Jet articles from July 2005

Jet archives from July 2005

Senate passes a resolution apologizing for failure to pass anti-lynching legislation.(NATIONAL REPORT)
July 4, 2005... More than a century after the first anti-lynching bill was introduced in Congress, the U.S. Senate apologized for its failure to outlaw the heinous act that took the lives of some 5,000 Blacks nationwide between the 1880s and 1960s. ...

Monumental tribute.(NATIONAL REPORT)(honoring of Andrew Young)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... MONUMENTAL TRIBUTE: Andrew Young shares a light moment with businessman R. Charles Loudermilk during an interview in downtown Atlanta. Representing two disparate constituencies, Young and Loudermilk forged a friendship that built on Atlanta's...

Ford Freedom Award.(NATIONAL REPORT)(achievements of Al Jarreau and Ella Fitzgerald)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... FORD FREEDOM AWARD: Jazz-pop great Al Jarreau (3rd, r), recipient of the Ford Freedom Award Scholar honor, is joined by Ray Brown Jr.,(2nd,r) son of the late jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald, who accepts the Ford Freedom Award on her behalf, during...

Rice and the CBC meet.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Congressional Black Caucus, Condoleezza Rice)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... RICE AND THE CBC MEET: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently met with the 43 member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and its chairman Melvin Watt (D-NC) for the first time on Capitol Hill to discuss a variety of topics. During the...

U.S. Senator Barack Obama is most popular senator, poll.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Democratic U.S. Senator Barack Obama is tops among senators, according to a recent nationwide poll. Chicago's South Side Democrat has the highest job approval rating out of 100 senators, according to a series of automated polls conducted...

For the first time, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently sat down with members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the nation's capital to discuss special issues of concern, including conditions in Africa.(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... For the first time, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently sat down with members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the nation's capital to discuss special issues of concern, including conditions in Africa. Still in the limelight, the...

With minorities spending $9 billion a year to travel, a booming business industry, tourism, flourishes with East Coast cities of Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia currently leading the pack.(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... With minorities spending $9 billion a year to travel, a booming business industry, tourism, flourishes with East Coast cities of Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia currently leading the pack. Baltimore recently completed the Reginald...

Want you and your family members on the postal stamps you use?(Confidential)(marketing of Postal Service)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Want you and your family members on the postal stamps you use? It's the newest promotion of the U.S. Postal Service involving private photo stamp companies. Check it out at your local post office...

Miffed because New York City lost out on its recent bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young told how his city won the 1996 Olympics.(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Miffed because New York City lost out on its recent bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young told how his city won the 1996 Olympics. Young, who served as mayor from 1982-90 continued fostering the Olympic movement...

A dramatic highlight of the recent historic U.S. Senate passage of a resolution apologizing for its previous refusal to pass an anti-lynching bill were the chilling stories shared among the scores of descendants of lynching victims.(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... A dramatic highlight of the recent historic U.S. Senate passage of a resolution apologizing for its previous refusal to pass an anti-lynching bill were the chilling stories shared among the scores of descendants of lynching victims. Though he...

George Haley.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Former Ambassador George Haley delivered the keynote address at the Boys and Girls Clubs of America state leadership summit in Las Vegas...

Two committee chairs of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.(National Headliners)(management of Irma Anderson and Harvey Johnson)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Two committee chairs of the U.S. Conference of Mayors--Richmond, CA, Mayor Irma Anderson heads the Health and Human Services panel while Jackson, MS, Mayor Harvey Johnson leads the Urban Economic Policy committee...

Running for the U. S. Senate seat of retiring Majority Leader Bill Frist, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Running for the U. S. Senate seat of retiring Majority Leader Bill Frist, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN) told a Knoxville NAACP dinner "Iraq could use a NAACP chapter" to bring the various fighting factions together."

Public relations maven celebrates.(BUSINESS)(5th anniversary of Roz Stevenson Public Relations)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... PUBLIC RELATIONS MAVEN CELEBRATES: Rosalind Stevenson, president and CEO of Roz Stevenson Public Relations, celebrates the 5th anniversary of her company with a party at the W Hotel in Los Angeles. Guests included media representatives,...

