Monthly Archives: January 2009

Thursday, January 8, 2009 Posted by: ANGEL

GUESS WHO: NEW FACE OF PELLE PELLE

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Guess who teamed up with clothing brand Pelle Pelle to be the face of their European Spring/Summer 2009 campaign? Hint: He is working on a new album, slated to be released this year.

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Thursday, January 8, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN

BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN (1911-1995) was a successful Broadway dancer and stage & screen actress.

Thelma McQueen was born in Tampa, Florida, on January 8, 1911. She got the name Butterfly after appearing in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in which she danced in the butterfly ballet.

She entered films in 1939 with roles in Gone with the Wind in which she played Prissy, Scarlett O’Hara’s maid. Around this time, McQueen also modeled for the Mrs. Butterworth bottle. Over the next few years she played small roles often as a maid, a role she also played in Jack Benny’s radio show.

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Thursday, January 8, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

POLITICS: OFFICIAL INAUGURATION POSTER / OBAMA MEETS WITH OTHER PRESIDENTS / BOLDEN IN AS NASA HEAD / RICHARDSON OUT

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Check out the official inauguration poster from the Barack Obama Inaugural Committee commemorating January 20. Designed by famed street artist Shepard Fairey, the print was created especially for the 2009 inauguration.

It is now available for sale as an Inaugural Collectible. The limited edition poster can be yours for $500.

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Posted in POLITICS, ROUND UP
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

NEWS ROUNDUP: OAKLAND BART POLICE OFFICER KILLS YOUNG MAN / FORMER KILPATRICK AIDE SENTENCED / ’09 = TOTAL DECLINE

Oscar J. Grant III, 22, was shot in the back and killed by 27-year-old Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle early on New Year’s Day.

John L. Burris, long-time civil rights attorney who is representing Grant’s family, called the death “the worst I’ve ever seen in a shooting case” and said that it “cries out for criminal prosecution.” The family filed a $25-million wrongful death claim against the agency Tuesday.

Graphic video of Grant’s death shows Mehserle shooting the unarmed Grant in the back as he lay face down while other officers restrained him.

Just a day later, a police officer in Bellaire, Texas, shot Robert Tolan, the 23-year-old son of World Series Champion Bobby Tolan outside of their home.

Two young, black, unarmed men shot by those who are supposed to serve and protect. What are we going to do about this?

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