At a conference of community associations on Thursday, Bill Cosby urged the audience to stand up and confront the ills facing black Americans and “stop looking for somebody to blame.” Continue Reading »
Angela Simmons was spotted arriving at Mr. Chows in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night. Her boyfriend skateboarder/rapper Terry Kennedy aka T.K. is seen in the background. Continue Reading »
Jackie Ormes (1911-1985) was the first black woman to write and draw widely distributed comic strips.
Born Zelda Mavin Jackson on Aug. 1, 1911, in Pittsburgh, Ormes enjoyed drawing as a child and was praised for her artistic abilities. Following graduation, she began working as a proofreader for The Pittsburgh Courier, which was once the country’s most widely circulated black newspaper. Continue Reading »
