Earvin Johnson III, 20, nicknamed EJ by his parents Cookie and Earvin “Magic” Johnson, strolled proudly hand in hand on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip with his boyfriend and his parents made it clear that they support him 100 percent,reports TMZ.[1] ”Cookie and I love EJ and support him in every way,” Magic tells TMZ. “We’re very proud of him.” Wearing what looks to be black stockings, a fur coat and carrying a red purse, EJ said that he was hoping and praying for his father’s baseball team, the L.A. Dodgers, and for the Los Angeles Lakers to be successful. EJ is one of the basketball legend’s three children. Andre Johnson, 31, is his son from a previous relationship. He and Cookie are also parents to Elisha Johnson whom they adopted in 1995. This is not the first time that Johnson has faced what is typically a taboo topic in many quarters of the Black community. On Nov. 7, 1991, he announced that he was infected with the HIV virus and ...
FORMER STEUBENVILLE NAACP PRESIDENT ROYAL MAYO by Dr. Boyce Watkins (YourBlackWorld.com)--A man who once ran the NAACP in Steubenville, Ohio made some comments that have drawn a sharp reaction from women’s rights advocates across the country.
If a new poll commissioned by BET founder and business magnate Robert Johnson is any indication, the myth of a monolithic Black America has been shattered and one-size-fits-all Black leadership has gone the way of the cowboy — just replace rodeos with rallies. The Zogby Analytics poll, aptly titled, “Black Opinions in the Age of Obama,”[1] compiled responses on a wide-range of issues – from education to unemployment — that illuminated either a startling level of cognitive dissonance or a stirring level of faith, depending on whether one prefers their glasses half empty or half full. When asked why they believed the Black unemployment rate was double that of Whites, responses include: Failure of the education system for minorities/African Americans (50%) Interestingly enough, the respondents don’t seem to connect the failure of the public education system with a push towards privatization favored by President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that tokenizes Black ...
NEW YORK — ESPN is staying in the family in giving its Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Robin Roberts at its annual ESPY awards this summer. The “Good Morning America” anchor is being saluted for how she kept viewers involved in her treatments for two serious illnesses. She had breast cancer in 2007 and last year had to undergo a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder. Roberts returned to “Good Morning America” last month. Roberts came to sister company ABC from ESPN, where she was the network’s first black female sportscaster. Most past awards recipients have sports connections, like former Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt last year. But the ESPYs have also honored Nelson Mandela and the four men who tried to stop one of the Sept. 11 hijackings. ...
The mother and aunt of suspected baby killer De’Marquise Elkins (pictured) were arrested Tuesday on charges that they lied to police, The Atlanta Journal-Constitutional reports[1]. De’Marquise, 17, is charged with killing 13-month-old Antonio Santiago in a shooting in Brunswick, Ga., last Thursday. Another teen, Dominique Lang, 15, was also charged in connection with the shooting. Katrina Elkins, 36, (pictured), the teen’s aunt, and Karimah Elkins, 33, his mother, gave police information that helped lead investigators to a small pond where they found a handgun, Glynn County police Chief Matt Doering told the Associated Press. De’Marquise’s aunt said publicly that her nephew was at home eating breakfast during the time of the shooting and could not have killed the baby, according to the Journal-Constitution. Police would not elaborate on what exactly either Katrina or Karimah allegedly lied about. ...
Ahmad Givens from the “Real Chance for Love” is set to begin chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, TMZ reports[1]. Givens, who goes by “Real,” met with doctors at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles last week, where they advised him to begin oral chemotherapy — which is chemo taken in the form of a pill rather than an IV. The treatment is expected to last two years. Real is raising money to pay for the treatment, as his insurance company is only paying for 40 percent of the costs. The reality TV star is devastated by the news, but is staying strong for his family. Colon cancer is second leading cause of death cause of death in both men and women, according to the Center for Disease Contro[2]l. References ^TMZ reports (www.tmz.com) ^according to the Center for Disease Contro (www.cdc.gov) ...
