Posts Tagged ‘Black’
Mo’Nique Wins Academy Award Best Supporting »
Photo Credit: Rick Rowell/ABC Chocolate City congratulations Monique Imes-Jackson, aka Mo'Nique, 42 year-old as the joins the league with three other outstanding African-American Best Supporting Actresses. Mo'Nique is the 16th African American actress to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the 4th [...]
Naomi Campbell Refuses to Turn the Other Cheek »
It appears that the leggy supermodel Naomi Campbell is not familiar with the phrase turning the other cheek. The phrase in the Christian doctrine that refers to responding to an aggressor without violence. The phrase originates from the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew in the GOOD BOOK during Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Campbell, 39 [...]
Archeology Forensic Reveal Wealthy 4th Century AD »
I could not resist sharing this story with my readers. Those of you that are familiar with ChocolateCity.cc are aware that we DO NOT celebrate Black History month – simply, because we celebrate it 365 days in the year. So in essence, we celebrate "BLACK History Year" – in January, February, March..... you got the point! But [...]
Vote to Discontinue Black History »
By Eryn-Ashlei Bailey I think Black History Month should be discontinued. What's all the fuss about anyway? Schools have been de-segregated, interracial marriages and children are on the rise. Heck, we even have a black president. I was raised to be color-blind. I don't see color. I don't look at facial features and traits to judge [...]
Paucity of African-Americans in the Winter Olympics »
Four years ago, during the February opening of the 2006 Winter Olympics Games in Torino, Italy; Brian Gumbel compared the Games to a GOP convention. In his own words: Finally tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don't like 'em and won't watch 'em. In fact, I figure when Thomas Paine said “these are the times [...]
An Interview With Illinois U.S. Senatorial Candidate »
By Charles S. Mombo Since 1870, the United States Senate have had ONLY 6 African-American Senators. Two out of the six were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction era and four out of the six were elected in modern era. The last three African Americans or Blacks to serve in the U.S Senate were from Illinois. The six African Americans [...]
Heather Ellis and the Bizarre Walmart Incident »
By Charles S. Mombo CNN News reported last night that Heather Ellis, a 24 year-old African American Xavier University graduate could face fifteen years behind bars for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest after she cut the line at Wal-Mart store in Kennett, Missouri. On Nov. 18, her case went to trial in Dunklin County, Mo., on two [...]
Ex-congressman William J. Jefferson Gets 13 Years »
To say it’s a sad day for us at Chocolate City is an understatement. We have always held the ex-congressman in very high esteem and regarded him as a true champion in the struggle in improving the lives of the people of Louisiana. We pray that the day will come (more...)
Soul Food – Same Taste With a Dash of Health »
If I were asked to define the word “soul food,” the definition will definitely have to include phrases such as – the taste, tantalizing and mesmerizing, the presentation, eye moving from item to item,colorful, politics, movers and shakers, and the master of all cuisines. (more...)
Naomi Sims, the super supermodel is dead at 61 »
Ms. Sims was born on March 30, 1948, in Oxford, Miss., the third of three daughters of John and Elizabeth Sims. Her father was a porter. Her parents divorced shortly after she was born, and all she knew of her father, she told Ladies’ Home Journal, was “that my mother told me he was an absolute bum.” (more...)
E. Lynn Harris, African American Author is dead at 54 »
E. Lynn Harris, 54 year-old died Thursday night in Los Angeles, California. Harris wrote a series of novels that exposed readers to characters rarely depicted in literature: black, affluent gay men who were masculine, complex and, sometimes, tormented. Harris had said in the past he was hurt by criticism from some black gay men who felt he [...]
Philadelphia Police and Racism the City of »
Whenever I heard the word “Philadelphia”, the immediate visual connection that comes to mind is the May 13, 1985 incident in which police dropped bombs as an alternative to waiting to issue arrest warrants on members of the Africa family and the MOVE organization. (more...)
