Dr. James Francis Shober, born August 23, 1853, was the first known black physician to practice in North Carolina. In 1875, at the age of 22, he graduated second in his class, with a grade average of 95.5, from the Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He received an A.B. degree. Shober then enrolled in the Howard University […]

Isaac Hayes, born August 20, 1942, was a singer/songwriter, actor and producer. He was best known for his musical score for the film Shaft. For the Theme from Shaft, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972. He became the third African-American, after Sidney Poitier and Hattie McDaniel, to win an Academy Award in […]

Maxine Waters, born August 15, 1938, is the U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd congressional district, and previously the 35th and 29th districts, serving as a Democrat since 1991. She is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional […]

THIS IS MAJOR!!! NYC nightlife icon, and member of pop dance group The Ones, Paul Alexander is finally premiering his first musical Trinkets on August 3rd, in NYC! The show follows the story of a group of drag and transsexual prostitutes who interact with patrons of an underground Meatpacking District nightclub, MC’d by Mr. Pea […]

Alexandre Dumas, born July 24, 1802, was a French writer of essays, short stories and novels, best known for his books The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Among his many volumes of romantic novels are the series of Valois, which center on Queen Marguerite, the last in the Capetian dynasty, and eight novels dubbed the […]

Everybody knows…IT GOES DOWN IN THE DM’s. Wowlebrity Mx Qwerrrk just sent me this cute, drive-by interview that she did on QwerrrkOut with her social media BFF, TNT Claws breakout star Evan Daigle (in the blue swim cap).
Claws is EVERYTHING you need on TV right now! It’s basically a dark-humored dramedy, set in a nail […]