Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
Carl Rowan (1925-2000) was a federal cabinet member, international ambassador and one of the most prominent black journalists of the 20th century.
Born in Ravenscroft, Tennessee, to Thomas David and Johnnie B. Rowan on August 11, 1925, Rowan grew up during the Great Depression. As a young boy, Rowan worked hoeing bulb grass for 10 cents an hour, later performing hard manual labor for 25 cents an hour when there was work available. In his autobiography, Rowan told of living with “no electricity, no running water, no toothbrushes … no telephone, no radio and no regular inflow of money.”
He graduated in 1942 from Bernard High as valedictorian and class president. Rowan moved to Nashville with 77 cents in his pocket and the dream of a college education. In order to earn his tuition for college, he moved in with his grandparents and got a job in a tuberculosis hospital the summer before enrolling in the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College (now Tennessee State University) in Nashville in the fall of 1942. Two years later, during World War II, Rowan passed a competitive exam to become one of the first blacks in Naval officer training.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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Actor Gary Dourdan pleaded guilty to counts of cocaine and Ecstasy possession during his arraignment Wednesday in California. Gary was arrested last month after being found sleeping in his car on the wrong side of the street and charged with possession of cocaine, heroin and Ecstasy:
“As a result of today’s proceedings, Gary has been given diversion (a drug treatment program),” his lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley said outside the Lawson Justice Center. “He very much regrets what happened and he’s very embarrassed by what occurred, but he’s looking forward to moving on and getting back to work.”
Dourdan had faced up to 3 years and 8 months based on the charges filed against him. Instead, he faces no prison time, but must complete the 16-class drug program. SOURCE
Hopefully he will get himself together. Dourdan, who is mostly known for his starring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, was forced to leave the show due to his personal problem…
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
Mildred Beaubrun, an 18-year-old student at Olympia High School was looking forward to graduation and nursing school.
Last Monday, she was shot after leaving Club Firestone in downtown Orlando. She and her friends had stopped at a 7-11 for gas and something to drink. Three or four men in a Chevrolet HHR also stopped and followed the young women as they left. “Hey, baby, what’s your phone number?” they called out. The men then began throwing items at the women’s Nissan Maxima and at one point, even swerved into the Maxima’s lane and tried to run the car off the road.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
Basketball fans Denzel & Pauletta Washington were spotted over the weekend at the LA Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs Playoff game. I see Pauletta doing it big with her Balenciaga lego sandals…
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Hudson arrive at the New York premiere of “Sex & The City: The Movie” on May 27th. Great to see the premiere in New York City!
Guests at the premiere included Lil Kim, Mary J. Blige, Michelle Williams, and Kid Sister. The film hits theaters this Friday March 30th…
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
( Photos: Goff / Sipa )
Here is another edition of Who Rock’d It Better featuring Hip Hop mogul Jay-Z and singer/actor Usher wearing the same Lanvin Hi Top Taffeta sneakers with a similar outfit combination.
Jay-Z was sighted wearing the shoes last month when he headed to the Spotted Pig restaurant. Usher also wore the shoes this week while visiting the USS Kearsarge in new York during Fleet Week. Which one of the guys rock’d it better?
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
Sen. Barack Obama greets veterans during Monday’s Memorial Day event in New Mexico.
Sen. Barack Obama will formally capture the Democratic presidential nomination after next week’s final primaries in Puerto Rico, Montana and South Dakota.
Obama’s campaign adviser, David Axelrod, said that after the June 3 primaries “Obama will ‘be at the number we need to claim the nomination’.”
According to CNN’s latest estimate, Obama is 52 delegates short of clinching the nomination while Sen. Hillary Clinton needs 246.
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