Supreme Court Agrees with New Haven White Firefighter »
The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision on June 29, 2009 regarding the case of Ricci et al vs. Destefano et al. Basically in 2003, 118 New Haven, Connecticut firefighters took examinations to qualify for promotion to the rank of lieutenant and captain. Promotion examinations in New Haven were infrequent, so the stakes were high. All of the [...]
Tennessee GOP Staffer depicts President Obama as a »
Sherri Goforth, a staffer in the office of Tennessee Grand Old Party (GOP) state senator Diane Black emailed a picture of the American presidents. The problem is the slot representing the 44th president, President Obama, was replaced by the head of a Golliwog. The Golliwog (originally spelled Golliwogg) is the least known of the major anti-Black [...]
Poetry from the Masters: Black Arts Movement »
Useni Eugene Perkins, the Chicago born and distinguished poet, has done it again. This time his latest and “must have” book is - Poetry from the Masters: Black Arts Movement. Poetry from the Masters: Black Arts Movement is forward by poet and publisher, Haki Madhubuti of Third World Press. It is edited by Useni Eugene Perkins [...]
Life Term for robbery – Cruel and Unusual for Ian »
In 1990, when Ian Manuel was 13, gang members instructed him to commit a robbery. During the botched robbery attempt in downtown Tampa, Florida, Ian shot and wounded a woman. He turned himself in to the police. Ian’s attorney told him to plead guilty in exchange for a 15-year prison sentence. Ian accepted responsibility and pleaded guilty [...]
Life Term for rape – Cruel and Unusual for Joe »
On May 4, 1989, someone robbed a 72-year-old White woman in Pensacola, Florida. Later on during the same day the elderly lady was raped by someone. Joe Harris Sullivan, an African-American was 13-year-old at the time, and he admitted that he and two older friends had burglarized the woman’s home earlier that day. But he denied that he had [...]
Is Washington, D.C. Losing it Chocolate City Status? »
In their popular 1975 album, Chocolate City, the funk band Parliament displayed a theme of love for Washington, D.C., where the group was particularly popular. In the lyric from the song Chocolate City, the group noted “God bless Chocolate City and its (gainin' on ya!) vanilla suburbs.” The album takes its name from the term [...]
Wellesley College tracks 2010 graduates for success »
Success, it is said, leaves footprints in the sand that you can follow. If you can't follow the footprints you may be on the wrong beach. Wellesley College's sociologist Lee Cuba seems to subscribe to this principle. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Lee Cuba received a B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Southern Methodist University in 1976 and an [...]
Modern Racism Scale, fMRI, and Mental privacy »
By: http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog A man's personal and non-communicable thoughts about what he would like to do with his very attractive sister-in-law should always be his, especially when he prefers to keep those thoughts to himself, never persuade them and take them to his grave. It is even more important that we ourselves are not [...]
CDC: African Americans hardest hit with HIV/AIDS »
According to the CDC, of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, HIV and AIDS have hit African Americans the hardest. The reasons are not directly related to race or ethnicity, but rather to some of the barriers faced by many African Americans. These barriers can include poverty (being poor), sexually transmitted diseases, and stigma [...]
Stephen Burrows: unrecognized fashion genius »
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, managing director for making this interview possible. If you recognize the names Halston, Bill Blass, Anne Klein and Oscar de la Renta, then you should recognize Stephen Burrows' [...]
Interview with recording artist Dana Divine »
Despite 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). ChocolateCity.cc is grateful to Ms. Divine for sharing her experiences with our audience and [...]
Your favorite black fashion designer »
http://www.chocolatecity.cc/black-fashion/index.shtml - 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 [...]
Terrible mistake to vote for John McCain »
Senator Clinton said today "Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain," Clinton said on CNN. She further noted: "I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is. Obviously, I'm still [...]
Bob Johnson: If Obama Was a White Man…. »
In a recent interview with the Charlotte Observer, African American Billionaire Bob Johnson, the founder of BET says that former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro was right when she said "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position." Ms. Ferraro was forced to step down as an adviser to Obama rival Hillary Clinton. Mr. [...]
