Exhale, Terry McMillan fans: Your wait is over. The Interruption of Everything (Viking Press, $25.95), her sizzling new novel, may be her best yet. Here, the best-selling author opens up about marriage, menopause and the two special men in her life.
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Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 10:08PM
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Three Little Pigs went out to dinner one night. The waiter came
and took their drink order.
“I would like a Sprite," said the first little piggy.
"I would like a Coke," said the second ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 9:54PM
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Little Zachary was doing very badly in math.
His parents had tried everything tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math.
Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary d ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 9:37PM
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DREAMWORKS PICTURES SEEKING MUSICAL TALENT IN ATLANTA FOR DREAMGIRLS
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) - The producer of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Dreamgirls is bringing the legendary project to the big screen. "Dreamgirls", starring Jami ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 9:30PM
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Can you cry under water?
How important does a person have to be before they are considered
assassinated instead of just murdered?
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
Since bread is square, then why is sandwich me ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 2:50PM
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R&B Group Destiny's Child To Split Up Again; This Time On Good Terms
Staying together was not part of Destiny's Child's destiny - the multiplatinum group is splitting up. In a statement released to MTV News, the trio of Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 1:17PM
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On June 25, 2005, after 11 years of planning, the glass doors of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture will open to the public.
Find out more >> http://www.blackamericaweb.com ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 12:49PM
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Oprah’s Not Going to Let Hermes Wiggle Out of its Blatant Racism
Date: Sunday, June 26, 2005
By: Deborah Mathis, BlackAmericaWeb.com
Not many of us can relate to shopping at the Hermes store in Paris -- especially not when the purpose was to ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2005 at 12:39PM
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Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey's shopping companion (registration required), is telling her side of their recent failed excursion to Hermes in Paris, calling it "one of the most humiliating moments of her life."
The problems began when Hermes employees ...
Posted Sunday, June 26th 2005 at 5:04PM
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*I found this article very interesting*
Compiled by the DiversityInc staff
June 25, 2005
Japanese cosmetics firm Mandom apologized this month for airing a TV commercial that showed black people wiping off sweat with a Mandom wipe while a chimp ...
Posted Sunday, June 26th 2005 at 4:49PM
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1. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't
make you cry.
2. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to,
doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
3. A true friend is someone who reaches fo ...
Posted Saturday, June 25th 2005 at 10:53PM
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*I received this email recently....it's very funny!
I was due for an appointment with the gynecologist later in the week. Early one morning, I received a call from the doctor's office to tell
me that I had been rescheduled for that morning at 9: ...
Posted Saturday, June 25th 2005 at 10:02PM
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Join the Tom Joyner Foundation as we raise funds for deserving students at a different HBCU each month. (Blackamericaweb news)
JUNE 2005 HBCU COLLEGE OF THE MONTH
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
The Baptist Educational and ...
Posted Saturday, June 25th 2005 at 9:27PM
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Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The
house was very, very dark, so the paramedic asked Katelyn, a 3-year-old girl, to hold a flashlight high over her Mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very dilige ...
Posted Friday, June 24th 2005 at 10:15PM
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1. A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat, but it
was dead. "How do you know that the cat was dead?" she asked her pupil.
"Because I pissed in its ear and it didn't move," answered the child
innocently. "You did WHAT?! ?" the teach ...
Posted Friday, June 24th 2005 at 10:04PM
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On Friday, June 17, 2005, a civil court judge in
Martinez, CA ordered NY Times bestselling novelist, Terry
McMillan, to pay her gay husband, Jonathan Plummer, spousal support and attorney's fees effective immediately. Her romance with Jonathan, 23 ...
Posted Friday, June 24th 2005 at 9:57PM
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A man has the power to love a woman in the way that she has never been
loved, and yet hurt her in the same.
A man has the power to treat a woman like a queen then turn around
and make her wish she was never born.
A man has the power to make a wom ...
Posted Friday, June 24th 2005 at 9:39PM
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Aaron Hawkins Founder of One of the Oldest Blogs on Internet...
Uppity-Negro.com Founder's Page An Aaron Hawkins Fansite. And this is why.
Uppity-Negro.com Main Page
Well, to begin with, Aaron Hawkins created this blog and web site, Uppit ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2005 at 6:02PM
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Frugal Public School Teacher Donates $2.1 Million to Prairie View
Date: Monday, June 20, 2005
By: Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - A retired public school teacher who was so frugal that he bought expired meat and secondhand clothing left $2.1 m ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2005 at 12:50PM
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First of all, by now everyone has heard about Jennifer Wilbanks. The lying, scheming, neurotic, psychotic, female, right? The lying, scheming, neurotic, psychotic "WHITE" female!
America's 'runaway bride'. She duped an entire state out of thousan ...
Posted Saturday, June 18th 2005 at 1:41AM
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You can’t tell me that it doesn’t hurt
When people live their lives to humiliate.
You who have given so much to others since birth
Became the victim of their greediness, a victim of their hate.
When people malign, they do damage to the ...
Posted Thursday, June 16th 2005 at 1:37PM
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While some reporters admitted that they were 'pleased' with the jurors' verdict of 'Not Guilty' in the Michael Jackson trial, others expressed obvious dissatisfaction and disdain over the 'Not Guilty' verdict.
Tom Sneddon, Santa Barbara County Dis ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2005 at 1:06AM
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With growing apprehension the crowd gathered outside the Santa Maria courtroom. The jury had reached its verdict. Michael Jackson is given one hour to arrive at the Santa Maria courtroom. His motorcade proceeds rapidly on the freeway toward the court ...
Posted Monday, June 13th 2005 at 6:43PM
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We have all seen the report on television, read the report in the newspapers, or heard the report on the radio. Or... we’ve overheard people discussing this story. I’m talking about the disappearance of Natalee Hollaway, the high school senior ...
Posted Monday, June 13th 2005 at 4:10PM
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A white woman's opinion of black women & a brother's response, please
take a moment to read this. Thumbs up to this black m ...
Posted Friday, June 10th 2005 at 11:52PM
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