By The Admin on February 23, 2011
Lena Horne was known for her elegance as much as for her sultry voice.
On Wednesday, 200 items that once filled her Manhattan apartment were being sold by her estate at Doyle New York auction house, objects that epitomized her sophisticated taste: French-style furnishing, elegant costumes, jewelry and fine art.
Many admirers of the singer and actress [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on February 23, 2011
Cleburne Times-Review
- According to a recent study in an American Heart Association journal, racial gaps exist in women’s heart-health awareness, women’s knowledge of heart attack warning signs requires attention and nearly half of women report they would not call 911 if they were having heart attack symptoms.
Results of the American Heart Association-commissioned study, show that [...]
Posted in Health, Race
By The Admin on February 22, 2011
The Times Herald
- Blacks made their presence known at the 3-day Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held Feb. 10-12 in Washington DC. Though fewer in number than their white counterparts, they served as speakers and panel discussion experts and they were listened to by thousands who embrace the conservative political philosophy.
Herman Cain, a businessman, radio [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Race
By The Admin on February 22, 2011
ABC News
- A lawsuit against Kathryn Stockett, the author of best-selling novel “The Help,” has divided brother and sister in a dispute about the real-life identity of one of her fictional characters.
Ablene Cooper, the longtime nanny for Stockett’s brother, has filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the author, claiming she was upset by the book that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on February 22, 2011
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he carries no political baggage because of his positions on racial issues.
The issue flared as recently as last week, when Barbour declined to denounce an effort by a group pushing for a license plate in honor of confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Barbour [...]
Posted in Mississippi, Race
