DC’s historic Howard Theatre opens new chapter

BRETT ZONGKER | April 12, 2012 12:33 PM EST | WASHINGTON — Before there was the Apollo in Harlem, there was the Howard Theatre in the nation’s capital. The nearly …

Marquis Alexander Becomes First Black Commander Of Texas A&M Cadets

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has finally reached the pinnacle of one of its …

Trayvon Martin Parents Elated By Zimmerman Arrest

Follow: Black Voices News WASHINGTON — Trayvon Martin’s parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor’s decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old’s death. Martin’s mother said if …

Melody Thornton Nipples Are On Full Display At ELLE Women in Music Event (NSFW PHOTOS)

Usually a celebrity wardrobe malfunction consists of a generous dose of sideboob, a visible tush or, most classically, the accidental flash of a pastie-covered nipple. But rarely are we graced …

Little Known Black History Fact: Bessie B. Stringfield

Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 9:31 pm By: Erica Taylor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show Bessie B. Stringfield, a.k.a. “BB,” was the first black woman to make eight long-distance solo …

Why does Buffett have a ‘secretary?’

Given its cultural baggage, the term “secretary” has been jettisoned over the past three decades. Then why is it that Warren Buffett still has a secretary and not an executive …

Artist Cynthia Tom’s journey to find her past

With her back toward the viewer and her right arm outstretched, a woman wearing a wheat-colored ballerina dress cups a billowy cloud edged with a crimson ribbon. Facing a desert …

De la Isla: Mexico nurtured U.S.-born artist Elizabeth Catlett

By Jose de la Isla Posted April 11, 2012 at 4:38 p.m. MEXICO CITY — Elizabeth Catlett died April 2 at age 96 in Cuernavaca, 80 miles south of this …

Iconic American Ballet Dancer Comes to Russia Again

Mitchell, 78, first came to Moscow in 1962 as a dancer. His most recent visit saw him give a master class. “The fallacy was that black people could not do …

Two new independent films court African American ticket buyers

By John Horn Los Angeles Times10:20 p.m. CDT, April 11, 2012 Movies aimed at African American moviegoers are typically the province of bigger-budget comedies and dramas — the kinds of …

No Joke – Five African American Films Debut on the Big Screen in April

Tracie Reddick St. Petersburg African-American Issues Examiner When Friday the 13th  creeps on the calendar this month, it will mark a lucky day for black cinema. Why? Because five – …

Build relationships amid memory loss

Adam Robb’s grandma used to take care of him. Now she’s experiencing symptoms of dementia. He’s learning how to make memories with her — even as her memory fades.

Little Known Black History Fact: The New Howard Theatre

Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 5:09 am By: Erica Taylor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show The Howard Theater in Washington, DC opened its doors in 1910. Nestled on DC’s “Black …

Black passengers add another facet to Titanic story

Dawn Turner Trice April 9, 2012 In preparing his 1997 movie “Titanic” for 3-D, James Cameron reportedly reshot a scene because an astronomer told him that the position of the …