Beyonce takes a sip while partying into 2009 with husband Jay-Z, and friends Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, LA Reid, and designer Marc Jacobs in St. Barts. Many of the celebs have been spotted vacationing in the Caribbean hotspot all this week…
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR (1872-1906) was one of the first black writers to gain national prominence.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, on June 27, 1872, to Matilda and Joshua Dunbar, both natives of Kentucky who had escaped from slavery, Dunbar had a love of learning and history instilled in him from his mother. Matilda and Joshua had two children before separating in 1874. Matilda supported her children by working in Dayton as a washerwoman. One of the families she worked for included that of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Having heard poems read by the family she worked for when she was a slave, Matilda loved poetry and encouraged her children to read. Dunbar was inspired by his mother, and he began reciting and writing poetry as early as age 6.
Beyonce and Jay-Z were spotted enjoying their down time in St. Barts this week. Here are some shots of them leaving dinner and shopping on Monday night and chilling on their yacht on Tuesday. Also peep Beyonce having fun on the Jet-Skis…
Solange Knowles was spotted on the beach in Miami on Tuesday. The singer/actress is in town to perform at a New Year’s party with Jamie Foxx at Karu&Y Miami.
Guess who was spotted at the club in Chicago on Tuesday night. Hint: She recently won a reality show competition.
Check out 60 Minutes‘ look back at President-elect Barack Obama’s historic journey to the White House which, aired Sunday.
Mychal Bell, one of six black teens in the Jena Six case, shot himself in the chest Monday night around 7:40 in Monroe, Louisiana, where he’s been staying with a foster family.
Police Sgt. Cassandra Wooten said Bell’s wound isn’t life-threatening and believes he was upset over media coverage of his arrest last week on a shoplifting charge.
Bell was arrested less than one month after he completed a sentence for his role in the beating of a fellow classmate, Justin Barker, at Jena High School in 2006. He was sentenced to 18 months for his part in the crime and also served a sentence for three previous unnamed crimes.