England's 1st Black archbishop.(RELIGION)(John Sentamu)(Brief Article)(Biography)
July 4, 2005... ENGLAND'S 1ST BLACK ARCHBISHOP: The Right Rev. John Sentamu speaks to the media at London's Church House, after he was appointed the first Black archbishop in the nearly 500-year history of the Church of England. Sentamu, 56, formerly bishop of...

June 27, 1890-.(THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY)(George Dixon)(Brief Article)(Biography)
July 4, 2005... George Dixon, boxer, became the first Black to win a world boxing championship title by defeating Nunc Wallace in the 18th round to win the bantamweight title on this day. A native of Canada, he was also the first Nova Scotian to fight for-and...

July 3, 1962-.(THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY)(Jackie Robinson)(Brief Article)(Biography)
July 4, 2005... Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in modern organized professional baseball, became the first Black player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, on this day. Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He...

The John H. Johnson Cultural and Educational Museum dedication honors famed son of Arkansas City, AR.(BLACK HISTORY)
July 4, 2005... It was reminiscent of an old-fashioned family reunion in the deep South as hundreds of Arkansas City, AR, residents came out recently to welcome home their native son, John H. Johnson, publisher and chairman of Johnson Publishing Company,...

Commitment to improve urban education.(EDUCATION)(human resource management of Yale University)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE URBAN EDUCATION: Yale University President Richard C. Levin stands at the podium during a news conference at the Hill Regional Career High School in New Haven, CT, as Jonathon Gillette (l), director of the Yale Teacher...

In your eyes.(Love & Happiness)(Paul B. Long married Tesa L. Carter)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Paul B. Long joined in holy matrimony with Tesa L. Carter at the Antioch Institutional Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK. The bride, who is working on a master's degree at Amberton University, is a graduate of the University of Central...

All the time.(Love & Happiness)(Christy D. Ross married Quincy L. Lee)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Mr. and Mrs. Quincy L. Lee united in sacred wedlock at St. Paul Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC The bride, Christy D. Ross, is a graduate of Savannah State University. She is financial and operations principal for SunTrust Securities, Inc. The...

Celebration of love and life.(Love & Happiness)(Patricia Randolph Williams married Vernon Tyrone Jackson)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Patricia Randolph Williams became the wife of Vernon Tyrone Jackson at the Strathmore Arts Center and Mansion in Rockville, MD. An environmental attorney and lobbyist, the bride is a graduate of Boston College, the American University and the...

Overjoyed.(Love & Happiness)(Jamaal Siddeeq married Connie E. Johnson)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Jamaal Siddeeq married the former Connie E. Johnson during a Muslim ceremony in the Nur-Allah Islamic Center in Indianapolis. The blushing bride is a graduate of Florida A&M University. She is staff attorney with Simon Property Group. The proud...

Our day has come.(Benjamin L. Edwards III weds Rexena Jordan)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Benjamin L. Edwards III wed Rexena Jordan during a double-ring ceremony at New Liberty Baptist Church in Detroit. The pair are employed with the 36th District Court where they met The bride, a senior secretary, attends Wayne State University...

Fantastic fifty years of marriage.(Love & Happiness)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... The Rev. and Mrs. Jessie James Benson of Memphis, TN, renewed their wedding vows after 50 years of marriage with family and friends by commemorating it at the Radisson Inn Memphis Airport. Mrs. Earlease Benson is a homemaker. Rev. Benson...

Noted Atlanta minister Barbara Lewis King weds Philadelphia's SELF, Inc. Founder Dr. Sylvester Outley.(MR. & MRS.)
July 4, 2005... The wedding of the Rev. Barbara Lewis King to Dr. Sylvester Outley was billed as an event Atlantans had to attend. And by the time the bride entered Hillside Chapel and Truth Center for her wedding, more than 2,000 church members, celebrities...

B.B. King's Museum and highway.(groundbreaking of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, Highway 61 in Tennessee renamed B.B. King Highway)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... B.B. KING'S MUSEUM AND HIGHWAY: Blues legend B.B. King admires a portrait of himself as artist Steve Kaufman observes at the podium during a news conference before the groundbreaking of the $10 million B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive...

