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Sister Modupue and Dr. Bill Releford
SISTER MODUPUE (right), Owner of “Lil Eden Live Vegan Food Experience” restaurant has been on the holistic path for over 30 years. She lives by the saying “let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food”. Lil Eden Live Vegan Food began it’s humble beginnings with culinary artist Sister Modupue’s experience of […]
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Roger Guenveur Smith
Roger Guenveur Smith, Obie Award-winning actor, writer, and director returns to Bootleg with new work inspired by the late Rodney King, whose question “Can we all get along?” continues to resonate 20 years after he posed it to a riot-torn Los Angeles. King ascended to prominence via a vicious beating by members of the Los […]
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Sanya Richards-Ross, wife of Aaron Ross, wins 400-meters gold
August 6, 2012 (LONDON) — Disappointment, tears and that oh-so-unsatisfying color — bronze — are all in the past for Sanya Richards-Ross. On this trip to the Olympics, she closed the deal. Four years after a late fade left her crying and wearing the Olympic bronze medal, Richards-Ross won the 400-meter gold she always thought […]
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How Did 21-Year-Old Chavis Carter Get Shot In The Head While Handcuffed In A Police Car?
Police in Jonesboro, Arkansas have launched an investigation into how 21-year-old Chavis Carter was shot in the back of a patrol car Saturday night. Carter, who died at the hospital, was in the passenger seat of a pickup truck that was pulled over by police just before 10 pm, reports WREG. According to Officer […]
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Sheriff’s official allegedly undermined probe of deputy misconduct
August 5, 2012 As part of an elite intelligence team, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies Michael Rathbun and James Sexton turn inmates into informants, looking for tips on crimes and gang activity inside the nation’s largest jail system. Earlier this year, one of their informants offered up a bombshell: A fellow jail deputy was working […]
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Gymnast Gabby Douglas soars to women’s all-around gold
LONDON — It took tremendous courage for Gabby Douglas to move away from home at 14, leaving her beloved mother and siblings behind in Virginia Beach, to train with a world-class coach who would push her to excel. And it took untold practice, sacrifice and pain for Douglas and Liang Chow to transform this better-than-average […]
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HOMETOWN HOODIES – Guests – Nominations
VENUS THOMAS (cntr right), Activist,Writer, former Talent Agency Owner and she used to be a Blogger for “My Black World”. LEROY JACKSON (left), Auto Mechanic and Wharehouse Worker and Resident of Los Angeles since 1988. AL MEYERS (right), Ex-Professional Boxer, he loves the community and isall about “Re-cycling Black Dollars”. HOMETOWN HOODIES NOMINATIONS: GUESTS […]
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Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage
A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the President, though the group’s leader is offering few specifics about the effort. The Rev. Williams Owens, who is […]
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“Black Family United”, a nonprofit organization presents – “TORN – The Willie Lynch Letter”
“Black Family United”, a nonprofit organization presents “TORN – The Willie Lynch Letter”. A multi-media performance of a stage play that takes place in 1712 combined with a movie that takes place in 2012. This epic inspirational journey through time shows the origins of the African American culture, as affected by the mythical slave master […]
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Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion
Aug. 1, 2012 – Snoop Dogg now wants to be known as Snoop Lion, after a trip to Jamaica where he was “born again.” The rapper admits he’s tired of hip-hop, and is releasing a reggae album, “Reincarnated,” to be followed by a documentary of the same name. Source: Washington Post
