Jane Matilda Bolin was born on April 11, 1908, in Poughkeepsie. N.Y. Her father, Gaius C. Bolin, was the son of an American Indian woman and an African-American man. Her mother, the former Matilda Emery, was a white Englishwoman.
Mr. Bolin, who wa ...
Posted Tuesday, March 26th 2013 at 12:04PM
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Peace,
This Friday marks what most of our brothers and sisters believe to be Good Friday, the day marking the crucifixion of Jesus (the Friday before what is called Easter Sunday). However, there is absolutely nothing "GOOD'' about the day that m ...
Posted Sunday, March 24th 2013 at 1:00PM
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Chicago Tribune reporters
10:27 p.m. CDT, March 22, 2013
Chicago aldermen representing the neighborhoods hit by dozens of school closings were channeling Yogi Berra on Friday, vowing it ain't over till it's over as they work to get some of the cl ...
Posted Saturday, March 23rd 2013 at 5:43PM
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TUSKEGEE, Ala. — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said Friday that the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center is wrong when it says he leads a hate organization.
Farrakhan told high school and college students Friday at Tuskegee Univer ...
Posted Saturday, March 23rd 2013 at 5:21PM
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Ray J has a couple of hits under his belt, and on Thursday night, the "Sexy Can I" singer added a few more smashes after he got into a scuffle at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
The incident, like another of Ray J's famous exploits, was caught on tape, ...
Posted Saturday, March 23rd 2013 at 5:14PM
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Peace,
We begin with the birth of Jesus some 2,000 years ago according to the writings of the Bible.
Matthew Chapter 1:18-19
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his Mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came tog ...
Posted Saturday, March 23rd 2013 at 5:03PM
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Born in Chicago June 22, 1909, and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Katherine Dunham did not begin formal dance training until her late teens. In Chicago she studied with Ludmilla Speranzeva and Mark Turbyfill, and danced her first leading role in Ruth Pa ...
Posted Friday, March 22nd 2013 at 12:38PM
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