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Do Mormon Genealogy Records Include Black People?
I am trying to learn more about my family’s history. My mother, Ora Lean Johnson, is from Alexandria or Shreveport, La. However, she is ill and unable to provide me with any information. My father is Emanuel Christopher Bass Sr. of West Virginia, and as far as I know, he is still living. He was…
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American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson Coming to Cable in 2016
“I’m not black. I’m O.J.” This just in: The cable station FX will premiere American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson on Feb. 2, 2016. Executive-produced by Ryan Murphy, the 10-episode installment of the new limited series will relive a story that captivated Americans. The O.J. Simpson case in 1995 was indeed reality television,…
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Honey, Where Did Those Bumps Come From?
There are tiny bumps on my husband’s penis. Should I be worried he has an STD? —Dionne C. Most bumps on the penis are not caused by a sexually transmitted disease. However, most men or women don’t really understand what they are when they see them. The tiny bumps may be a reaction to something…
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The Wiz Live! An All-Star Cast Carries on the Decadeslong Legacy of The Wiz
For generations The Wiz has been a fixture in African-American culture. And 40 years since its introduction to the world, this sentiment still rings true. The Wiz Live!, the highly anticipated rendition of the 1975 play, airs Thursday at 8 p.m. EST on NBC. Directed by Tony Award-winning Kenny Leon, this event marks the network’s…
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Lionel Richie Says He and Adele Are Going to Collaborate Very Soon
Lionel Richie’s name has been mentioned in the same breath as Adele’s ever since she released her hit song “Hello,” which has people reminiscing about Richie’s hit song “Hello” from 1983. The two songs have been meshed together in funny memes on social media. Richie even reposted one a few months ago, and now he…
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My Man Is Opening a Business With a Female Co-Worker and Didn’t Tell Me About It for a Year
My boyfriend of five years told me today that he started a business with a female former co-worker. They are opening a bar together, which I knew was a dream of his, but he kept the business dealings from me for the last year. This woman has been a point of contention in our relationship.…
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Jussie Smollett Wants Viewers to Hang in There With Empire
Jussie Smollett knows that things went off the rails a little bit in Empire, but he’s asking the show’s fan base to hang in there because things will come full circle at the end of the season. “I understand the backlash,” Smollett said during an interview with Essence. He was referring to how the ratings…
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Tyra Banks: The Fashion Industry Swagger-Jacked Ideas From America’s Next Top Model
Tyra Banks is tooting her own horn a bit and doling out a few I-told-ya-so’s in the process. During an interview with USA Today, she vaguely remembers the flak she caught for putting aspiring models through the wringer on her reality show, America’s Next Top Model. Critics said that the challenges were unrealistic and too…
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Mary Jane Recap: Stay Woke
Turns out, selling out doesn’t always come with a clear conscience. We all knew that Mary Jane’s “I didn’t sell out; I bought in” line was hollow words. M.J. finally figured it out, and it only took one self-righteous, conscious college student to do it. M.J. sure knows how to clear a table. It must…
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Broadway Revival Brings a Different Shade to The Color Purple
If, in 1982, shortly after Alice Walker’s landmark novel, The Color Purple, was published, someone had forecast that the book would be turned into a movie, then a Broadway musical, then revived in London and brought to Broadway again, that someone would have been carted away or at least had his or her crystal ball…
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