Archive for January, 2011
THEY DID IT FOR FREEDOM a music video featuring Stoneman
By: Glenn Towery, Fairy God Brother Productions & Film Company, LLC This FREE Music Video was done as a tribute to the men, women and children of the Civil Rights movement who sacrificed, sometimes giving up their lives, so that we could be who we are today. We hope you [Read More]
Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system
By: Charles Mombo @charlessmombo Twitter HASHTAG: #burnedbrass Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system?Some referred to it as institutional racism and that is the lack of funding for public school in minority communities. This problem can [Read More]
Egypt President Hosni Mubarak just doesn’t get it
A masked Egyptian protestors stands near Egyptian army's Republican Guards in central Cairo on January 29 It appears that the 82-year-old Hosni Mubarak is either senile or thinks Egypt's 80-million population are stupid. In his speech delivered to the nation on Friday, [Read More]
The blood of Gay Rights Activist David Kato is on Uganda’s hands
by: Charles Mombo Twitter @charlessmombo HASHTAG #burnedbrass Uganda's Rolling Stone newspaper published the photographs of several people it said were gay next to a headline reading "Hang them" David Kato, a prominent Ugandan gay rights campaigner has died after [Read More]
MY FIRST HOUSE, by Itua
MY FIRST HOUSE, by Itua My First House, by Itua Newlywed’s, Chris and Amber, purchased their home and vowed to always take good care of it, no matter what. The 7-bedroom mini-mansion was their dream home until one massacre-filled evening turned it all into a [Read More]
Nigerian-born John Abraham Godson becomes Poland first Black MP
Nigerian-born John Abraham Godson becomes Poland first Black Member of Parliament John Abraham Godson (Godson Chikama Onyekwere), a 40 year-old Nigerian born naturalized Polish citizen has become the first black Polish Member of Parliament and a member of the Civic Platform [Read More]
Couture Dolls of Star Studded Entertainment Presents Kiss of Couture
Couture Dolls of Star Studded Entertainment presents their Kiss of Couture Anniversary Party. Couture Dolls of Star Studded Entertainment Presents Kiss of CoutureFounded only a year ago, Couture Dolls of Star Studded Entertainment is made up of an ensemble of beauty, [Read More]
Judge Kicked Rahm Emanuel off Chicago Mayoral Ballot
Judge kicked Rahm Emanuel off Chicago's Mayoral BallotOne of Chicago’s mayoral candidates, Rahm Emanuel, was kicked off the ballot by an Illinois appellate court panel. The petitioners, Walter P. Maksym, Jr., and Thomas L. McMahon filed written objections to the [Read More]
Crack heads self-made chemist find Cocaine alternative in bath salt
By: Charles Mombo Twitter: @charlessmombo Crack heads turned chemist are finding a not too creative and deadly used for bath salts.Bath salts were intended to be used as an enhancer to complexion by purifying and moisturizing the skin. Bath salts are also [Read More]
The Burke Family – a slave trail from Arlington to Liberia
image: Henry Y. Bonds and family, ca. 1912 Photomural from silver-gelatin print American Colonization Society Papers By: Charles S. Mombo @charlessmombo The Burke Family – a slave trail from Arlington to Liberia In 1802, the first slaves to inhabit Arlington plantation [Read More]
Gay people aren’t welcome at Columbus, GA House of Mercy shelter
According to Bobby Harris, Gay people aren't welcome at Columbus, GA House of Mercy shelterCBS station, WRBL, in Columbus, Georgia ran a story last week in which two women were kicked out of the House of Mercy homeless shelter, because shelter staff thought they were gay. [Read More]
R&B Singer Monica marries Shannon Brown of the NBA Lakers
R&B Singer Monica marries Shannon Brown of the NBA Lakers It is official! The Los Angeles Lakers organization has confirmed that shooting guard Shannon Brown, 25 year-old, did married singer Monica, 30 year-old, in a secret ceremony in November 2010. The couple met over [Read More]
A possible 2012 dark horse presidential candidate?
