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Here is an oldie but goodie from the blog of Raw Dawg Buffalo. Black people have become so complacent and stagnant that many of them do not know which way is which, which side is up, nor care to know. … Continue reading →

NOVELLA NELSON, BROUGHT AUTHORITY TO MYRIAD ROLES By RICHARD SANDOMIR SEPT. 7, 2017 Novella Nelson as Harriet Tubman on the television series “You Are There” in the early 1970s. Credit CBS Novella Nelson, a powerful and versatile actress whose long … Continue reading →

JONI SLEDGE, SINGER IN THE ‘WE ARE FAMILY’ GROUP SISTER SLEDGE By MATTHEW HAAG MARCH 12, 2017 Joni Sledge in August 2006. Credit Fred Prouser/Reuters Joni Sledge, who along with her three sisters formed the disco-era family quartet Sister Sledge, … Continue reading →

BILL PAXTON, STAR OF ‘BIG LOVE’ AND ACTION BLOCKBUSTERS By ERIN McCANN FEB. 26, 2017 Bill Paxton on a press tour for the television series “Big Love” in Los Angeles in 2009. Credit Phil McCarten/Reuters Bill Paxton, the affable actor … Continue reading →

The Confederate States of America’s secession from the United States and the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12-14, 1861 by the Confederate States Army was an act of  treason, should have been punishable with heavy fines and death. se·ces·sion səˈseSHən/ noun … Continue reading →

LOIS DICKSON RICE, TRAILBLAZING EXECUTIVE BEHIND PELL GRANTS By SAM ROBERTS JAN. 18, 2017 Lois Dickson Rice with her daughter, Susan E. Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, in 2015. Credit Alex Wong/Getty Images Lois Dickson Rice, a janitor’s daughter … Continue reading →

Here are words from Dr. King that are never mentioned at this time of year. After the end  of the Birmingham Campaign and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, Dr. King began work on his third book, Why We Can’t Wait, … Continue reading →

FIDEL CASTRO, CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY WHO DEFIED U.S.   Fidel Castro was seen as a ruthless despot by some and hailed as a revolutionary hero by others. Credit Jack Manning/The New York Times Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the … Continue reading →

ARNOLD PALMER, THE ‘KING OF GOLF’ Arnold Palmer hits from a sand trap during the annual Masters Par 3 golf tournament in 2008. Hans Deryk / Reuters September 25, 2016 Arnold Palmer, one of the most renowned professional golfers of … Continue reading →

EDWARD ALBEE, PLAYWRIGHT WHO CHANGED AND CHALLENGED AUDIENCES September 16, 20168:19 PM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Jeff Lunden Edward Albee, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? among many others, died Friday at the … Continue reading →