The first thing that strikes many about Amiri Baraka‘s poetry, most especially his later works, is that it carried the sharp tone of an oppressed,…

Black History Month, Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Judge June Berry Darensburg is now the first black woman to serve as a Judicial District Court Chief Judge in the Jefferson parish of New…

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Amiri Baraka died today at the age of 79 after battling an undisclosed illness. Indeed, the world has lost one of its greatest literary giants.…

Countee Cullen (pictured), a poet who rose to fame during the Harlem Renaissance, was a contemporary of famed writer Zora Neale Hurston. Cullen amassed an…

DL Hughley Show

Co-star of “The View,” Sherri Shepherd called into “The D.L. Hughley Show” for a round of This or That and revealed she was once locked…

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Amiri Baraka, former poet laureate of New Jersey and an icon in American literature, has died, according to The Star-Ledger. He was 79-years-old. The literary…

Piyush Jindal (pictured) has the sort of story many immigrants (and minorities in general, for that matter) find inspirational. As the son of two Indian…

DL Hughley Show

The “45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS” NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Two-Hour Special Airs Live on Saturday, February 22 on TV One at 9:00 p.m. ET (PT tape-delayed)  One-Hour…

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Houston couple Jessica Escobedo and Aaron Powell just had their third child and were over the moon about her birth on Dec. 10. However, when…

Sierra “Cece” Sims (pictured) was an exemplary and popular student at her Tennessee high school, but when the teen entered college, the stakes were higher…

Radio One

The National Action Network (NAN) hosted a panel discussion about gun violence in N.Y.C Wednesday, marking their annual “National Youth Day Of Action Against Gun…

DL Hughley Show

Are you ready to ball on a budget during 2014? Well here at ” The D.L. Hughley Show” we are going to help you fulfill…