Keshia Knight Pulliam Keshia Knight Pulliam, former star of “The Cosby Show” said despite the numerous allegations surrounding Bill Cosby, 78, the legacy of the seminal series is still important. In a recent interview with theGrio.com, while she was discussing her new role in a romantic comedy entitled Will to Love, she defended the impact […]
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Best-Seller Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing Comic Book Series
Ta-Nehisi Coates (Photo: Eduardo Montes-Bradley via Wikimedia Commons) (Updated 9/22/2015) NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country’s top writers about race, Ta-Nehisi Coates, has signed up with Marvel Comics for a Black Panther series. Coates, whose open letter to his son “Between the World and Me” is a best-seller and National Book Award nominee, […]
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Governor Larry Hogan Announces Final Detainee Transfer from Baltimore City Detention Center
For immediate release: August 25, 2015 Contact: Erin Montgomery erin.montgomery@maryland.gov Eric Shirk eric.shirk@maryland.gov Governor Larry Hogan Announces Final Detainee Transfer from Baltimore City Detention Center Last man to be transferred from BCDC by close of business today ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services […]
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Forest Whitaker to Make Broadway Debut this Spring
In this June 8, 2015 file photo, Forest Whitaker, producer of “Dope,” arrives at the premiere of the film at the Los Angeles Film Festival in Los Angeles. Whitaker will make his Broadway debut next spring as a drunken, small time hustler in a revival of Eugene O’Neills Hughie. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) NEW […]
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Union Bethel Hosts Unity in the Community Fall Festival
The Unity in the Community Fall Festival will be held on Sept. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Union Bethel AME Church, 6810 Floral Park Road. The goal of the event is to connect and serve the people of the community and to provide free health screenings, a car show, a […]
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D.C. Republicans Cheer Their Presidential Hopefuls During Debate
Republican presidential candidates from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasich take the stage for the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) District of Columbia Republicans crowded one […]
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Solange Knowles’ New Puma Campaign Honors Groundbreaking Black Women
DJ, singer and actress Solange Knowles is celebrating creative women with her new Puma collection. Solange Knowles (left), and (right) a photo from her new PUMA campaign, “Word to the Woman”. (Photo: AP/Charles Sykes/MediaPunch and PUMA) Knowles recently unveiled her third collaboration with Puma, featuring footwear entitled “Word to the Woman,” according to Knowles’ website. […]
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Another Viewpoint: ‘Just My Opinion’
I have been told often how lucky I am to have a wife that not only enjoys sports, but understands what is going on. I agree. However, sometimes this blessing turns into a nightmare. If she has an opinion or picks a favorite, no amount of reasoning is going to change her mind. She is […]
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Congressional Action on Confederate Flag Ban on Federal Cemeteries
A confederate flag is seen at a tombstone on the cemetery at Beauvoir House, Jefferson Davis’ historic home, in Biloxi, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is about to put its members on record on whether Confederate flags can decorate rebel graves in historic federal cemeteries and if […]