Here is a statement released by Charles Olgletree who has been retained by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. after he was arrested at his Cambridge Massachusettes home. This information was posted at theroot.com and distributed. Statement on Behalf of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — by Charles Ogletree This brief statement is...
Hat tip to Baratunde Thurston for the heads up on this story. Baratunde writes as a post alerting of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates being arrested at his home in Cambridge, Massachusettes by police investigating a possible break in. According to Huffington Post, a woman called Cambridge police out to...
I’ve been asked to serve as an official host* for Ford Executive Earl Lucas, exterior design manager for the 2010 Ford Taurus, when he’s in Dallas this Thursday July 23. EARL LUCAS Lucas grew up in Dallas, attending Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet High School that also launched recording artists...
Here’s a gun violence column that I wrote for Dallas Morning News’ Sunday Points section. It’s already available online and Trey Garrison also wrote a column on the same subject which now available as well. Trey and I often have a running version of Point/Counterpoint going on our blogs, but...
Let me start by saying this: I like fried chicken, I like Kool Aid, I like Watermelon. Now, when I first heard about Martellus Bennett’s (aka Marty B) Black Olympics video on YouTube, I kind of brushed it aside. As a fellow Texas A&M alum, I have followed Bennett since...
BY GENMA HOLMES After watching the coverage of Michael Jackson, I noticed many similarities and differences between the AEG and BET televised events. Both are companies that are in the business of staging concerts, television productions and are part of larger conglomerates. BET targets African-American between the ages 18-34 as...
Here’s a video a put together with a couple of clips from my radio appearance with my pastor, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III on Freddy Haynes Unscripted this past Sunday. I appreciate the invite, it was a fun evening and I hope to be invited back in the future.
As Michael Jackson news subsides (maybe) I expect the promotion of CNN’s Black in America 2 to kick up a notch. The surprise ratings winner from 2008 is back for a different view in a nation that has now elected a Black man President. In commercials featuring Soledad O’Brien, she...
Genma Holmes of GenmaSpeaks has agreed to become a regular contributor here, but there will be more on that later. As for today, I’m posting her thoughts on Steve McNair. As a native of Mississippi and resident of Nashville (like McNair), I think her perspective is important. Life in Tennessee...
Here’s a cool video which was recently posted on the Blogging While Brown website that recaps some of the presentations and panels that took place. I’m not just promoting it because I have a cameo at the beginning, there’s some good info here. Hopefully this will inspire some folks to...
