DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING AND CORETTA SCOTT KING PAID FOR THE BIRTH OF ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING WINNING ACTRESS JULIA ROBERTS
Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, paid the hospital bill for the birth of Julia Roberts, who later became an Academy Award-winning actress because Roberts’ parents were broke. Julia Roberts was born in Smyrna, Georgia in 1967. And when her parents, Walter and Betty Roberts, couldn’t afford to pay the medical…
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George Johnson, cofounder Johnson Products Company, has died.
Read MoreO.J. Simpson is left out of Buffalo’s “Family Circle”
When the Buffalo Bills open their new $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium’s “Family Circle,” O.J. Simpson, one of the greatest running backs in the team’s and the NFL’s history, will be sitting on the bench. This decision removes him from the physical plaques that will greet fans at the stadium’s main entrance, reducing the number of…
Read MoreDanny Glover says he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia
By Frederick H. Lowe Actor Danny Glover said that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s, a disease that affects twice as many Blacks as Whites. But many Blacks believe that getting older causes forgetfulness and memory loss, not a disease like Alzheimer’s, which accounts for 60 to 80 percent of dementia-related cases. The Alzheimer’s Association reports…
Read MoreFormer Virginia Lieutenant Governor kills himself and his wife, a dentist, amidst a divorce dispute
Justin Fairfax, the former Virginia lieutenant governor, shot and killed his wife, Cerina, a dentist, before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life. The dispute was apparently sparked by the couple’s divorce over allegations that he had been unfaithful. Fairfax and his wife were found dead by Fairfax County police in their Annandale…
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National Action Network is moving National Action Network is movingRev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, is moving the organization into an abandoned firehouse in a rapidly gentrifying Harlem neighborhood that includes a Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and a number of chic shops selling expensive goods.The organization purchased the Faison Firehouse Theater on…
Read MoreTerence Crutcher’s estate gets a new hearing following deadly police shooting
Terence Crutcher’s car broke down on the highway. He called the police for help. Instead, he was shot to death by Betty Shelby, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, cop, on September 16. 2016. Nearly 10 years after Crutcher, then 40, was killed by Shelby, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Shelby may face trial…
Read MoreManhattan architect Rex Heuermann recently confessed to the Gilgo Beach murders, admitting to killing eight women, including one no one previously knew about. The murders occurred between 1993 and 2010, but they gained national attention in 2010 and 2011. All of the women were found on Gilgo Beach in Long Island.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Heuermann confessed to the murders of Valerie Mack, 24, Jessica Taylor, 20, Megan Waterman, 22, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, Amber Lynn Costello, 27, Sandra Costilla, 28 and Karen Vergata. She was unknown. The women’s bodies were discovered in December 2010, bound with belts or tape and wrapped…
Read MoreYusef Jackson, a lawyer, takes over for his late father at Rainbow PUSH
Yusef D. Jackson, the youngest son of Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Lavinia Brown Jackson, has been appointed President & CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, succeeding his father, Jesse Jackson, who founded the Chicago-based organization in 1971. The elder Jackson died on Feb. 17. “Today, I am honored to share that I have been appointed President and CEO of…
Read MoreVictor Glover”Fly me to the Moon,” says Astronaut Victor Glover. He will take Artemis 2 close to the moon Victor Glover
Astronaut Victor J. Glover “Fly me to the Moon,” says Astronaut Victor Glover. He will take Artemis 2 close to the moon Victor J. Glover will pilot Artemis 2 when the rocket ship launches on Wednesday, making him the first Black person to reach the moon aboard a spaceship. The mission, however, is a lunar…
Read MoreCourt Orders Bill Cosby to pay the assault victim $19.5 million
Bill Cosby ordered to pay money,
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