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Last weekend, a group of girlfriends and I hit the town. It was going to be a girls only night, and all was going exceptionally well until a group of  guys joined our table. Suddenly one of the girls lost the ability to speak normally. She adopted the Paris Hilton child-like talk, suddenly got really […]

  Best-selling author, Fiona Zedde, sets the pages on fire with her newest erotic release Dangerous Pleasures (Kensington – February 2011; $15). It is the story of Mayson and Renee who are best friends, and they are two women who’ve known each other for a lifetime and are close as they are different. Mayson is a […]

1956: Autherine J. Lucy becomes the first black student to attend the University of Alabama. She was expelled 3 days later “for her own safety.”

In this latest installment of “The Bitter & The Sweet”, Kandi is hanging with soul-singer Angie Stone rehearsing for a surprise performance.  The two ladies answer questions submitted by a lucky HelloBeautiful reader who wants to know “when do you let a man you’re dating meet your child?” Check out what the ladies had to […]

Eric Holder is sworn in as the first African-American U.S. Attorney General in 2009.

Yesterday we closed our second round of The Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition narrowing down our picks from 32 to our Sweet Sixteen. No upsets to report here, but check out the scores from last week’s match-ups. The voting is now open to determine the Elite Eight. Vote now! The Cosby Show: 147 Gimme […]

1865: The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, was adopted by the 38th Congress. Ratification was completed December 6, 1865.

The recent shooting tragedy that occurred in Arizona, has opened up once again, the debate about gun laws in this country. The gun debate is a very sensitive issue, and everyone you speak to, seems to have a different opinion. Even the government can’t agree on anything. The senate recently overturned gun bans in states […]

Nicki Minaj appeared on “Saturday Night Live” as both an acting guest and a performer this past weekend, and while we enjoyed all of her over-the-top wigs and hilarious “Creep!” song collabo with the rest of the cast, we can’t help but be bothered by her “Bride of Blackenstein” skit. In it, scientists create Minaj, […]

Etta Moten sings for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House in 1934.

Harlem Globetrotters formed in 1927. They are the only sports team to have a star on “Hollywood’s Walk of Fame” and have won more than 22,500 games.

American television personality, Oprah Winfrey, whose syndicated daily talk show is among the most popular was born in Kosciusko, Miss in 1954.