Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’
Allen Iverson’s Accounts Ordered Frozen for Unpaid Jewelry Bill
Allen Iverson's Accounts Ordered Frozen for Unpaid Jewelry Bill A Georgia judge has ordered NBA Star, Allen Iverson’s checking and saving accounts and any incoming earnings be frozen or garnished. The judge’s decision was in response to an earlier court ruling [Read More]
Georgia Republicans File Citizenship Lawsuit to Keep President Obama off Ballot
Georgia Republicans File Citizenship Lawsuit to Keep President Obama off Ballot Georgia Republicans and their Birther affiliate have file a lawsuit challenging President Obama, a natural born citizenship. Their goal is to keep the President off that state's ballot. [Read More]
Bishop Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church – Have They Lost Their Everlasting Minds?
By: Charles Mombo King Bishop Eddie Long being wrapped in a Torah scroll and being promoted from a commoner to a King. "Religion is the opium of the people," often referred to as "religion is the opiate of the masses" is one of the most frequently [Read More]
Georgia’s Rep. Scott Holcomb proposes Drug-testing Lawmakers before Welfare Recipients
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass “This bill is really very simple. If the General Assembly is going to pass laws requiring struggling, jobless Georgians to pay for drug tests as a precondition to receiving state benefits, then members of the General Assembly should lead [Read More]
Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church takes time off
Bishop Eddie Long, head of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church said, "I'm going to take a little time off to work with my family." Long said the situation is "not because of allegations" of sexual relationships last year and instead blamed the pressures [Read More]
Vanessa Long, Bishop Eddie Long’s Wife, files for divorce and withdraws petition within hours
Vanessa Long, Bishop Eddie Long’s Wife, files for divorce and withdraws petition within hours. Few hours ago, this site received the news that Vanessa Long, the wife of Bishop Eddie Long, had filed for divorce. While in the process of preparing this post, we received a [Read More]
Bishop Paul Morton calls on Eddie Long to repent of any sexual coercion sins
Bishop Paul S. Morton, the founder of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Bishop Paul S. Morton, the founder of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship has openly rebuked Bishop Eddie Lee Long, the prominent and well known African-American pastor of the mega-church, [Read More]
Creflo Dollar castigates and calls Eddie Long’s church members Negros and Hypocrites
Pastor Creflo Dollar says he just can’t believe that Negros will leave the Bishop just became he had a wreck. In a recent sermon posted on YouTube, Pastor Creflo Dollar of the World Changers Church International in College Park give a sermon in which he castigated members [Read More]
Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Must Come Clean
Bishop Lee Eddie Long financially settles sexual coercion lawsuit against four boys. Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church located in Lithonia, Georgia is not guilty nor has he been charged with any wrong doing. However, I am reminder of the idiom – [Read More]
Defying Ft. Defiance: My Mother and I take on the Civil War
By: Yvonne Kendall Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves time as an associate professor at a state university in Texas. Preface: Ft. Defiance is a historical monument in Clarksville Tennessee, where my parents [Read More]
Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse Atlanta Georgia – Open letter to the community
We hope you agree that Outwrite is far more than "just another business" but is truly a resource that the LGBT community and Atlanta cannot afford to lose and that we all need to help preserve. Can we count on you to help make this happen? This month, Outwrite [Read More]
Bishop Eddie Lee Long financially settles sexual coercion lawsuit against three boys
Bishop Eddie Long and wife Vanessa Long. Bishop Long financially settles sexual coercion lawsuit against three boys. Reports from the DeKalb County Courthouse in DeKalb County, Georgia shows that Bishop Eddie Lee Long, the prominent and well known African-American pastor of [Read More]
Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown daughter fact-check
Bobbi Kristina Brown Contrary to rumors being reported in the blogosphere, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the 18-year-old daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston was not arrested during an apparent boyfriend/ girlfriend altercation in Rockwell, Georgia. Chocolate City fact-check [Read More]
Tuscaloosa Alabama tornado hardest-hit with 162 deaths
On Wednesday, dozens of tornadoes ripped through Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky bring the death toll from the severe weather to more than 248. This was the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years. On Wednesday, dozens of tornadoes ripped [Read More]
Who is going to shoot Obama?
