NAACP chief: Marriage equality is a civil right
NAACP chief: Marriage equality is a civil rightFox NewsThe civil rights group's resolution was significant, as only 39 percent of blacks favor gay marriage, compared with 47 percent of white Americans, according to a Pew poll conducted in April. Much of the opposition stems from churches, which have long ...NAACP votes to support same-sex marriageBaltimore SunNAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil rightOak Ridgerall 775 news articles »
Saxy sideman “GI” Blythe steps into the spotlight
Saxy sideman “GI” Blythe steps into the spotlight - VIDEOIrishCentralFans of Black 47 know that Blythe is to Larry Kirwan what Clarence Clemmons was to Bruce Springsteen. Blythe has added soul, funk and ragtime flourishes to the zig-zags of Black 47 for many years, and now he has made a sharp turn of his own on Lost in ...
Unmarried couples twice as likely to be interracial
Unmarried couples twice as likely to be interracialStandardNetThey are not hard to find. In any large group of gays, there are always a half-dozen or so black-and-white couples. "Immediately we bond because it is like a club," said Baker-Hargrove, 47, an Orlando psychotherapist. They even call it a club: the ...
TV Remote Control Inventor Eugene Polley, 1915-2012
TV Remote Control Inventor Eugene Polley, 1915-2012MarketWatch (press release)His 47-year engineering career spanned the pioneering days of radio, black-and-white television and color TV. Mr. Polley died of natural causes on May 20 in Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Ill. He was 96. His inventions, primarily in ...Eugene Polley, Co-Inventor Of The TV Remote Control, Dies at 96mediabistro.comall 13 news articles »
Seeing Red in House District 47: Downton and Workman campaigns are black and ...
Seeing Red in House District 47: Downton and Workman campaigns are black and ...Austin ChronicleBy Richard Whittaker, Fri., May 18, 2012 In 2010, after four years of a solidly Democratic House delegation from Travis County, Republicans finally flipped one seat back to the GOP when Paul Workman took House District 47. But the fact that he secured ...and more »