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*An African-American ESPN2 contributor stepped in it Thursday when he called Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III “kind of black,” and said of the athlete, “He’s not one of us.” RELATED STORY: RG3 Hater Rob Parker Suspended for ‘Not One of Us’ Comments The comments were made by columnist Rob Parker, who was appearing on the [...]
*(Via NBC Washington) – Sometimes you need to dig deep into polling data to find curious insights on public opinion. Other times, the results stare you right in the face. Take one look at the recent Washington Post poll of District residents and you will see Marion Barry staring you in the face. Barry is [...]
*Former Washington, DC mayor and now councilman, Marion Barry has once again stepped in to a pile of you-know-what after making disparaging remarks about Asian-owned businesses in his poor, majority-black ward. This, on the heels of another decisive election victory. At his primary election victory party Tuesday, Barry said: “We got to do something about [...]
*The residents of the District of Columbia’s Ward 8 are insane. Why else would they continue to vote for Marion Barry, Jr. who over-promises and under-delivers? Since 1975 when he began his political tenure in the nation’s capital as an at-large council-member then weaving his way in and out of the mayor’s seat for more [...]
*It’s been a very busy news day and to cap it off comes word, via The Hollywood Reporter, that Eddie Murphy is set to play former Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry (pictured below). HBO Films is developing the as yet untitled television biopic. Spike Lee will be at the helm while John Ridley is attached [...]
*(JACKSON, MS) – The Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement at Jackson State University will host a three-day conference featuring Minister Louis Farrakhan, Shirley Sherrod and Myrlie Evers-Williams on its 1400 John R. Lynch St. campus March 23-26. The sixth annual conference, themed “Too Much Reform and Not Enough Change. NEEDED: A New Grassroots [...]
*ABC delivered Shonda Rhimes an early Christmas present Friday, handing the uber-producer the network’s first official pilot order this development season, reports Variety. The untitled drama, to be written by Rhimes, follows the “life and work of a professional fixer and her dysfunctional staff.” The show is based on the life of real-life African American [...]
*Within walking distance from the scene of a horrific drive-by shooting that left four teens dead in southeast Washington D.C. sits Allen Chapel AME Church, where President Obama and his family attended service on Easter Sunday. A boisterous crowd of more than 1,000 people welcomed the First Family, who took communion at the end of [...]
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