Georgia Republican Rep. Paul Broun is no exception when it comes to his blatant disrespect of both President Obama and the office of the president of the United States of America. Partisan rancor in this country has helped foster an atmosphere of hatred; and at time led to [Read More]
Was the rapper Da Brat free from prison?
Chocolate City is unable to confirm what appears to be a rumor floating around the blogosphere that rapper Da Brat was released from prison. Chocolate City is unable to confirm what appears to be a rumor floating around the blogosphere that rapper Da Brat was released from [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]
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]
Jamal Parris says Eddie Long is a monster not a man
Eddie Long accuser, Parris joined New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in 2001, when he was 14.Atlanta's FOX 5 reporter Dale Russell recently talked with Jamal Parris, 23 year-old, one of the four young men who filed suits against Bishop Eddie Long. During the [Read More]
Pastor Eddie Long accused by fourth male of homosexual acts
Text image of Pastor Long produced by Spencer LeGrande's legal team.Besides, the previous three plaintiffs – Anthony Flagg, 21 year-old; Maurice Robinson, 20 year-old; and Jamal Parris, 23 year-old, a fourth young man, Spencer LeGrande, 22 year-old, file lawsuit on [Read More]
Eddie Long, a gay bashing preacher accused of homosexual acts
Eddie Long and wife Vanessa LongCourt documents obtained by Chocolate City from the DeKalb County Courthouse in DeKalb County, Georgia shows that Bishop Eddie Lee Long, a prominent and well known African American pastor of a mega-church is being sued by three different [Read More]
President Obama, have you call Shirley Sherrod yet?
Sherrod, a Black or African American, was the former USDA Georgia Director of Rural Development that was wrongly accused of racism and forced to resign on Tuesday by the White House.Unless you live on another planet (and that planet lacks Internet, radio, or a [Read More]
What is Wrong With This Damn Katt?
Comedian Katt WilliamsOn November 8th, the Comedian Katt Williams was arrested on charges of allegedly stealing $3,555 in jewelry and collectible coins. After posting $41,150 bond in Coweta County, Georgia, he was released. On November 10th, Williams was reportedly [Read More]
Ashley Jewell, Fiance of Housewives Kandi Burruss is Dead
Kandi Burruss and Ashley Jewell Photo Credit: atlpics.netAtlanta’s Channel 2, WSBTV.com is reporting that an arrest was made in the murdered of Ashley A.J. Jewell. Ashley was the fiancé of Kandi Burruss, the newest cast member of the hit reality show “The [Read More]
Rep. Paul Broun Compares Obama to Hitler
Georgia Congressman Paul Broun AP PhotoGeorgia’s Republican Congressman Paul Broun called America’s First African American President-elect Barack Obama a ‘Marxist’ and comparing him to Adolph Hitler. “I regret putting it that [Read More]
Call Me MISTER – Increasing African American teachers
Dr. Kujufu at a Call me MISTER event Call Me MISTER (acronym for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) National Initiative is to increase the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background particularly among the State’s lowest [Read More]
Obama breaks own record raised $150M in Sept.
Obama 2008 CampaignToday Barack Obama’s campaign announced that they raised $150 million in donations in September, raising the the bar in campaign fund raising. The September record tops Obama’s previous record of $65 million in August. In a campaign [Read More]
Rapper Da Brat gets three years for assault
Da BratDa Brat was assigned a new zip code, Dekalb County Prison, for three years on Friday for assault. The recordings artist was sentenced to three years in Dekalb County prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban [Read More]
Obama: Ludacris should be ashame of his lyrics
Obama and LudacrisYesterday Senator Obama sharply condemned rapper Ludacris over his new song celebrating the U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama presidential bid while referring to Hillary Clinton as an "irrelevant bitch." The song, called [Read More]
