FBI reopens file on race hate murders
May 30, 2007 by Staff · Leave a Comment
*MaeVella Moore has never given up hope of finding her husband’s killer*
Forty-two years after the event, MaeVella Moore still remembers the tiny details of the night that her husband, Oneal, was killed.
“I was preparing catfish,” she told me, in her vibrantly coloured house in the rural Louisiana town of Varnado, “when they called me and said he’d been hurt.
“I went to the hospital and as I got there, I saw his arm flopping over the gurney. And I knew he was dead.” Read more
Oprah Winfrey ’stunned,’ ‘upset’ by dad’s book plans
May 23, 2007 by Staff · Leave a Comment
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — Oprah Winfrey said she was “stunned” to learn her father plans to write a book about her.
“I was upset. I won’t say devastated, but I was stunned,” Winfrey told New York’s Daily News in a story published Tuesday.
Winfrey said she laughed when one of her assistants told her the newspaper was calling to ask about a book her father Vernon Winfrey was writing.
“I said, ‘That’s impossible. I can assure them it’s not true,”‘ she said. “… I called him and it turned out he is writing a book. The worst part of it was him saying, ‘I meant to tell you I’ve been working on it.”‘ Read more
SoCal family wins $112 million Mega Millions jackpot
May 16, 2007 by Staff · Leave a Comment
A Southern California family says it’s a dream come true.
Robert Stafford, his adult son Robert Junior and daughter Cynthia claimed their winning ticket today in the $$112 million Mega Millions lottery drawing.
The Staffords bought a $$2 quick-pick ticket from a Hawthorne market for Friday night’s drawing. Read more
R. Kelly pronounces himself the greatest black man of generation
May 16, 2007 by Staff · 2 Comments
R. Kelly has pronounced himself the greatest black man of his generation.
The ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ singer claims he is as iconic and talented in his field as a host of important black figures, including boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
He told Hip-Hop Soul magazine, “I’m the Ali of today. I’m the Marvin Gaye of today. I’m the Bob Marley of today. I’m the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. Read more
Oprah urges Howard grads to serve others
May 15, 2007 by Staff · 1 Comment
Oprah Winfrey sits with Howard University president H. Patrick Swygert during the historically black university’s commencement ceremony Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey, whose show has remained the top-rated TV talk show for 20 consecutive seasons, says her success comes from maintaining her principles and serving others.
“My integrity is not for sale, and neither is yours,” Winfrey said at graduation ceremonies Saturday for Howard University, recalling times when she was under pressure to change course or avoid topics to boost ratings or appease advertisers. “Do not be a slave to any form of selling out.”
Winfrey recalled how early in her career at a TV station in Baltimore, executives told her she was “too black” and “too emotional.” She said they tried to have her TV name changed to something more recognizable, but she refused. Read more
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