Jet articles from May 2004

Jet archives from May 2004

Baseball honors legacy of Jackie Robinson with special day.(National Report)
May 3, 2004... When Jackie Robinson swung that bat 57 years ago for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in New York, he did more than step on the field and break the Major League color barrier--he changed America. On that fateful day, April 15, 1947,...

Race relations better, but bias persists, poll finds.(National Report)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... A majority of Americans support affirmative action, believe race relations have improved since the Civil Rights Movement and approve of interracial marriage, according to a new poll. Still, 49 percent of Blacks said they had experienced...

Thomas Burrell.(Ticker Tape)
May 3, 2004... Confidential: Five years ago when the Agriculture Department announced a record $2.4 billion settlement for heirs of southern Black farmers denied federal credit, few claimed the $50,000 grants. The reason: The department did not publicize or...

Condoleezza Rice.(Ticker Tape)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Already acclaimed as one of the most powerful women in the world, Black or White, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice has no interest in being considered for a presidential ticket. Her coveted goal reportedly is to become head of the...

Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, America's first historically Black University, celebrated its 150th anniversary on April 17 at D.C.'s National Museum of Women.(Ticker Tape)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, America's first historically Black University, celebrated its 150th anniversary on April 17 at D.C.'s National Museum of Women. The 2,000-student institution claims two graduates who appeared on U.S. postage...

Tiger Woods.(Ticker Tape)
May 3, 2004... After his 22nd-place finish in the Masters golf tourney, Tiger Woods recently flew by private jet to the Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina for a week of military training. His father is an ex-Green Beret who trained at the base for the...

Robert C. Scott.(Ticker Tape)
May 3, 2004... The nation's first Civil War Memorial honoring Black Union troops will be built on a site outside Richmond where 14 of them were awarded Medals of Honor for bravery if a resolution of Virginia Rep. Robert C. Scott is approved in Congress. The...

Don Cravins.(National Headliners)
May 3, 2004... Newest Black House candidate--Louisiana state Senator Don Cravins of Lafayette...

Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks, a former police chief, announced that he will file for mayor of the city, following in the footsteps of ex-Mayor Tom Bradley...

Riley K. Temple.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... True Colors Theater Company under President Riley K. Temple formed a partnership with historic Lincoln Theater in the nation's capital to develop a national institution to promote major works in Washington...

Atty. James Nabrit, III showed up at Georgetown U. Law Center to explain his father's legal action in the school desegregation suit a half century ago.(National Headliners)
May 3, 2004... Atty. James Nabrit, III showed up at Georgetown U. Law Center to explain his father's legal action in the school desegregation suit a half century ago. He is the son of James Nabrit, II, a NAACP lawyer and former Howard University president.

Taking care of business.(National Report)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: Kwame Jackson arrives in style for the afterparty of NBC's hit reality show "The Apprentice," in New York City. Jackson, a 29-year-old New Yorker and Harvard MBA, was the runner-up...

A helping hand in Haiti.(National Report)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A HELPING HAND IN HAITI: Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), whose district encompasses the largest Haitian population in the U.S., inspects U.S. humanitarian efforts at a food supply warehouse during a...

Hit-and-run recovery.(National Report)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: HIT-AND-RUN RECOVERY: Eight-year-old Aquina Wilkins, who suffered a broken leg after a March 31 hit-and-run accident that killed her two brothers and injured another sibling, meets reporters with her mother,...

Pardoned after 18 years in prison.(National Report)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: PARDONED AFTER 18 YEARS IN PRISON: Darryl Hunt and his wife, April, look at a copy of his pardon from North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley at their home in Winston-Salem, NC. Easley granted Darryl Hunt a pardon...

Original Forty Club of Chicago honors John H. Johnson with first Lifetime Achievement Award.(Business)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Johnson Publishing Co. Publisher and Chairman John H. Johnson recently was saluted by a group of Chicago's most prominent Black leaders during The Original Forty Club of Chicago's 88th Annual Dinner Dance. Publisher of JET and EBONY...