Destiny's Child announces break up.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Destiny's Child, one of music's biggest-selling female groups of all time, is calling it quits. Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams recently announced plans to break up this fall, following the Destiny Fulfilled... And...

Gary Coleman named Greatest Kid Star.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Former child star actor Gary Coleman of the '80s sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" recently was crowned the No. 1 kid star during VH1's recent 5-night series "100 Greatest Kid Stars." As the character Arnold, the 4-foot-8 celebrity is famous for...

Chicago Gospel Festival.(perforrmance of Byron Cage )(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... CHICAGO GOSPEL FESTIVAL: Popular gospel singer Byron Cage performs his big hit The Presence of the Lord Is Here at the recent City of Chicago Gospel Music Festival in the New Millennium Park. An estimated 275,000 gospel lovers attended the...

Oprah reveals she is a descendant of Zulus.(Oprah Winfrey )(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... During a recent trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, television talk show queen Oprah Winfrey revealed that she is a Zulu. Winfrey said she had her DNA tested recently and learned of her African tribal ancestry. "I always wondered what...

A meeting of the mayors.(Mayor Johnny Ford welcomes J.W. Scarborough to the Tuskegee Summit )(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... A MEETING OF THE MAYORS: Tuskegee, AL, Mayor Johnny Ford (l) welcomes J.W. Scarborough of the National Association of Black County Officials to the Tuskegee Summit at the Tuskegee University Kellogg Conference Center. Ford, who is also founder...

Smooth grooves.(Al Sharpton dances with Angela Bassett at Tony Awards )(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... SMOOTH GROOVES: The Rev. Al Sharpton and sexy star actress Angela Bassett rule the dance floor with their smooth moves at a lavish Tony Awards afterparty at the Marriott Marquis in New York.

Lizz Robbins.(hobbies)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... LIZZ ROBBINS is from Montgomery Village, MD. In her spare time she enjoys reading, writing, sports and traveling.

Kobe & Vanessa.(NBA star Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa attends an event)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... KOBE & VANESSA: NBA all-star Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa enjoy an evening out during the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's 20th Annual Sports Spectacular at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The event brings together the greatest names in...

Gloved greeting.(Kym Whitley attends premiere of "The Perfect Man")(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... GLOVED GREETING: Actress Kym Whitley, gloved in tribute to Michael Jackson, waves to onlookers as she attends the premiere of The Perfect Man at Universal Studios Cinema in Hollywood. Whitley is featured in the romantic comedy.

Medical experts dispel myths about diabetes.(American Diabetes Association)
July 4, 2005... More than 18 million Americans are living with diabetes--a chronic disease that can lead to life-threatening illnesses including heart disease and stroke, blindness, kidney disease and amputation. The good news is you can control diabetes...

Helpful hints for fun family road trips.(family vacation)
July 4, 2005... Taking a long trip can be stressful for anyone. And most parents know that if a child is riding in the car for an extended amount of time, there is a good chance that one all-familiar question will come up while in transit--"Are we there yet?"...

Gospel singer Ronald Winans dies of heart complications.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
July 4, 2005... Ronald Winans of the world-famous gospel family the Winans, recently died of heart complications in Detroit. He was 48. Winans was admitted to the hospital after doctors realized he was retaining an abnormal amount of fluid in his body. He...

Hamilton Naki, 78, self-taught South African surgeon, dies.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
July 4, 2005... Hamilton Naki, a former gardener who was so skilled in complicated surgery that he helped in the world's first heart transplant but had to keep his work secret in apartheid South Africa, recently died of heart trouble at his home in Langa, near...

Ex-Baylor basketball player sentenced in murder of roommate.(Carlton Dotson)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Carlton Dotson, a former Baylor basketball player who admitted in a Waco, TX, courtroom that he killed his roommate, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. He was led off to prison to shouts from the stepfather of his murdered best...

Kem, Fantasia and Rahsaan Patterson team up for U.S. tour.(MUSIC)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Music lovers are finding their way to concert halls across the country for the "Find Your Way Tour" featuring three of today's hottest singers, Kem, Fantasia and Rahsaan Patterson. The sizzling, 20-city tour kicked off in St. Louis and...

