
Black History Month Lifestyle
theGRIO REPORT – Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his collaborator Dr. Donald Yacovone have exciting findings for African-American history buffs in his new book and six-part PBS documentary entitled ‘The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross’…

Television Lifestyle
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – After a tragedy like the Trayvon Martin killing, calls routinely arise for a conversation about race…

Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama first addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the slain 17-year-old…

Entertainment Music
NEW YORK (AP) — Nas has rapped his way to Harvard University…

Lifestyle
CLUTCH – In a recent episodes of PBS’ Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, actress Michelle Rodriguez learned of the extreme lengths the Puerto Rican side of her family went through to remain light skinned.

News
Harvard University Professor Henry Louis ‘Skip’ Gates Jr. is asking all residents of Allegany County, Maryland, who are of Irish descent to get their DNA tested to help solve a 150-year-old family mystery — who is Gates’ great-great grandfather?…

News
Dr. West has become increasingly vocal in his critique of Obama, and even went as far as to say that Obama treated him “like a cub scout”…


News Politics Top Stories Video
VIDEO – One year later, long after the so-called beer summit at the White House, where are we now?…

News Politics Top Stories Video
VIDEO – Ogletree is the author of ‘The Presumption of Guilt’ which examines the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., as well as race, class and crime in America…

Top Stories News
BOSTON (AP) – ‘Misunderstandings’ and a ‘certain degree of fear’ each man had for the other led to the dispute, says a new independent review…

News
The report by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, which was published Thursday in the Boston Globe…