How to ease your teen's first heartbreak.(Parenting)
May 3, 2004... We've all endured it. The almost unbearable grief that comes in the wake of a traumatic event, the sadness that shakes you to the very core and makes your heart feel as if it's tearing apart. Quite fittingly, we call it heartbreak and while...

Awesome splendor.(Society World)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Awesome Splendor: David Keane Wash and Ursula Kelley wed at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit. The bride, a graduate of the University of Michigan, is an instructional specialist with the Detroit...

Pure joy.(Society World)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Pure Joy: Dr. Raymond Arnett Downs married Beverly Colyn Robinson at Lake House Reception Center in Baton Rouge, LA. A graduate of Tulane University and the Southern University Law Center, the bride is an...

Sealed with a kiss.(Society World)(wedding of Joel Ivan Plummer and Danielle Nicole Pompey)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Sealed With A Kiss: Joel Ivan Plummer made Danielle Nicole Pompey his wife aboard the Cornucopia Princess Dinner Cruise in Perth Amboy, NJ. The bride, a child/adolescent clinician at Trinitas Hospital, is a...

Wedding mass.(Society World)(wedding of Reginald Lee Robinson and Tanyka Shinell Nelson)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Wedding Mass: Reginald Lee Robinson and Tanyka Shinell Nelson tied the knot at Valley Crossroad Seventh Day Adventist Church in Los Angeles. The bride, a graduate of Alabama State University and California...

Love in bloom.(Society World)(wedding of Caswell Anderson and Nicole Bolt)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Love In Bloom: Caswell Anderson and Nicole Bolt pledged their eternal love at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. A project performance manager, the bride is a graduate of Temple...

Seventy-five wonderful years.(Society World)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Seventy-Five Wonderful Years: The Rev. and Mrs. A.I. Dixie of Quincy, FL, recently commemorated 75 years of love and happiness with family and friends. Mrs. Joe Eva Dixie is 90 years old and her mate of more...

This week in Black history.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... May 1, 1950-- * Gwendolyn Brooks became the first Black to win a Pulitzer Prize for Annie Allen (1949), her volume of poetry, on this day. Born in Topeka, KS, but raised in Chicago, she began writing poetry at 7 years old, kept a diary at...

Frederick Douglass monument OK'd for Maryland Courthouse.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Abolitionist Frederick Douglass finally will take a place of honor in the Talbot County courthouse courtyard in Easton, MD. For nearly two years, supporters of a Douglass monument have struggled with unyielding council members who rejected...

Men on the down low: author J.L King exposes the sex secret that is devastating Black women.(Cover Story)
May 3, 2004... For 25 years, James Louis "J.L." King hid a dark secret. A secret that would dismantle his 8-year-marriage to his high school sweetheart, the mother of his two children. King was living a double life and having sex with men and women, but...

Unconditional love.(Celebrities)(Rodney Jerkins weds Joy Enriquez)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: Grammy Award-winning producer Rodney Jerkins recently said "I do" to recording artist Joy Enriquez during an outdoor wedding ceremony at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Nigel, CA. Enriquez...

Lil' Kim pleads innocent to perjury charges.(Celebrities)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Rapper Lil' Kim was recently charged with lying to a grand jury that was investigating a 2001 shoot-out involving her entourage. The 29-year-old star, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, surrendered in federal court, pleaded innocent and was...

Luster joins the fight against cancer.(Health)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: LUSTER JOINS THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER: Luster Products, Inc. executives present a $30,000 check on behalf of the Luster Black Heritage Foundation to the Southeast Board of Directors of the American Cancer...

Home sweet home.(Armed Forces)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: HOME SWEET HOME: Spc. Tashema Galburth, a fueler from Gary, IN, sits with her parents Dorothy and Tyrone Carroll after the return of the 209th Quartermaster Company to Fort Knox, KY. The Lafayette-based Army...