Herman CainHerman Cain jokingly calls himself the "dark horse" when referring to the possibility of him joining the poll of potential Republican presidential candidates. In a recent interview with CNN, Cain explained his intentions to run by stating, “We [Read More]
10 former African-American Presidents and Heads of State
President Barack Obama is not the only African-American to become the president of a country. Below are 10 African-Americans who have presided as head of state of a country. The following presidents of Liberia were all America-Americans: President Joseph Jenkins [Read More]
Aaliyah Dana Haughton, Princess of R&B, gone but not forgotten
Princess of R&B Aaliyah Dana Haughton January 16, 2011, would have marked the 32nd birthday of "Princess of R&B," Aaliyah aka Aaliyah Dana Haughton. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in Marsh Harbor, Bahamas on 25th August 2001. Aaliyah and eight others were [Read More]
Chocolate City congratulates AKA on its Founders Day
ChocolateCity.cc wishes the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated (AKA) a Happy Founders Day as they celebrate their 104rd anniversary. AKA, the oldest Greek-Chocolate City congratulates Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, AKA on its 103rd Founders Day letter [Read More]
It’s not worth it, a book by Bottabing
By: Charles S. Mombo @charlessmombo Ms. Bottabing, author of It's Not Worth It.It's not worth it is a “must read” book by a talented and beauty 20 year-old African-American English literature major out of Detroit, Michigan. Her pen name, nom de plume, or [Read More]
Maine Republican governor LePage says NAACP can kiss his butt
Maine Governor Paul LePage tells NAACP to kiss his butt!!!!During a recent live TV program, Maine's Republican Governor Paul LePage said that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) can “kiss my butt.” LePage's ignorant, [Read More]
Chicago Community Trust offers grants to bloggers in Bronzeville or Austin
Community Media Workshop and the Chicago Reporter will be reaching out to neighborhood bloggers and community groups on the South and West Sides to take up local reporting projects this year, backed by grants from a new Chicago Community Trust initiative. The Local [Read More]
Not impressed with Oprah’s OWN create your own
BET co-founder Sheila JohnsonRecently while driving and listening to Michel Martin of NPR's "Tell Me More" program, I heard BET co-founder Sheila Johnson expressed her disappointment with Oprah Winfrey's OWN network for not providing the platform for [Read More]
Jason Omar Griffith arraigned for murder of Deborah Flores-Narvaez
Jason Omar Griffith arraigned for murder of Deborah Flores-NarvaezAccording to Reuters, an African-African, Jason Omar Griffith, 32 year-old, is suspected of strangling his ex-girlfriend, Las Vegas Strip dancer Deborah Flores-Narvaez, 32 year-old, during an argument [Read More]
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Talks Palin Cross Hairs
Instead of writing and posting an article, we have decided to let Sarah Palin's target map and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords do the talking! We pray for a speedy recovery of the Congresswoman!! Sarah Palin's Target map which includes the congresswoman [Read More]
Phi Beta Sigma approaches 100 years of service, brotherhood and humanity
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity emblem /logo Chocolate City congratulates the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity as they countdown to their 100th year anniversary. We are proud and grateful for their outstanding works toward culture for service and service for humanity. In [Read More]
Is Arizona unfairly targeting Mexican-American cultural programs
Pedagogy of the Oppressed is the most widely known of educator Paulo Freire's works.According to Tom Horne, Arizona’s newly elected attorney general, he does not think that Arizona is unfairly targeting Mexican-American programs. Horne said, “It’s [Read More]
Alan Gribben’s Nigger-less Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAlan Gribben, a passionate academic on Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) and his achievements has put together a new edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that replaces the word "nigger" with a supposedly less [Read More]
Election forum for ethnic news media on January 11, 2011
Election forum for ethnic news media on January 11, 2011We are a different Chicago. More of us speak languages other than English. Some of us are richer. Many are poorer. Many are immigrants and refugees. Many of our neighborhoods have changed. Some better. Some worse. And [Read More]
SpokenFree Entertainment – Promoting and Producing Positive Urban Media
Edited by: Angelica Jones for Chocolate City SpokenFree Entertainment has quickly and comfortably positioned itself in the crowded arena of promotion and production of content-based media and events as well as creating and maintaining marketing material for local artists. [Read More]
Chef Gina Worthy and Kenmore LIVE Studio presents Music To Your Mouth
Chef Gina Worthy and Kenmore LIVE Studio presents Music To Your Mouth with Farley JackMaster Funk.On Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. Executive Chef – Chef Gina Worthy will be hosting her live cooking show at Kenmore "LIVE" Studio. The theme of [Read More]
Cornelius Dupree Jr. exonerated by DNA after 30 years in Texas prison
Cornelius Dupree Jr. spent 30 years in prison for a 1979 rape and robbery. Recent DNA testing proved his innocence. (credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice) After spending 30 years in prison for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, Cornelius Dupree Jr., 51 [Read More]
Chuck Berry recovers after collapsing on stage in Chicago
Chuck Berry, 84 year-old, also known as "The Father of Rock & Roll" collapsed on stage during a concert in the Windy City on New Year's Day and had to be helped offstage. While performing at Chicago’s Congress Theatre, Berry slumped over an [Read More]
Davis exits Chicago mayoral race, endorses Carol Moseley Braun
Former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun Chicago mayor"I'm proud that I will be here when Carol Moseley Braun becomes the next mayor," Davis said. "I come here tonight…to help prove unity is more than just a concept." Those were the words from [Read More]
