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South African golfing great Gary Player is to receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump.
Announcement of the death of former President Rawlings pic.twitter.com/7ext0fp4sd
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
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In 1969, she convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters.
Jhené Aiko is pulling out the confetti to celebrate her daughter Namiko Love Browner’s educational success!
“Namiko had her 6th grade CULMINATION today,” the proud mom wrote on Instagram.
“Congratulations Namiko and everyone else who is graduating,” Jhené captioned the photo.
Unfortunately, Namiko’s school did not have a typical graduation due to COVID-19, but the pre-teen did receive a yearbook tribute along with a virtual Zoom ceremony.
Join us in congratulating Namiko and help us send her good vibes as she continues on her educational path.
Bonnie Pointer, a founding member of The Pointer Sisters, passed away on Monday, June 8 at age 69 in Los Angeles, California. She reportedly died from
Alexis Skyy received an online scolding this weekend after donning sexy swimwear that apparently was too small for her.
Skyy’s bikini top exposed ample cleavage and only covered the areolae of her breasts.
A third user referred to Skyy’s 2-year-old daughter Alaiya Grace and wrote, “You got on laylay’s top💀.”
I’m not here for it 🤷♀️”
Skyy also shared a clip of herself running on the beach and captioned the post “When you catch feelings 😭😭😭”
On May 18, Skyy also tantalized her social media users again with another hot picture of herself wearing beachwear.
That body is sick 😮🍓🍭 it would be hard t.i handle a twin🔥”
Skyy recently starred on season 9 of “LHHATL” which ended in May.
As protests rage for the 13th straight day over the repeated and habitual police killings of Black people, BET is unpacking this historic moment with a primetime town hall on social justice on Sunday (June 7).
Guests include Stacey Abrams, former Georgia House Democratic Leader, Color of Change president Rashad Robinson, and Princeton University’s African American Studies professor Imani Perry.
RELATED: BET Calls For Action In George Floyd And Breonna Taylor Police Killings
STACEY ABRAMS
Abrams opened the discussion, commenting that she’s not surprised by the police killing of George Floyd after seeing case-after-case of unarmed Black people killed at the hands of law enforcement.
But through that struggle, Princeton University professor Imani Perry said that Black people developed a resilient spirit that parents pass to their children, which teaches them not to accept white supremacy.
Former New York City police officer Corey Pegues added that Black parents should not “sugar coat” the realities of racism in America.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Condolences have been pouring on social media following the death of founder and CEO of the Naledi Theatre Awards, Dawn Lindberg. The theater legend reportedly died from Covid-19 complications. She was 75.
A family spokesperson said she died peacefully, shortly after a visit from her children and friends.
Five Acts to Follow: Legislation to Cut Rents and Other Bills You Should Know About
During difficult times such as now, it’s in your best interest to keep an eye on laws working their way through the California State Capitol and to know the legislators who are pushing them.
From legislation to cut rents and mortgages across California to your right to order invisible braces for your teeth online, here are five pieces of legislation that could impact the African American community across California, and meet the legislators who authored and introduced those bills.
Assembly Bill 3070 – Pulling Racism Out of the Jury Selection Process
Assemblymember Dr. Weber’s (D-San Diego) AB 3070 bill would prohibit a party from using a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective juror’s race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or religious affiliation.
Introduced on Feb. 21 of this year, Dr. Weber’s bill addresses how the jury-selection process referred to in courtrooms as Voir Dire — and conducted by trial judges, prosecutors or defense attorneys — exclusively uses peremptory strikes to remove African Americans or people of color from a court case.
Bates says she introduced SB 867 and SB 868 to help newspapers and freelance journalists continue to operate in California by exempting them from the state’s new anti-independent contracting law, AB 5.
Sienna Princess Wilson, who turned 3 years old in April, sat anxiously in a chair while her father was doing her hair.
Ciara’s video received over 2 million views and nearly 14,000 comments from people complimenting Wilson for doing his daughter’s hair.
“Love to see a father doing his daughters hair❣️.”
Wilson and Ciara got married in 2016 and had their daughter the following year.
People have admired Ciara and Wilson’s marriage for some time now and some fans even asked Ciara to reveal her secret prayer that helped her secure a happy and healthy marriage.
Press Release - Bukavu, DRC/Amsterdam - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made the difficult decision to end most of our support to healthcare provision in Kimbi and Baraka in Fizi territory, South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The decision comes after the withdrawal of the majority of MSF staff from Fizi territory in July, following several violent incidents against our teams in 2020.
This 13-Year-Old Cheerleader Serving Some Serious Sassy Face Is Taking Over Twitter As Everyone's New Favorite Meme
\"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right.\"
“When the moon is in the Seventh House, and Jupiter aligns with Mars…” – in 1968 at the age of just 18 years old, Ronnie Dyson sang the words that captured a generation when, as an original cast member of the the Broadway musical “Hair,” he was picked to solo on “Aquarius,” the hippie anthem that opens and sets the tone for the whole show.
It generated Dyson’s dramatic original version of “Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely,” later a hit for The Main Ingredient, as well as the beautiful ballad “Give In To Love,” later covered by such artists as Dee Dee Bridgewater and Sister Sledge.
Listening to the two albums Jackson & Yancy produced for Dyson, you’ll note similarities between songs like “Close to You” and the hits that Natalie Cole had that same year.
Across all his records, Dyson proves to have almost Luther Vandross-like interpretive skills in covering great songs of the era, from stunning versions of “A Song For You,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Love Won’t Let Me Wait,” and Beatles standard “Something” – to more esoteric covers of Laura Nyro‘s “Emmie,” “Jesus Is Just Alright” (the Doobie Brothers song), and a soulful take on Hall & Oates “Sara Smile.”
Ultimately, after waning career fortunes, Dyson’s last major label release arrived in 1983 (though, ironically, this underperforming “Brand New Day“ LP did manage to yield a prominent club hit, “All Over Your Face,” that is by far Dyson’s most streamed Spotify song today).
Extremely long lines at the polls during the Georgia primary that caused voters to wait as long as eight hours to cast ballots were a source of chaos in the election, which had already been postponed because of coronavirus.
Poll workers reportedly could not get machines to work, precincts did not open on time and social distancing requirements made lines longer than usual, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
But that became even worse when Georgia’s new $104 million voting system malfunctioned.
The eradication of any ‘learning curve’ rests squarely at the feet of the Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, and his office,” said DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond.
“Obviously, the first time a new voting system is used there is going to be a learning curve, and voting in a pandemic only increased these difficulties,” Raffensperger told the AJC.
Earlier today, The Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne Tha God did a virtual interview with presidential candidate Joe Biden and after the conclusion of discussing several topics, Biden, smiling as he says it, remarks to Charlamange that, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black” according to CBS News.
Charlamagne asked questions in regards to Biden and the importance of the black support and vote for this year’s upcoming presidential election.
At the conclusion of the interview, as a Biden aide was reminding Biden that he had to go, Charlamagne interjected by saying, “You can’t do that to black media!”
Biden suggested for Charlamagne to take a look at his voting record to see his longtime support for the black community.
https://t.co/FF2X3U1OqT
— Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) May 22, 2020
Symone D. Sanders, senior advisor to Biden posted on Twitter:
The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let’s be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump’s any day.