Black Engineer of the Year in Government.(Armed Forces)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR IN GOVERNMENT: Brigadier General Robert Crear, commanding general and division engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Southwestern Division, receives the Black Engineer of...

Black gladiator.(the week's best photos)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: BLACK GLADIATOR: Actor Henry Simmons portrays the gladiator slave Draba in the upcoming USA Network film, Spartacus, which chronicles the legendary slave revolution against the Roman Empire.

Beauty of the week.
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: HEATHER GRAVES is a mass communications student from Glen Allen, VA. The 5-foot-4 model enjoys writing, traveling and singing.

Spreading the love!(the week's best photos)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: SPREADING THE LOVE!: Grammy winner Mary J. Blige hypes up the crowd as she performs during her national Love & Life tour at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore. Accompanying Blige on her 19-city engagement is...

Fabulous at 40-plus.(the week's best photos)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: FABULOUS AT 40-PLUS: Health and fitness guru Donna Richardson shows she's still fit, fabulous and fine. The wife of radio personality Tom Joyner, Richardson, who turned 40 last year, stresses the importance...

Barry Bonds passes Willie Mays as baseball's no. 3 all-time HR hitter.(Sports)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Barry Bonds now holds sole possession of third place on the career home runs list after tying the record of his godfather, baseball legend Willie Mays, on one day--660 and passing it on the next with his 661st homer. Both home runs were hit in...

Brewster upsets Klitschko for heavyweight title.(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: BREWSTER UPSETS KLITSCHKO FOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Lamon Brewster of Los Angeles celebrates with his mother, Pam Blakey, and wife Juwanna after he knocked out Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko with a pair of left...

Undisputed welterweight champ.(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: UNDISPUTED WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP: St. Louis native Cory Spinks shows off his three title belts alongside boxing promoter Don King after Spinks' victory over Zab Judah of New York during the undisputed...

Back to New York City.(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: BACK TO NEW YORK CITY: Norm Roberts displays a jersey at a news conference in New York after he was named the new head coach of St. John's basketball team. The Queens native is happy to return home to the...

Coaching in the ACC.(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: COACHING IN THE ACC: New Miami basketball coach Frank Haith speaks to the media during a news conference to announce his new appointment on the campus of UM in Coral Gables, FL. Haith, 38, who replaces Perry...

A winning team!(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A WINNING TEAM!: The Lady Blue Tigers track and field team of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO, recently won the 2004 NCAA Division II Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship at the Reggie Lewis...

Wooden Award winner.(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: WOODEN AWARD WINNER: Saint Joseph's basketball player Jameer Nelson (r) makes a picture-perfect moment with legendary 93-year-old former UCLA coach John Wooden after Nelson won the John R. Wooden Award as...

Home run king honored.(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: HOME RUN KING HONORED: Home run king and former Atlanta Braves star Hank Aaron waves to the crowd of 26,585 who turned out for "Hank Aaron Appreciation Day" at Turner Field in Atlanta during a celebration...

Lindenwood U. lauds Brock.(Sports)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: LINDENWOOD U. LAUDS BROCK: Former St. Louis Cardinals great Lou Brock greets some of the baseball and softball team members at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. Brock was at the university for...

Ariel P. Strong, former managing editor of Black Stars and TAN magazines, dies in Atlanta.(Census)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 3, 2004... Services were recently held in Atlanta for Ariel Perry Strong, former managing editor of Johnson Publishing Company's BLACK STARS and TAN magazines. She died in Atlanta after an extended battle with Alzheimer's. She was 84. Born in...

Died.(Censu)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 3, 2004... Chester Commodore, 89, award-winning Chicago Defender cartoonist, of a heart attack in his Colorado Springs, CO, home... Julius Dixon, 90, who wrote the 1958 classic bubble-gum pop song Lollipop that was recorded by the duo Ronald and Ruby and...

