Monthly Archives: January 2012

Black Marriage Day, in celebration of the Black family,  will be celebrated their upcoming convention on March 24, 2012, from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm. For more on this event, continue reading below. ******************************************************************************* Black Marriage Day (www.blackmarriageday.com), is dedicated to … Continue reading →

ROBERT HEGYES, A SWEATHOG OF ‘WELCOME BACK, KOTTER’ By MARGALIT FOX Published: January 27, 2012 Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein, the Sweathog voted Most Likely to Take a Life, on the 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter,” died on Thursday … Continue reading →

About the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme Rejecting any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either     in full or in part, the General Assembly       adopted a resolution (A/RES/60/7) by consensus condemning “without     reserve” all … Continue reading →

NewsObservingPhoto GalleryMagazine ArchiveShop at Sky News Zachariel / Wikimedia Commons Bulletin at a Glance News Observing This Week’s Sky at a Glance Community Ancient Astronomers Were No Fools January 25, 2012                                                                | A study of historical star catalogs has turned … Continue reading →

A Political Obituary of Etta James James’ personal and artistic journey has a lot to teach us about the shifting politics of race, class and feminist politics over the course of the last half century. Kenyon Farrow explores the late … Continue reading →

Georgia Judge Orders Obama to Appear at ‘Birther’ Hearing by  Leah Nelson  on January 24, 2012 A Georgia administrative law judge has left in place a subpoena directing President Obama to appear at a hearing on Thursday regarding a “birther” … Continue reading →

ETTA JAMES, VOICE BEHIND ‘AT LAST’ via Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Etta James in the studio in Chicago with the Chess Records founder Phil Chess, left, and the producer Ralph Bass in 1960. More Photos » By PETER KEEPNEWS Published: … Continue reading →

Last year I posted on the couple whose landmark case broke the back of racist anti-miscegenation laws. That couple was Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Mildred Loving. Read about their story  here. The Loving’s story was first broadcast March 31, … Continue reading →

NewsObservingPhoto GalleryMagazine ArchiveShop at Sky News ESA / Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France) Bulletin at a Glance News Observing This Week’s Sky at a Glance Community An Evaporating Exoplanet? January 20, 2012                                                                | Brief, variable dips in … Continue reading →