Tom Joyner Morning Show
Keke Palmer is what you call you triple threat, a singer, dancer and actress. And all before the age 18. The 22-year-old Scream Queens star (she returns to the small screen September 20 on Fox) tried her hand at a Whitney Houston classic and dare we say she might have done The Voice justice! What […]
This weekend in Houston, Texas, the army units known as the Buffalo Soldiers celebrated their 150th Anniversary. The Buffalo Soldiers, originally composed of former slaves and free men, were the first Black troops established during peacetime after the conclusion of the Civil War. On July 28,1866, the U.S. Army was reorganized for peacetime service a […]
Ballerina Misty Copeland has tied the knot. E! News reports the the American Ballet Theater principal dancer has married longtime love Olu Evans in California. E! News reports: E! News can confirm that pair, who have been together for 10 years, got married at the Montage Hotel in Laguna Beach, overlooking the ocean in a gorgeous ceremony. […]
We’re back and so is Power. The third episode, “I Got This On Lock” seems to start out as another show entirely. We get the bird’s-eye view of a pharmacy robbery in progress (shades of Menace II Society). One would-be robber seems a little more reluctant than the other. He texts somebody and then the cavalry […]
Love them or hate them, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West will forever be one of Hollywood’s most infamous couples. The two cover the September edition of Harper’s Bazaar and are crowned Icons by the magazine’s team. Inside the pair reveal what annoys them about each other, their favorite body parts and Kanye dishes about how he really […]
So, Power’s back and so much has happened. We’re recapping from Episode 2, so follow along each week with us and let us know what you think. Episode 2: “It’s Never Over” opens with Ghost (Omari Hardwick) and his side chick/favorite Fed, ASA Angela Valdes (Lela Loren) in bed together. We give it to actress […]
Charles Lewis Reason was the first African-American professor to teach at a predominately white college. Professor Reason was a proponent of Booker T. Washington’s ideal that industrial education was a means for Black liberation, but he also believed that classical education was just as necessary. Reason was born July 21, 1818 in New York City […]
Long before the likes of programs like The Arsenio Hall and The Tavis Smiley Show, a program based out of New York aimed to combine Black entertainment and culture. The SOUL! program was the brainchild of the pioneering Ellis “Mr. Soul” Haizlip which ran from 1968 to 1973. Haizlip, a native of Washington, D.C., made a […]
Simone Biles became just the second woman in 40 years to win four consecutive national U.S. gymnastics titles, setting the stage for a potential gold medal haul at this year’s Summer Olympics. All eyes will be on Biles as she takes to the world stage in Rio, with some experts saying she could walk away […]
There are a lot of lists for a young Black woman to aspire to. The Dean’s list. The Best Dressed List. But most don’t end up where Shanika Minor is now – the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List. In another dubious honor, Minor is the first fugitive from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to make the list. […]
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, addressed the NAACP on this day in 1947. President Truman was the first sitting president to address the organization and is viewed as the nation’s first civil rights president. Truman’s speech to the NAACP was aired publicly on radio and took place at the Lincoln […]
Jack Daniels, the top-selling American whiskey brand in the world, has long said that a white moonshine maker was responsible for creating the popular bourbon. But this summer, the company that a slave might have been the actual mastermind behind the popular brown liquor. The original story is that preacher and moonshine man Dan Call […]