Top 20 albums.( )(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... 1. CONFESSIONS Usher (LaFace) 2. DAMITA JO Janet Jackson (Virgin) 3. U GOTTA FEEL ME Lil' Flip (Sucka Free/Columbia) 4. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT Cad Thomas (Bad Boy) 5. MORE Tamia (Elektra) 6. BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY Pastor Troy...

Harlem's historic Apollo Theater celebrates 70th anniversary.(Entertainment)
May 3, 2004... Its been said "If you can make it at the Apollo, you tun make it anywhere." Harlem's historic Apollo Theater is known worldwide as the place "where stars are born and legends are made," launching some of the biggest names in show business....

O'Jays ink multi-album deal with Music World Music.(Entertainment)
May 3, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: O'JAYS, INK MULTI-ALBUM DEAL WITH MUSIC WORLD MUSIC: Legendary soul crooners the O'Jays and Mathew Knowles, president and CEO of Houston-based Music World Music, Inc./Sanctuary and father of superstar singer...

From street poetry to straight politics: hip-hop's growing influence on social issues.(Entertainment)
May 3, 2004... Kanye West and Twista have taken to the stage in their hometown of Chicago to perform their hit Slow Jamz. The screams from the crowd are deafening, but it's no ordinary concert. It's the 19th stop of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network...

Top 20 singles.(Brief Article)(Directory)
May 3, 2004... 1. BURN Usher (LaFace) 2. IF I AIN'T GOT YOU Alicia Keys (J) 3. ALL FALLS DOWN Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) 4. FREAK-A-LEAK Petey Pablo (Jive/Zomba) 5. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT Carl Thomas (Bad Boy)...

'Remember the Titans'.(television)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
May 3, 2004... Based on a true story, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington stars as Virginia high school football coach Herman Boone who unites a racially divided team and community in the movie Remember The Titans, (Saturday, May 1 at 8 p.m., ET) on...

Black Civil War hero honored.(National Report)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... BLACK CIVIL WAR HERO HONORED: Robin Moore, the great-great grand-daughter of Maj. Gen. Robert Smalls, speaks at the christening ceremony to launch the MG Robert Smalls logistics support vessel in Moss Point, MS. The MG Robert Smalls is named...

Nobel Peace Prize winners honored at Canadian University.(National Report)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS HONORED AT CANADIAN UNIVERSITY: Former Nobel Peace Prize winner the Archbishop Desmond Tutu is presented a stole by another Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Dalai Lama, after he was formally introduced at the beginning...

Home for rest & relaxation.(National Report)
May 10, 2004... HOME FOR REST & RELAXATION: Sgt. T.J. Horton, of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, is greeted by his wife Sandra and their son, Tavon, 5, during a welcome home ceremony at Fort Riley, KS. The 125 soldiers returned home after a year-long...

Confidential: the first historic treasure to draw Black tourists to the nation's capital well could be the proposed National Museum of African American History.(Ticker Tape)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... The first historic treasure to draw Black tourists to the nation's capital well could be the proposed National Museum of African American History. After Congress authorized the structure and the President signed the bill, a nine-member search...

First U.S. lawmaker allowed to visit Haiti after the coup was Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek who was restricted to two daytime trips and guarded by six security men.(Ticker Tape)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... First U.S. lawmaker allowed to visit Haiti after the coup was Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek who was restricted to two daytime trips and guarded by six security men. After two such day missions, he described Haiti as "a dangerous place" with its...

John H. Johnson, founder, publisher, and chairman of Johnson Publishing Co., was awarded a lifetime achievement diversity award by the National Assn. of Minority Media Executives at its annual D.C. banquet.(Ticker Tape)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... John H. Johnson, founder, publisher, and chairman of Johnson Publishing Co., was awarded a lifetime achievement diversity award by the National Assn. of Minority Media Executives at its annual D.C. banquet. Also remembered was the late Pulitzer...

