokeswoman says private funeral services were held. No other details were provided. This image released by Harpo […]
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Devin White: Music, and Mental Health
By Nyame-Kye Kondo, AFRO Contributor Over the years the entertainment industry has maintained the appearance of mental stability when it comes to many popular public figures. In the last decade it has become more common for conversations to be had that raise public awareness on the importance of mental health within society. Various figures in the […]
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Kim Porter’s Family Remembers Her as ‘a Special Angel’
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of Kim Porter released a statement honoring her life a day after Thanksgiving, saying “although we’ve lost our best friend, God has gained a special angel and we know she is watching over us.” Porter, a former model and actress who was also the longtime […]
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Time for France to Give Back Looted African Art, Experts Say
By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — African artworks held in French museums — richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning — may be heading back home to Africa at last. French President Emmanuel Macron, trying to turn the page on France’s colonial past , received a […]
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Queen of Soul’s Detroit mansion sells for $300,000
By The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A historic Detroit mansion owned by late singing legend Aretha Franklin has been sold. The Detroit News reports that, according to public records, the 5,600-square-foot (520-square-meter) brick home adjacent to the Detroit Golf Club fetched $300,000 in a sale last month. It was built in 1927. This Friday, […]
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Black Women Connecting and Networking
Blaqsbi.com is Designed for Black People to Connect Charlotte, NC — Don’t wait until the next unarmed Black man is killed by racist cops or the next racially insensitive advertisement from corporations to start talking about having our own. Introducing Blaqsbi.com, a brand new profit-sharing media platform dedicated to Black excellence worldwide. It was founded […]
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Meet Lewis T. Powell, Award-winning Actor/Director, Celebrity Master Barber
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Lewis T. Powell is a celebrated celebrity master barber, award-winning actor, director, producer, and screen writer. Marking his 15th year in Hollywood Lewis, originally a native of Washington, DC and a master barber by family trade, his father a barber of 47 years, along with 17 barbers in his extended family, started […]
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Entertainment Industry Vet Denise Pendleton, Films Doc About Pioneering Black Owned Ad Agency
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO In second grade, Denise Pendleton was hit by a car. She ended up in a full body cast for a year and went to an elementary school for disabled children. By the time she was in high school though, she was a Soul Train dancer, and the winner […]
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TV One Launches a Channel for Millennial and Gen X Women of Color
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In January young women of color will have a channel dedicated to them, brought to audiences through TV ONE’s new station, CLEO TV. Named after Queen Cleopatra, millennials and members of Generation X (Gen X’ers) will have a station to turn to for reliable lifestyle and entertainment content, in […]
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Housing Crisis Documentary Centers on Baltimore
By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Staff A documentary on Baltimore’s housing crisis has entered the final stages of negotiating its distribution deal. “Owned: A Tale of Two Americas,” produced and directed by Giorgio Angelini, delves into the divergent paths Black and White home ownership took in the post-war boom. Centered in Baltimore, “Owned” sets out […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
Happy Birthday November Babies! Hello everyone and happy birthday to all those born in November. May God continue to bless you for another year, while we mourn those who have passed on and celebrate in heaven. I love the month of November because I became Rosa Pryor on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1944. I was […]