Posts Tagged ‘African American’
Songs that reflect todays socio-political issues
While doing my regular exercises this morning at the YMCA located at 63st. and Hayes Drive in Chicago, I listened to my favorite playlists which include songs by Johnny Guitar Watson, Marvin Gaye, Roy Hammond, aka “Roy-C”, Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield to name a [Read More]
Stephen Burrows: The Unrecognized Fashion Genius
Stephen Burrows ChocolateCity.cc is grateful to Mr. Stephen Burrows (SB) for taking time out of his very busy schedule to chat with us. We are also grateful to Mr. John Robert Miller, Burrows' managing director for making this interview possible. If you recognize the [Read More]
Interview with recording artist Dana Divine
Dana DivineDespite her very busy schedule as producer, writer, performer and an on-air personality at Chicago’s popular urban radio station 107.5 WGCI; the sensational and talented Dana Divine (DD) still found the time to sit and chat with ChocolateCity.cc (CC). [Read More]
Black Women and Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Triple Negative Breast Cancer is rare, aggressive and difficult to treat version of breast cancer. 15 percent of the estimated 180,000 women who will learned that they have invasive breast cancer this year in the United States will also have triple negative. The majority of [Read More]
Gaddafi: Obama fears assassination by Israel’s Mossad
Speaking before thousands of cheering supporters at a ceremony to celebrate the 38th anniversary of the departure of U.S. troops from Libya, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, on Thursday said that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s recent strong statements [Read More]
Clint Eastwood tells Spike Lee to shut his face
The bitter conflict between two of Hollywood’s well-known film directors reached a new level of exchange of words and accusation at the weekend as Spike Lee invoked the sins of white America’s father of slavery in response to Clint Eastwood’s comments to [Read More]
Catholic League attacks Obama, but quiet about child abuse
The Catholic League sharply criticized Barack Obama Friday for his ties to the out speaking Catholic minister Michael Pfleger, saying in a statement the Illinois senator should have severed ties with him long ago. The criticisms come after wide circulation on the Internet [Read More]
In the land of Ritalin Assassination Joke is not funny
First it was a so-called joke by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee follow by another assassination joke (analysis) by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and lately a joke by Fox contributor Liz Trotta. Former Republican [Read More]
Is Hillary Clinton a fighter or a divider?
Obama now has a majority of pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention. Despite the daunting odds of overtaking Obama in the overall delegate count, Hillary Clinton remained defiant and promised to stay in the race. "You've never given up on me, because you [Read More]
Team Obama faced racism while campaigning
There have not been much in the news pertaining to information in the news about Senator Obama’s phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates encountering a “RAW” and “PURE” racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed and [Read More]
Your favorite black fashion designer
Our Black Fashion section focuses on Black Fashion Designers, African-American Fashion Designers, and African Fashion Designers as they relate in one way or another to shaping, improving, empowering and motivating the lives of African, Black-American, African-American and [Read More]
Chicken Comes Home to Roost
During one of Malcolm X speeches, he said “chickens have come home to roost.” he was believed that he was speaking on the occasion of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. What did Rev. Jeremiah Wright mean when he said “chickens have come home to roost.” [Read More]
Is Jeremaih Wright Media Tour Bad For Obama?
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright appeared at the National Press Club on Monday morning, speaking out in what he called a defense of the traditional black church, and charging that he will “come after” Senator Barack Obama if he is elected president, since Obama would [Read More]
Executors of Sean Bell Not Guilty
The scene unfolded outside the courthouse Friday as three police officers were cleared of all charges in the 2006 shooting of Bell, who died in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. On the dawn of his wedding day, Bell, 23, was killed by four rounds while leaving his [Read More]
The Importance and Strength of the African Family in North America
The Importance and Strength of the African Family in North America By Frank T. Scruggs What is important to us as African people of the world? First of all I think the most important thing for us as a people is to avoid falling into the trap of selfism which Dr. John [Read More]