Neighbors in Birmingham, AL, years ago were Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University Maryland's Baltimore campus.(Ticker Tape)
May 10, 2004... Neighbors in Birmingham, AL, years ago were Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University Maryland's Baltimore campus, Alma Powell, wife of the Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Simeon...

Correction.(Ticker Tape)(Correction Notice)
May 10, 2004... A Ticker Tape item in the April 19 issue incorrectly spelled the middle name of Missouri Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr. We regret the error. Simeon Booker, Washington Bureau Chief

For the first time in 50 years, the Baltimore fire department recruited an all-White class.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... For the first time in 50 years, the Baltimore fire department recruited an all-White class. In the city that's 65% Black, only about a fourth of its 1,700 firefighters are Black. The first Black firefighter was hired in 1953 but integration was...

First book on how Black women can fight obesity was published by a 30-year veteran doctor Robert S. Beale Jr. and his daughter Lisa Beale.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... First book on how Black women can fight obesity was published by a 30-year veteran doctor Robert S. Beale Jr. and his daughter Lisa Beale. The title-Diet Solution for Black Women.

After finding that 96% of White males got the city's contracts, Philly Mayor John F. Street named Michael Williams, a Black aide.(National Headliners)(Minority Business Enterprise Council)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... After finding that 96% of White males got the city's contracts, Philly Mayor John F. Street named Michael Williams, a Black aide, to head the Minority Business Enterprise Council.

African-American Museum.(National Headliners)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... Named director of Baltimore's African-American Museum was Sandy Bellamy, 33, a promising professional in the museum field.

Michael Eric Dyson pays tribute to Marvin Gaye in new book, 'Mercy, Mercy Me'.(Celebrities)(Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves & Demons of Marvin Gaye )(Biography)
May 10, 2004... Soul music icon Marvin Gaye is remembered on the 20th anniversary of his death with the new book, Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves & Demons of Marvin Gaye written by best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson. Dyson celebrates Gaye's remarkable...

President Mbeki and ANC win landslide elections in South Africa.(African Affairs)(African National Congress)(Mbeki, Thabo)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... PRESIDENT MBEKI AND ANC WIN LANDSLIDE ELECTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA: South African President Thabo Mbeki, his deputy Jacob Zuma, and deputy Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete take the oath during the swearing-in of South African Parliament members...

Improve your self-esteem for a healthier you.(Lifestyles)
May 10, 2004... It's so true, it's almost cliche: For every up in life, there is a down. For every triumph, there is a trial. But the thing that determines your resiliency, and your ability to continue believing in yourself, is your self-esteem. Having...

Three sentenced in shooting death of TV actor Merlin Santana.(Law & Justice)
May 10, 2004... A young California girl, whose false accusations of rape prompted two men to murder TV actor Merlin Santana, has been sentenced to eight years in juvenile prison. Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler sentenced Monique King, who was 15 when...

Frederick Jeffrey Richardson, Jr.(Died)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 10, 2004... Died: International businessman Frederick Jeffrey Richardson, Jr., 54, was born and raised in Dayton, OH. He rose from humble beginnings to become the successful owner, president and CEO of Broadline Medical Systems, a leading provider of...

Earl G. Graves treated for prostate cancer; urges Black men over 40 to get tested for the disease.(Health)
May 10, 2004... Black Enterprise Magazine Founder and Publisher Earl G. Graves, Sr. recently underwent surgery at Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins for prostate cancer. Graves received a revolutionary nerve-sparing procedure developed by Dr....

Exercise to keep your mind and body in shape.(Health)
May 10, 2004... It is common knowledge that regular aerobic exercise and strength training keep your body fit and well-toned. But what you may not know is that exercise also strengthens your mental capabilities as you grow older. Earlier this year, a...

This week in Black history.(Eugene Antonio Marino and Alexis Herman)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... May 5, 1988-- * Eugene Antonio Marino became the first Black Roman Catholic archbishop in the United States when he was installed in Atlanta on this day. His leadership focused on increasing Black participation in the Church and...

