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1956: Autherine J. Lucy becomes the first black student to attend the University of Alabama. She was expelled 3 days later “for her own safety.”

In honor of Black History Month, Praise 92.1 is partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters and the City of Houston’s Ronald C. Green during the month of February for the 28 Mentors in 28 Days campaign to raise awareness of the need for African American male mentors in Greater Houston.

via:eurweb Before we go into this story we think we need to run down a few facts regarding the group Salt-n-Pepa: hailing from Queens, New York and founded in 1985, Salt-N-Pepa is the best selling female rap act of all time with 15 million albums sold to date. “Hot, Cool & Vicious” went platinum, “A […]

TNT’s Pilot of Updated Dallas to Feature Returns of Original Series Stars Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray Cast of Younger Dallas Generation to Include Jordana Brewster and Josh Henderson Three iconic stars who played pivotal roles in

  It is a very sad time for Bobby Brown and his family, as he is grieving the loss of his mother. On Monday, Whitney Houston sang at her former mother-in-law’s funeral in Boston, Mass. According to reports, Houston sang twice at the remembrance service for her former mother-in-law, Carole Brown, who passed away Thursday […]

Via: defendernetwork.com I spend quite a bit of time running in and out of “30 Rock,” the headquarters for NBC. The last time I went through the studio, I couldn’t help but notice that there were quite a few black people staring at me.

 via:abcnews  Reuters has confirmed that as of September 2010, 2011 Super Bowl commercials will cost around $3 million dollars for a 30 second spot. CBS claims that 90% of the ads have been sold at the end of September.  PEPSI has said it will run at least six commercials and GM has announced that they will be […]

For anyone who has ever attended an HBCU (Historically Black College and/or University), they will tell you how true to life the title A Different World is. The show itself was a spot-on depiction of life on a college campus where the majority, if not all, the students are of color. Beginning as a spin-off […]

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