I love Lucy and Ricky (Ricardo), Alice and Ralph (Kramden), Laura and Rob (Petrie), Claire and Heathcliff (Huxtable); and chances are that Tyler Perry’s characters—Cora and Leroy Brown—will soon be added to this list of TV’s most popular sitcom twosomes. Yes, on Jan. 7, TBS will launch “Meet the Browns,” starring David and Tamela Mann.
Even as an American-born holiday, Kwanzaa was not initially widely accepted in the U.S. Today it is becoming more popular with Blacks, and even Whites, as they celebrate its main message of unity.
For almost 10 years Marcela Madrid of Pittsburgh Supercomputing has been working to find a cure for AIDS. More specifically, she is trying to create a more effective drug for those living with the disease.
For Pittsburghers, the State of the Black World conference in New Orleans was about meeting their civil rights idols and gathering resources and strategies to bring back to the city.
(NNPA)—President-elect Barack Obama continued his history-making cabinet appointments when he selected former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as the first Black U.S. Trade Representative.
WASHINGTON (AP)—Barack Obama has wholeheartedly embraced experience in choosing his cabinet. That may seem at odds with the president-elect’s campaign theme of “change we can believe in.” But some Democratic activists and nonpartisan analysts say it makes sense, given the dire economy and public anxiety.
WASHINGTON (NNPA)—Valerie Jarrett, who will likely become a household name very shortly as she serves as a senior adviser and public liaison for President-elect Barack Obama, says the landscape of activism may drastically change under the Obama administration as those who have traditionally fought to be heard will likely have seats at the table.
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