If you saw blockbuster hit “Titanic” back in 1997 or the recent “Titanic 3D,” you would never consider that there were any Black passengers on board. But what few people are aware of is that there was a Haitian-born, French-educated man on the Titanic by the name of Joseph Laroche. He was traveling his wife, […]
Angola is one of Africa’s most conservative nations where homosexuality is illegal and LGBT people are afraid to show affection in public. But that doesn’t stop Teca Miguel Garcia from rocking crowds in her native Angola as an out-and-proud transsexual techno-rap sensation. For the past four years, the 24-year-old performer has been building her reputation as […]
Rihanna has been known to push the envelope. Whether it’s fashion or border-line racist comments on Twitter, she has unapologetically come into her own these last few years — while coming out of her clothes. LIKE NewsOne On Facebook To Stay Up On Black News Worldwide! Fresh off the heels of a world-wind tour to […]
Mohamed Khawaja may be Libya‘s best hope at bringing home a medal from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. SEE ALSO: London Mayor Bans ‘Gay Cure’ Bus Ads Even if he doesn’t succeed in winning one of those three coveted pieces of hardware, simply a strong performance from the 400 meter runner would mean so […]
Long before Beyonce, Pattie La Belle, Chaka Khan, or any of those sistas were filling up arenas and stuntin’ on jumboTrons, Bessie Smith was rocking crowds on the vaudeville circuit. One hundred and eighteen years ago today, Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1894. She was raised in poverty and often ran away as […]
During the last day of the National Action Network’s conference in Washington, D.C., audience members, youth activists and victims of violence told stories of gun violence at the hands of police, and brainstormed solutions to the perennial problem. The roundtable discussion, entitled “Measuring the Movement,” was hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton and taped live for TV […]
