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Naturi Naughton, of “Notorious” fame, has been cast in the lead role of NBC’s new drama series, “Playboy.” The show will center around the Playboy Club in Chicago, 1963. Naughton will play Brenda, a stunning “Bunny” determined to become the first black Playboy centerfold. The show may be an hour long and will also take […]
The literacy rate in America is officially 99%. But before we sit back, open the champagne and pat ourselves on the back, consider this… America has a functional illiteracy rate of 22%. This means that over 44 million American adults cannot do anything more complex than make out certain letters, or spell their name. They […]
New York– A New York Times writer today described the Apollo Theater exhibit titled “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”, ironically as an experience that “ain’t anything like the real thing”. In the Back to the Apollo, Uptown’s Showbiz Incubator article, writer Edward Rothstein points out that while the exhibit provides interesting samples of history […]
Sudan –In a stunning turn of events, Southern Sudan is slated to become the world’s newest country. The results are in from last month’s independence referendum, and close to 99 percent of ballots cast for secession from Sudan’s north. Juba is oil-rich but lacks the embassies and skyscrapers of other world capitals. There was only […]
Christina Aguilera’s performance had the internet all abuzz last night when she flubbed the lyrics of the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Less than a minute into the song, Christina had a little hiccup…instead of singing “O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming” she improvised “What so proudly we watched at the […]
A woman who believes “luck is preparation meeting opportunity,” Oprah Gail Winfrey has continuously shattered gender and racial barriers in America. Winfrey is the most successful talk show host in American TV history — male or female, Black or white — and the first female African-American billionaire. As one of the most influential women in […]
1927 – University of Chicago and Harvard University Graduate, Carter G. Woodson creates Negro History Week. In 1976 it became Black History Month.
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New York Fire Department electrician, Gregory Seabrook, found a noose in his locker after suing the FDNY for racial discrimination. The New York Daily News reports: Gregory Seabrook, an FDNY communications electrician for nearly 20 years, found the noose Thursday at the FDNY facility at 87 Union St. in Brooklyn, his lawyers said yesterday. “There’s […]
AOL has purchased the liberal blog-turned-Internet sensation the Huffington Post for $315 million. In a move that is sure to rock both the worlds of journalism and the Internet, AOL has placed all of its editorial properties under the supervision of Arianna Huffington, who will be the newly-formed Huffington Post Media Group’s editor-in-chief. The New […]
