Eldrige Cleaver Flash back

Under pressure from FBI’s counterintelligence program, Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and his wife Kathleen left the United States for Algeria. There, he set up the International Section of the Black Panther Party which quickly became the hangout of revolutionaries from the Vietnamese and African liberation movements.

I let my fans down once, And I will never do it again…

Music

If you were caught up doing something important, were watching the Yankees take on the Dodgers or you, like many other people gave up on BET and decided not to watch the 2010 BET Awards, you missed something special. Chris Brown, superstar recording artist and amazing dancer, took the stage last night for a much awaited performance-tribute to the King of Pop who we all know died last year.  Chris was supposed to do this tribute last year, but was going through legal troubles with his then girlfriend Rihanna, who accused him of abusing her after a heated argument.  All that in the past, Chris Brown had everyone up on their feet, screaming out his name catch as many flicks of the amazing performance, many called “the most electrifying and moving performance they had ever seen“…  

Sue Mingus and Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard

Music

Following the 88^th birthday of legendary bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus (1922-1979), his spirit and repertoire is kept alive with the recent album release of Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard. 

Search Suspended for Missing Woman

News

The search for a woman missing after falling in the Harlem River was suspended Sunday evening.

Woman Still Missing In Harlem River

News

A young woman fell into the Harlem River and disappeared before her friends could rescue her Sunday.

After several hours, police were starting to fear the worst. They temporarily suspended the search until later in the morning.

Police believe she fell into the water around 3 a.m. while at a party with around 100 other college-age people.

Gay pride, from Harlem to Houston

Community

Thousands of marchers and a rainbow of floats filled the streets of New York and other U.S. cities Sunday as people celebrated gay pride, part of a full weekend of events marred by a shooting death Saturday at a street party in San Francisco.

USA World Cup Dreams Over

Sports

The U.S. soccer team crashed out of the World Cup Saturday with a heartbreaking overtime loss to Ghana that reduced parts of the city to tears. “I feel empty,” said Mike Blanka, 45, of Queens, after watching the game at Down the Hatch in the West Village. “I don’t know if I should go watch the Yanks or cry.”His head buried in his hands, Brian Kenny sat alone on the steps outside the W. Fourth St. bar and choked up as he lamented the crushing loss.

Not Sure of Kagan

Politics

Should Elena Kagan be worried? As the Supreme Court nominee is set to begin her confirmation hearings tomorrow, many leading civil rights groups have yet to pledge full support of President Obama’s pick. Citing a thin and mixed legal record, several predominantly African-American groups have declined to endorse Kagan, while others have expressed only hesitant support. “There isn’t a judicial record to review, indicating her views on critical civil rights matters,”

Columbia University Expands into Harlem

Harlem

Columbia University has just been put back on track through eminent domain to expand their campus by 17 acres into West Harlem. Nick Sprayregen has fought Columbia for six years, refusing to sell his chain of Tuck-It-Away storage business to the University. He is “very, very disappointed. It’s quite truthfully, shocking.”

Baby Killed by Branch

Event

A 6-month-old child was killed Saturday at New York City’s Central Park Zoo, the victim of a falling tree branch. The baby’s mother was also severely injured in the accident, and is currently in serious condition at Weill Cornell Medical Center on the Upper East Side. This is the second death from a falling tree branch at the zoo this year. A snow-laden branch in the park fell on a man in February, and last July another man was hit and critically injured by a branch. -AP

Michael Jackson’s A Legacy of Music

Music

by Claude Jay

“Just call my name, and I’ll be there”, these lyrics Michael sang from an early hit, “I’ll Be There”, recorded with his brother The Jackson Five.  Michael Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009, however, we continue to call his name loud and clear because he was there in our lives with songs with music that entertained and connected.

Storm Threats Oil Clean Up

Events

Just when things were looking promising for the oil-spill cleanup, weather forecasters warn that the summer’s first tropical storm—which will be named Alex and could hit as early as Monday—may rip through the Deepwater Horizon site. Concern for the safety of the flotilla working at the site is a priority, BP spokesman David Nicholas said. Ships pumping oil from the now-capped well will be forced to evacuate, leaving the well to spew oil once again. “Of course we are watching that very closely right now,” said Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the point man for the response to the oil spill, saying that spill responders will act “out of an abundance of caution.” The storm’s size, strength, and path are still uncertain, and, to be sure, may avoid the rescue efforts entirely. To weather summer storms, BP is expecting its much more rugged containment vessel, the Helix Producer, to arrive at the scene from the Gulf’s Green Canyon area on Tuesday.

Courtesy of the Daily Beast