A championship crush.(Colorado Crush defeats Georgia Force)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... A CHAMPIONSHIP CRUSH: Colorado Crush's Kevin McKenzie kisses the Arena Football League (AFL) championship trophy during a team celebration in Denver. Kicker Clay Rush's 20-yard field goal as time expired provided the winning points as the Crush...

Documentary film 'Rize' celebrates new dance movement.(entertainment)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... The documentary film Rize, which opened June 24, celebrates a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that's exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. The aggressive and visually stunning dance modernizes African tribal moves and...

JET top 20 albums.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... 1. ALBUM II Kem (Motown) 2. THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI Mariah Carey (Island) 3. BE Common (G.O.O.D./Geffen) 4. HEART OF THE STREET BG (Koch) 5. THE LONGEST YARD (SOUNDTRACK) Various Artists (Derrty/Universal) 6. WHO IS MIKE...

Morgan Freeman: stars as Lucius Fox, the gadget guru in 'Batman Begins'.(Cover Story)
July 4, 2005... Batman Begins chronicles Bruce Wayne's transformation from child orphan to his alter ego, the masked crusader Barman. And Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman takes the spotlight in this latest comic book movie installment as Lucius Fox, the man...

'Bank of America presents: an American celebration at Ford's Theatre salute to the troops'.(TeleVision)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Denyce Graves is among the lineup of stars who will entertain the nation's leaders and celebrate the armed forces before a live audience that will include many Washington dignitaries on (Monday, July 4 at 10 p.m., ET) on ABC. Others scheduled...

Bruce S. Gordon selected as NAACP president and CEO.(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, chief executive officer)
July 11, 2005... The NAACP's board of directors overwhelmingly selected Bruce S. Gordon as the organization's next president and CEO. Gordon, 59, previously served as president of retail markets at Verizon Communications, starting out as a management...

Bill introduced to name federal building after Rosa Parks.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... A federal building in Detroit that houses the Homeland Security office would be named after civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, under a bill recently introduced in Congress. The legislation, led by Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (DMI), helps...

Mississippi ex-Klansman convicted, sentenced in civil rights era murders.(Ku Klux Klan Party's Edgar Ray Killen sentenced to 60 years in prison)
July 11, 2005... Edgar Ray Killen, 80, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was found guilty of manslaughter for orchestrating the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Killen, who was convicted on the 41-year...

Congress quietly is considering a resolution to require the U.S. Treasury Secretary to mint coins in commemoration of the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AR.(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Congress quietly is considering a resolution to require the U.S. Treasury Secretary to mint coins in commemoration of the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AR. The event marked a victory for...

Vying to be elected as the first Black senator from the South since Reconstruction Rep. Harold ford (D-TN).(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Vying to be elected as the first Black senator from the South since Reconstruction, Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) has asked the Congressional Black Caucus to help boost his bid for the historic post by supplying the candidate with volunteers to help...

Overhauling the former Montreal Expos into a winning Washington Nationals baseball team, coach Frank Robinson learned this year's team profits could top $20 million.(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Overhauling the former Montreal Expos into a winning Washington Nationals baseball team, coach Frank Robinson learned this year's team profits could top $20 million. The impressive figure likely will grow higher with a new team stadium in...

A leading candidate to take the seat as the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is Justice Clarence Thomas, the only Black member of the nation's highest court.(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... A leading candidate to take the seat as the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is Justice Clarence Thomas, the only Black member of the nation's highest court. Considered one of its most conservative members, Justice Thomas recently...

Once having credit card debt of $80,000 to $175,000, Virginia Rep. Robert C. Scott (D-VA).(Confidential)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Once having credit card debt of $80,000 to $175,000, Virginia Rep. Robert C. Scott (D-VA) was so proud to whittle the amount that he owes down to $288 in two years, he allowed a newspaper reporter to check his records and write a story about...

A former Houston economics teacher earning $28,000 yearly.(National Headliners)(Whitlow R. Green funds Prairie View A and M University)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... A former Houston economics teacher earning $28,000 yearly, Whitlow R, Green, 88, bequeathed his alma mater, Prairie View University, $2.1 million to start a scholarship fund. A 1936 graduate, he was regarded as "a miser" and once refused to...