University of Alabama apologizes to descendants of slaves.(Education)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... The University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa, recently apologized to the descendants of slaves who were once owned by faculty members or who worked on the campus in the years before the Civil War. The apology, which was overwhelmingly...

Great reasons to get a debit card.(Finance)(Advertisement)
May 10, 2004... You're standing in an extremely long checkout line, you're running late for work and you desperately need to use the restroom. Suddenly, out the corner of your eye, you spot a woman struggling to fish something from the dark abyss of her purse....

Trust and honor.(Society World)(Erleigh Norville marriage to Aaron L. Wiley)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... Trust and Honor: Erleigh Norville wed Aaron L. Wiley at Victoria House in Kaufman, TX. A graduate of Texas Tech and the University of Texas Law School, the bride is the County Court at Law Judge for Kaufman County. The groom, a graduate of the...

No time like now.(Society World)(Hussain Raymon Trowery marriage to Micah Dionne Slade)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... No Time Like Now: Hussain Raymon Trowery united in holy matrimony with Micah Dionne Slade at the Light of the World Worship & Celebration Center in Columbus, OH. The bride is an administrative assistant at Abbott Sysco. She is a graduate of...

Happy you're mine.(Society World)(Jeffrey A. Cropp marriage to Ronda L. Fryar)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... Happy You're Mine: Jeffrey A. Cropp and Ronda L. Fryar married at First Baptist Church (Uptown) in Charlotte, NC. The bride, a quality assurance analyst for DST Innovis, is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Webster University....

The way I feel.(Society World)(Damion Wilson marriage to Ruth Newburn)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... The Way I Feel: Damion Wilson and Ruth Newburn tied the knot at Faith Restoration Ministries in Pittsburgh. The bride is a patient care technician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital. The groom is the supervisor...

True to me.(Society World)(Riley Thomas III marriage to Lisa Brown)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... True To Me: Riley Thomas III pledged his eternal love to Lisa Brown at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL. The bride is a graduate of Tuskegee University. She works for the Duval County School System. The bridegroom also is...

That special glow.(Society World)(Mr. and Mrs. Cleophus Howard Johnson celebrate 50th anniversary)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... That Special Glow: Mr. and Mrs. Cleophus Howard Johnson of Jackson, MS, celebrated 50 years of marriage by renewing their vows at the Ramada Conference Center, South West, in Jackson, MS. Mrs. Margaret R. Lindsey Johnson retired from the...

Tiger's military training.(Newsmakers)(Tiger Woods at Sryker Golf Course at Fort Bragg)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... TIGER'S MILITARY TRAINING: Tiger Woods smiles as he arrives by humvee to a junior golf clinic at Stryker Golf Course at Fort Bragg, NC, recently. The clinic-which allowed 84 Fort Bragg youth to interact with the golf icon-was the culminating...

Michael Jackson indicted by grand jury, reports say.(Newsmakers)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... King of Pop Michael Jackson recently was indicted by the grand jury that investigated child molestation allegations against the singer after three weeks of closed witness testimony, including that of a 14-year-old boy who claims the superstar...

Thank you.(Newsmakers)
May 10, 2004... THANK YOU: Reverend Run (formerly DJ Run of the famed group Run-DMC) presents Bishop E. Bernard Jordan with a $325,000 2004 Phantom Rolls Royce at the bishop's Zoe Ministries in New York City. Run says the Rolls Royce is a gift to thank Bishop...

Birthday kiss for 'Baby Girl'.(Newsmakers)(Dee Dee Davis' birthday)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... BIRTHDAY KISS FOR 'BABY GIRL': Omarion, the former lead singer of the music group B2K, plants a kiss on his excited godsister, actress Dee Dee Davis, during her 8th birthday party at Pearl in West Hollywood, CA. Dee Dee plays Bryanna, also...