Entries from May 2009

May 31, 2009

IN REMEMBRANCE: 5-31-2009

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 become the ship’s last survivor, died Sunday at a nursing home in Southampton, the English port from which the Titanic [...]

May 31, 2009

OKLAHOMA STATE TROOPER ATTACKS PARAMEDIC EN ROUTE TO HOSPITAL

 
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 INFORMATION ON CONFRONTATION
 
ARTICLE ADDRESSING THE TROOPER ATTACK ON THE EMT
 
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Sick. Absolutely sick. These cops were so pathologically demented in jacking up the EMT paramedic [...]

May 29, 2009

ON THIS DAY IN BLACK MUSIC HISTORY: MAY 14

#1 Song 1983:   “Candy Girl,” New Edition
 
Born:   Shanice Wilson, 1973
 
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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).
 

 

 
1951   Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf recorded one of his earliest sessions at Sam Phillips’ legendary Sun [...]

May 28, 2009

ON THIS DAY IN BLACK MUSIC HISTORY: MAY 13

#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
 
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1952   The Royals signed with Federal Records and went on to have thirteen hits after they changed their name to Hank Ballard & [...]

May 28, 2009

INTERNATIONAL DAYS: MAY 22, 2009 THROUGH MAY 31, 2009

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.
 
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International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001)

25-June 1
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories (Established in the 1960s to show support for African peoples seeking [...]

May 28, 2009

HATEWATCH: SWASTIKA BURNED INTO BLACK WOMAN’S LAWN

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 this lady’s daughter is overseas in Iraq, putting her life on the line for these people, [...]

May 28, 2009

HATEWATCH: INTERRACIAL COUPLE RECEIVES KKK LETTER

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.
 
 
Tia and Brian Maltese said they found an issue of the Klansmen’s Voice, the KKK’s newsletter, on the front porch of [...]

May 28, 2009

HATEWATCH: IN HUGE SWEEP, AUTHORITIES MOVE AGAINST LATINO GANG ACCUSED OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLACKS

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 of African-Americans with a campaign of shootings and other attacks.”
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MASSIVE SWEEP NETS LATINO GANG MEMBERS [...]

May 27, 2009

ON THIS DAY IN BLACK MUSIC HISTORY: MAY 12

#1 R&B Song 1979:   “Reunited,” Peaches & Herb
 
Born:   Jay Otis Washington (the Persuasions), 1941
 
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1945   Known as Lady Day, Billie Holliday charted R&B (#5) with “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)” It was her firsr and only R&B Hit but her last of thirty-nine pop hits that started in 1935. The film Lady Sings the [...]

May 27, 2009

JACOB HOLDT: SHOWCASE IN BLACK AND WHITE

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 like so many Americans you may have never heard of him.
  
I came across this excellent article from [...]