Winding up her first national tour.(Myrlie Evers Williams promotes her book on her husband)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Winding up her first national tour, Myrlie Evers Williams promoted her book on the life of her late husband, Medgar Evers, selling thousands of copies. Her most emotional moment came when she arrived at the Jackson, MS, airport named for the...

Frosh Texas Congressman Al Green announced that his strategic goals included getting the vote for D.C. lawmakers.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Frosh Texas Congressman Al Green announced that his strategic goals included getting the vote for D.C. lawmakers on Capitol Hill and keeping Howard University a federally sponsored institution.

Honoring pioneer aviator Bessie Coleman.(black female pilot gets international license)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... HONORING PIONEER AVIATOR BESSIE COLEMAN: Celebrating the organization's 10th anniversary, members of the Bessie Coleman Foundation, Inc. (BCF), a group of Black female pilots, gather at the Museum of the Caudron Brothers (Le Musee des Freres...

Ministers honor Lerone Bennett Jr.(Hampton University Ministers' Conference)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... * MINISTERS HONOR LERONE BENNETT JR.: Noted historian and EBONY Magazine Executive Editor Emeritus Lerone Bennett Jr. addresses the 91st annual Hampton University Ministers' Conference in Hampton, VA. Below, Bennett receives the Living Legends...

UNCF raises more than $800,000 at black and white ball.(EDUCATION)(United Negro College Fund)
July 11, 2005... The United Negro College Fund raised more than $800,000 at its recent Fifth Gala Anniversary Black & White Ball in Chicago. Some 1,200 guests gathered at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers to sup port the organization, which provides...

This week in Black history.(Daniel Hale Williams, Althea Gibson)(Biography)
July 11, 2005... June 6, 1957-- Althea Gibson, athlete, became the first Black to win the Wimbledon Tennis Championship in England on this day. The oldest of five children, Gibson was born in Silver, SC, on April 25,1927. She was reared in Harlem, NY, and...

White ex-cons get jobs faster than Blacks with no criminal record, study.(LABOR)
July 11, 2005... White job seekers, fresh out of prison, have a better chance at gaining employment than Blacks with no criminal record, according to a Princeton University study of nearly 1,500 private employers in New York City. The study, Discrimination...

Uniting of souls.(Love & Happiness)(Lasea Williams weds Malick Daffeb )(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Javon Lasea Williams married Malick Daffeb at the Imperial Palace Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The bride is a graduate of Hampton University and Howard University. She is a speech-language pathologist for Montgomery County Public Schools. The...

Fantastic feeling.(Love & Happiness)(Conrad Bouchelion weds Sandra Elizabeth Ford)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Dominic Conrad Bouchelion exchanged marital vows with Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford at Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club in Naples, FL The bride, a graduate of Stanford University and Howard University's College of Medicine, is director of the DeKalb...

To cherish and to hold.(Love & Happiness)(Henry C. Sanders weds Kimberly McBride)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Henry C. Sanders and the former Kimberly McBride tied the knot at the First United Methodist Church in North Hollywood, CA. The bride is a graduate of California State Northridge. The bridegroom is a graduate of Tuskegee University. He is...

The best.(Love & Happiness)(Earnest Duckery weds Valerie Thompson )(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Earnest Duckery wed Valerie Thompson at the Marriott Frenchman's Reef Resort in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The bride, a graduate of Fitchburg State College and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is a preschool teacher The groom, a...

We belong together.(Love & Happiness)(Dr. Edward Robert Jackson II and LaTasha G. Rush matrimony)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Dr. Edward Robert Jackson II and LaTasha G. Rush united in holy matrimony at Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia. SC A graduate of the University of South Carolina, the bride is a guidance counselor The groom is an orthopedic resident at...

For all times.(Love & Happiness)(Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Harper celebrates 50 years of marriage)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Harper celebrated 50 years of marriage by renewing their vows in the presence of family members aboard a cruise on Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas. Mrs. Mattie B. Harper retired from Masterpiece Accessories. Her devoted...

Brokerage firm CEO Ronald Blaylock weds airport consultant/senior VP Judith Byrd in New York.(MR. & MRS.)
July 11, 2005... Ronald Edward Blaylock exchanged marital vows with Judith Irene Byrd at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York. The beautiful bride was a sight to behold. Escorted down the aisle by her brother, Lionel P. Byrd Jr., she wore a slim...

