Sisters’ Sanctuary – Lacey Clark
About Sisters’ Sanctuary™ Sisters’ Sanctuary is a movement that celebrates the mental, physical, and emotional well being of womanhood to reclaim ownership of their families and to take holistic responsibility …
Grand Opening Gala Set for April 12, 2012 Ribbon Cutting, Community Day, April, 9, 2012
The rebirth of The Howard Theatre is coming soon. Each day the team of construction workers led by Ellis Development Group pushes forward on the top-to-bottom, $29 million renovation of …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 – …
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Caregiving is the ‘new normal’
With about 10,000 baby boomers hitting age 65 each day, they’re becoming caregivers and those needing care.
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.