Monthly Archives: May 2009

MILLVINA DEAN, TITANIC’S LAST SURVIVOR   By JOHN F. BURNS Published: May 31, 2009   LONDON — Millvina Dean, who as an infant passenger aboard the Titanic was lowered into a lifeboat in a canvas mail sack and lived to … Continue reading →

  TROOPER, PARAMEDIC FIGHT CAUGHT ON TAPE   PARAMEDICS, OHP TROOPERS RESPOND TO VIDEO   WITNESS SAYS TROOPER MAY NEED ANGER MANAGEMENT   WITNESS STATEMENT   HERE IS THE STATEMENT BY THE EMT   AND THE AMBULANCE DRIVER   NEW … Continue reading →

#1 Song 1983:   “Candy Girl,” New Edition   Born:   Shanice Wilson, 1973   **********************************************************************************   1951   The Dominoes recorded two of their best, “That’s What You’re Doing to Me,” (#7 R&B, $400) and “These Foolish Things (#5 R&B, $300).   … Continue reading →

#1 R&B Song 1967:   “Jimmy Mack,” Martha & the Vandellas   Born:   Maxine Sullivan, 1911; Harold Winley (the Clovers), 1933; Candi Staton, 1940; Mary Wells, 1943; Carolyn Franklin, 1944;  Stevie Wonder (Steveland Hardaway Judkins), 1950   ************************************************************************   1952   The … Continue reading →

Here are some international days I was not able to post while on vacation. They cover the weeks of May 22ND through May 31ST, 2009.   *************************************************************************************   22 International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001) … Continue reading →

Such brave, stalwart, and heroic men who would burn neo-Nazi symbols into the front lawn of a 69-year-old black woman who has moved into a new area to care for her granddaughter, whose mother has been deployed to Iraq. That … Continue reading →

INTERRACIAL COUPLE GETS KKK LETTER   POSTED: Thursday, May 21, 2009 UPDATED: 1:24 pm EDT May 21, 2009   WARREN, Mich. — An interracial Warren Couple said they believe the white supremacy group, the Ku Klux Klan is targeting them. … Continue reading →

Here is an update on a Southern California Latino street gang that has been targeting Black Americans with ethnic cleansing in Los Angeles, California. The arrests totaled 90, with members arrested “for engaging in “systematic efforts to rid the community … Continue reading →

#1 R&B Song 1979:   “Reunited,” Peaches & Herb   Born:   Jay Otis Washington (the Persuasions), 1941   *******************************************************************************   1945   Known as Lady Day, Billie Holliday charted R&B (#5) with “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)” It was her … Continue reading →

When you hear the name Jacob Holdt, the Danish photographer who is well-known in Europe, what image comes to mind?    Sadly, if you are like most Americans, you cannot picture an image of Jacob Holdt in your mind, because … Continue reading →