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*Alicia Keys paid tribute to black radio pioneer Hal Jackson on Thursday at his funeral held in Harlem. Friends and family gathered at Riverside Church to pay their respects to the iconic DJ, who passed away last week at age 97. Keys, one of the speakers at the service, told attendees, “I’m sorry for our [...]
*President Obama has everyone talking with his endorsement of same-sex marriage. But emphasis has been given to what the African American community thinks about his decision. Pastors in the black church are being increasingly vocal about withdrawing from the president because of his decision, but major black leaders and the hip-hop community are standing behind [...]
*The white guy who happened to be the managing editor of Essence the leading magazine for black women was fired after the content on his Facebook was brought to the magazine’s attention. Michael Bullerdick was already a controversy, being a white man in charge of a black woman’s magazine, reports Journal-isms. But he pushed the [...]
*The man who prepared Trayvon Martin’s body for his funeral did at least two interviews on Wednesday declaring that the 17-year-old did not have any cuts or bruises on his hands to support George Zimmerman’s claim that he was in a fight with the teen before he killed him. Zimmerman told police that he shot [...]
*President Obama made his first public comments about the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teen who was shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) “All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does [...]
*The mother of Reverend Al Sharpton died Thursday morning, EUR has learned. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) Ada Sharpton, 87, passed away in Dothan, Alabama at about 6:15am. Reverend Sharpton posted the following: “My mother, Ada Sharpton passed in the early hours of this morning. [...]
*NewsOne’s funny man political commentator Elon James White was able to cover the Selma to Montgomery 2012 march which had the likes of Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson marching against the proposed voter ID laws in many states. It was a historic retread of the Selma to Montgomery march of 1965. The march [...]
*Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network (NAN), has announced that from March 4-9, NAN and partnering national organizations, congressional leaders, and activists will lead a march from Selma to Montgomery to lead the fight to protect civil and voter rights. The 5-day march will commemorate the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights [...]
*Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network (NAN), has announced that from March 4-9, NAN and partnering national organizations, congressional leaders, and activists will lead a march from Selma to Montgomery to lead the fight to protect civil and voter rights. The 5-day march will commemorate the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights [...]
*Rev. Al Sharpton is ready to take on the NYPD in a legal action lawsuit after a blogger alleged law enforcement figures placed spies in Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) headquarters in Harlem. According to Huffington Post blogger, Len Levitt, the police department’s purpose was to find out if the organization was planning any major [...]
*Melissa Harris-Perry is on her way to the top. It seems like the heavy criticism her archenemy Cornel West bestowed upon her hasn’t affected her at all. She’s getting ready to join MSNBC’s news as its newest anchor. According to the network’s president, Phil Griffin, Harris-Perry’s keeping the attention of audiences nationwide, but she didn’t [...]
STATEMENT FROM REV. AL SHARPTON REGARDING THE PASSING OF WHITNEY HOUSTON “I am stunned at the passing of Whitney Houston whom I have known since the late 1980′s. I have known her mother, the great gospel singer Cissy, and her aunt Dionne Warwick, down through the years, and the world is saddened by this great [...]
*Cornel West is the topic of conversation again after making his opinion known once more, but this time about Melissa Harris-Perry. As we reported yesterday, he called her a “liar” and that “[s]he’s become the momentary darling of liberals, but I pray for her because she’s in over her head. She’s a fake and a [...]
*The Republican race for the next presidential candidate is looking like a real Ringling Bros. production. The candidates have the most ludicrous foundations for their campaigns and are so openly racist it’s sickening. Newt Gingrich was the topic of conversation Tuesday night with remarks he made against President Obama calling him the “food stamp President” [...]
*Music legend and idol Etta James was remembered by family, friends, and fans at a beautiful funeral service held at Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena, Calif on Saturday. James passed away on Jan. 20 at 73 years old after battling leukemia and dementia. Among the celebrity guests who came to pay [...]
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