Oprah Winfrey tops list as most powerful celebrity.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity, according to a list compiled by business magazine Forbes. Golf star Tiger Woods was ranked second on the list and basketball star Shaquille O'Neal was named fifth on the list. Among...

Lullaby Guild's president.(Major Deberry)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... * LULLABY GUILD'S PRESIDENTS: Rhonda Cotton (l), president of Lullaby Guild, Inc., congratulates president-elect Major Deberry at the organization's installation luncheon at the Marriott Hotel in Manhattan Beach, CA. Deberry, an elementary...

Katherine Dunham's 96th birthday.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... * KATHERINE DUNHAM'S 96TH BIRTHDAY: Katherine Dunham, world-acclaimed dancer, anthropologist, humanitarian and creator of the Dunham Technique, an African-based dance form, celebrates her 96th birthday during ceremonies at Riverside Church in...

A first for South Africa.(Phumzile Gloria Mlambo-Ngcuka appointed as woman deputy president)
July 11, 2005... * A FIRST FOR SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa's first woman deputy president, Phumzile Gloria Mlambo-Ngcuka, is congratulated by President Thabo Mbeki after her swearing-in ceremony in Cape Town South Africa. Women's rights activists have hailed her...

Braxton's duties begin.(RELIGION, Bishop Edward Braxton )(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... * BRAXTON'S DUTIES BEGIN: Bishop Edward Braxton (r), the newly appointed bishop of the Belleville (IL) Roman Catholic Diocese, is accompanied by Archbishop of Chicago Francis George during Braxton's recent formal installation at the Cathedral...

The week's best photos.
July 11, 2005... Strolling: Whitney Houston shows off her puppy to photographers as she strolls in New She's working on a much-anticipated album with her mentor, record mogul Clive Davis

Beauty of the week.(Samone Dailey)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... SAMONE DAILEY is from Austell, GA. In her spare time the 5-foot-4 accounting major enjoys sports and traveling.

Cover girl.(Gabrielle Union )(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Cover Girl: Honeymooners co-star Gabrielle Union shows off the current EBONY Magazine that features her and film co-star Cedric the Entertainer during a book-signing in New York City.

Dr. Ruth pays a visit.
July 11, 2005... Dr. Ruth Pays A Visit: Noted psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer holds her new book, Sex After 50, and the June 20 JET featuring rapper/actor Ludacris, during a recent visit to the Johnson Publishing Company head quarters in Chicago. Dr....

Safeguarding your skin from the summer sun.(BEAUTY)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... The color of beautiful Black ranges widely from the Lightest darkest shades of brown. But no matter what hue you are, it is important to keep your skin looking its best by protecting it from the summer sun's harmful ultra violet (UV) rays. ...

Black Chicago bishop receives kidney from white reverend.(E. Jones Sr., Doug Morrow )
July 11, 2005... The Rev. Doug Morrow of Enfield, IL, says he did what would be expected from a friend. Morrow gave his Chicago friend of eight years, Bishop Charles E. Jones Sr., a man he lovingly refers to as his "brother," his left kidney. "It was...

Beauty school beatdown.(CRIME)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... BEAUTY SCHOOL BEATDOWN: Dianne Mitchell of Blalock's Beauty College (above, r) describes how she beat an armed robber at the college in Shreveport, LA. Cops say Jared Gipson, 24, allegedly entered the beauty college at noon and announced a...

San Antonio defeats Detroit in game 7 to reclaim NBA championship.(Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs)
July 11, 2005... It was a clash of the titles in San Antonio as the Spurs won its third championship in seven seasons, outlasting the Detroit Pistons 81-74 in the last game of the NBA Finals. Game 7 swelled in intensity and thrills, especially when Tim Duncan...

Frankie Beverly: smooth soul singer still has amazing appeal after more than 30 years.(Cover Story)
July 11, 2005... What's most amazing about Maze featuring Frankie Beverly is that the group can sell out any concert hall in the country without a hit record. This group has built an intensely loyal following of fans who rush out to buy tickets the moment...