NEW YORK (AP) — Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordham University, his alma mater. The university said Monday that Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, and another $250,000 to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham. Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable […]
President Obama is conducting a White House news conference to discuss his jobs bill and other issues important to the American people: RELATED: A few changes? Senate Dems rewrite Obama Jobs Bill
A new article on TheGrio by Goldie Taylor talks about the impact that Steve Jobs had on not only her life, but the lives of African Americans as a whole. Taylor talks about her time in Silicon Valley and how his name rang bells wherever she went. Check out the piece below: By the time […]
Legal scholar and civil rights activist Derrick Bell has passed at the age of 80. Bell, who worked to expose racism in America through his books and articles, died on Wednesday of carcinoid cancer. He is most known for his much covered resignation from Harvard Law School as a professor to protest the school’s hiring practices. […]
With the passing of Steve Jobs, many are focusing on the products he’s produced while at Apple and the impact that it has had on billions across the world. But what many are forgetting are the great quotes that Jobs left us with while he was here. Here are the Top 10 Inspirational Steve Jobs […]
NEW YORK — Steve Jobs had no formal schooling in engineering, yet he’s listed as the inventor or co-inventor on more than 300 U.S. patents. These are some of the significant products that were created under his direction: 1. Apple I (1976) – Apple’s first product was a computer for hobbyists and engineers, made in […]
President Obama issued a statement in full last night after he learned of the death of Steve Jobs: Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and […]
WASHINGTON — This is what passes for dinner table conversation in the Obama White House: Sasha wants Scott. So does Malia. The first lady wants Beth. So does Barack. Turns out everyone’s dickering over who gets which Secret Service agent. Did You See Her? Michelle Obama Caught Shopping At Target First Lady Rolls Up Sleeves, […]
DETROIT — A Detroit police officer was charged Tuesday in the slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was shot to death during a midnight raid on her home by a special unit that was being shadowed by a reality television show crew. Officer Joseph Weekley, a member of the Detroit Police Special Response Team, was […]
LOS ANGELES — The bottles of medicine lined up in two jagged rows on the edge of the prosecution table at the end of the sixth day of the trial against the doctor charged in connection with Michael Jackson’s death. After days of hearing about the drugs – propofol, lidocaine, lorazepam and others – there […]
ATLANTA — Rick Perry’s loss has been Herman Cain’s gain. As the Texas governor has tumbled in polls for the Republican race for president, Cain – the former pizza magnate and radio talk show host – has enjoyed a surge in support from a restless Republican electorate sifting through would-be suitors. Cain has topped a […]
BANGKOK — From the titans of high technology to teenagers armed with iPads, millions of people around the world mourned digital-gadget genius Steve Jobs as a man whose wizardry transformed their lives in big ways and small. Google, Sony, Samsung, Microsoft – corporate giants that have all been bruised in dustups with Jobs’ baby, the […]
