Born American singer Marian Anderson, was one of the finest contraltos of her time. Anderson displayed vocal talent as a child, but her family could not afford to pay for formal training. From the age of six, she was tutored in the choir of the Union Baptist Church, where she sang parts written for bass, […]
Art Blakey (Addullah Ibn Buhaina), famed jazz musician and bandleader, was born in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 11,1919. Blakey played with the likes of Mary Lou Williams, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stit, and Thelonious Monk. **************************************************************** In the ’60s, when John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman were defining the concept of a jazz […]
Things got so heated between Bill O’Reilly, Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg on “The View” that the co-hosts walked off the set of the show. The incident occurred during a fiery exchange about the proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero. O’Reilly said President Obama’s qualified support of the center was evidence of the “gulf” […]
The wonderfully talented and Pastor Shirley Ceasar stopped by The Light studio to break bread or rather have cake in celebration for her birthday. Shirley was giddy and in bright spirits as fans phoned in the send their many well wishes. Pastor Ceasar will also have a much bigger party this even with family and […]
Dorie Miller, a messman on the USS Arizona who shot down four planes during the Pearl Harbor attack, was born near Waco, TX, on this date in 1919. Miller manned a machine-gun. ****************************************************************** Doris Miller, known as “Dorie” to shipmates and friends, was born in Waco, Texas, on 12 October 1919, to Henrietta and […]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Author Sapphire speaks on her book Push and how domestic violence, as portrayed in the book is relevant now in the Black Community. Basheer Jones and the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) welcome Sapphire to Cleveland this passed weekend. Jones and CPL was honored to host Sapphire, a performance poet and […]
General Roscoe Robinson, Jr., the second Black Four-Star General in U.S. history, was born in St. Louis, MO, on October 11, 1928. To learn more about this person visit your local library.
Hubert G.(H.Rap)Brown, writer, activist, and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Chairman, was born in Baton Rouge, LA, on October 4,1943.Brown has change his name to Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. *************************************************************** H. Rap Brown succeeded Stokely Carmichael as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was a prominent […]
B’More Ravens QB Joe Flacco threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Houshmandzadeh with 34 seconds remaining to lift the Ravens to a 17-14 victory over the Steelers in an AFC North game. “I think there are going to be a lot of defining moments for Joe, but this is going to be one of […]