Posts Tagged ‘Michigan’
Detroit Police Kick Out Booty Stripper Bus from Ford Field Tailgate Party
With the Detroit Lions’ 2011-2012 record at an outstanding 5-0, I’m hoping that the DPD did not take their good luck charm (Booty Lounge party bus) away. Owners of the Booty Lounge party bus are not too happy with the Detroit Police Department (DPD) for preventing their [Read More]
Michigan couple married at White Castle where they first met
the newly wed, Donahvan Gray, 21-year-old and Marquisa Benford, 34-years-old, two regular visitors to the White Castle in Warren, Michigan were they met. White Castle's motto is "Grab a sack, you'll be back". Nobody believes White Castle’s motto more [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]
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]
MaLinda Sapp, wife of Pastor Marvin Sapp died of colon cancer
Pastor Marvin and MaLinda SappChocolate City wants to express its deepest condolence to the Sapp family for the passing of MaLinda Sapp. Sapp, 43 year-old was the wife of gospel singer Marvin Sapp. She died of colon cancer. Sapp was co-pastor along with her husband at the [Read More]
Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates
Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by InmatesIn a “Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates” released by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs the following were [Read More]
Jazz violinist Regina Carter is like a fine bottle of wine
Lauded as one of the finest violinists of her generation, Carter captures both the essence and allure of the original music through a lens of contemporary interpretation. Don't believe the negative hype about Detroit, Michigan. Out of Detroit came some of America's [Read More]
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Goes To Prison
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images North America By: Charles S. Mombo /Kwame KilpatrickOn the issue of Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentencing today – whether he had been wrong, why he had been wrong or whether he was sorry is not my call to make. To [Read More]
Aiyana Stanley Jones Did Not Have to Die Execution Style
Aiyana Stanley-Jones shot by Detroit Police during raidFrom every indication, 7 year-old Aiyana Stanley Jones of Detroit, Michigan did not have to die execution style, especially not at the hands of those that are responsible for serving and protecting her.The Detroit [Read More]
E. Lynn Harris, African American Author is dead at 54
Author E. Lynn Harris,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. [Read More]
Wake Up, Detroit You have a Special Election!
Photo Credit: RASHAUN RUCKER/Detroit Free Press Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr., left, and mayoral candidate Dave BingOur team arrived in Detroit today to cover the upcoming special election. We drove around the good, the bad and the ugly parts of the city trying to engage [Read More]
DNC Rules Committee increased goalpost to 2,118
The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee concluded their day long meeting with a new goalpost of 2,118 to clinch the Democratic party nomination. Previous target was 2024. According to the committee Co-chairwoman Alexis Herman in her opening remarks “seating all of the [Read More]
