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Starting tonight at 8 p.m., Tatyana Ali is back for another season of the TV One original series “Love That Girl,” the comedy produced by comedian Martin Lawrence. Ali plays Tyana Jones, a young divorcee who returns to Southern California for a fresh start and reconnects with old friends. In the season finale in April, […]
In the summer of 1934, when Michael Luther King, Jr., was five years old, his father, Mike Sr., left his church in Atlanta and three children for a summer-long tour of Europe, Africa and the Holy Land. On his way back home he stopped in Berlin to attend a Baptist World Alliance meeting. It was […]
A lot of women love their high heels, and there are plenty of cross-dressing men who swear by them as well. One of those is Atlanta hairstylist Derek J., who may have inspired the new Morehouse dress code (men attending the school can no longer wear heels or any blatantly “feminine” clothing.) He’s also inspired […]
In 1944, 14-year-old George Junius Stinney, Jr. became the youngest person in the U.S. executed for a crime in the in the 20th century. The 5-foot-1, 95-lb. African American boy was sent to the electric chair for allegedly killing two young white girls – 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames – by […]
Nicole Ari Parker has an enviable life. Not only is she married to gorgeous fellow actor Boris Kodjoe – who we all saw fall in love with her on the hit series “Soul Food” – but she has two beautiful children with him and her own career. The Baltimore-born beauty is heading to Atlanta to […]
The African Meeting House, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the country’s oldest black church. The meeting house was opened Dec. 6, 1806 for the free black community of the famous Beacon Hill. The African Meeting House was the center for black progression for centuries. It was where William Lloyd Garrison helped to plan the […]
African-Americans account for 40 percent of the people who have been executed this year by state governments, though they represent only about 12 percent of the total U.S. population, according to a BlackAmericaWeb.com analysis. The death of Troy Davis, the Georgia man who was executed by lethal injection late Wednesday following three stays of […]
With so much debasing theatrics on all those “housewives and wifeys” reality dramas, it’s hard to remember that there are black women in the public eye who are great role models for their athletic prowess. Where’s the reality show featuring dynamic black female athletes? ‘Cause they’re definitely getting short shrift. With the Summer Olympic games […]
It’s looking a little bleak for his former team, as they’ve had their struggles in the last few years, but former Dallas Cowboys star Emmitt Smith is still shining, albeit in other arenas than football. The Hall of Fame running back has just released his second book, “Game On: Find Your Purpose, Pursue Your Dream,” […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is breaking news. BlackAmericaWeb.com will update this story as more news becomes available. The countdown to death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis’ execution continued Monday as Two defense lawyers say Georgia’s board of pardons has rejected a bid to spare the life of Troy Davis, who has attracted high-profile support for his claim […]
Historically black colleges and universities are at the forefront this week. Charged with educating the ancestors of slaves for more than 150 years, HBCUs have struggled to keep up their commitment, facing financial and accreditation issues. White House top advisor Valerie Jarrett, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Dr. John Silvanus Wilson, head of the […]
In 1957, nine black students integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, despite the will of then-Gov. Orval Faubus. The students underwent extreme verbal and sometimes physical abuse after being admitted. Student Melba Patillo had acid thrown into her eyes. Others were spat on and confronted by students. The bravery of those nine Little […]