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First Black pro football player is subject of new biography | Book Talk
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhy isn’t Charles Follis in the Pro Football Hall of Fame? One might think the first Black...
JAY-Z’s 3 Siblings: All About Eric, Andrea and Michelle
People via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJAY-Z grew up as the youngest of four siblings in Brooklyn David Fisher/Shutterstock ; Johnny...
Sarasota's WBTT rides a soul wave back to National Black Theatre Festival
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will be traveling with a healthy dose of soul for its fifth...
5 new books to read in August
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoA gripping biography of a 19th century robber baron, a new novel about the cost of greatness among elite professional athletes, and a droll but sincere...
Young Elvis: Actor Chaydon Jay is the kid who would be the King in hit 'Elvis' movie
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChaydon Jay was born in Sydney and raised in the Gold Coast suburb of Runaway Bay on the eastern...
The real reason why Megan beat Nicki and Jay beat Nas
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOPINION: Rap battles have rules, y’all. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the...
Westcoast Black Theatre star takes spotlight in new Fats Waller revue
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLeon Pitts II insists he was just joking a few years ago when he suggested that Nate Jacobs, the...
Jay Weston Dies: ‘Lady Sings The Blues’ Producer Who Gave Al Pacino Broadway Break Was 93
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJay Weston, who was working as a publicist when a chance meeting with Billie Holiday at the 1958...
The True Story Behind Feud 's Black and White Ball
Time via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTruman Capote dances with Wendy Vanderbilt at his Black and White Ball held in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, in New York, on Nov. 28, 1966. To...
Stop asking if Jay-Z is relevant because of Beyoncé
theGrio via AOL· 8 months agoOPINION: Yes, Beyoncé is the biggest pop star in America right now. But Jay-Z is a massive star all on his own and has been for decades. The post Stop...
