Florida Sentinel Bulletin

“Am I really the first?” That was the first thought that came to mind when Kyla McMullen, 29, found out she would soon become University of Michigan’s first African-American female computer science Ph.D alumna this past year. McMullen later decided to go to the records office to search for another fellow Black female alumnus to […]

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Los Angeles’ most prominent black church, First AME Church is suing its former minister and his wife, along with seven trustees and employees of the church’s non-profit arm, accusing them of financial mismanagement. Denise Hunter publicly denied the allegations against her and her husband, Rev. John Hunter, who was forced out after serving eight years […]

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D. C. Police Officer Richmond Phillips shot his baby’s mother to death and left their infant daughter to die in a hot car because he didn’t want to pay child support, prosecutors said during opening statements in Phillips’ trial on Monday. Authorities arrested Phillips in June 2011 after finding 20-year-old Wynetta Wright’s body at a […]

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A British schoolgirl visiting relatives in a rural village in northern Jamaica was fatally shot when a lone gunman opened fire on a group of family members as they gathered at a roadside shop, officials said Sunday. Imani Green, 8, of Balham in South London, was standing inside a clapboard grocery store […]

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Legendary social activist, comedian, and author Dick Gregory weighed in on the controversial Quentin Tarantino film “Django Unchained,” and he made some controversial comments about film director Spike Lee. In an interview, Gregory says that the movie spoke to him in ways that no film had in all his years on earth. He then calls […]

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NEW YORK — Robin Roberts says her road to recovery will bring her back to the “Good Morning America” anchor desk soon. Appearing from her home on “Good Morning America” on Monday, Roberts wore a broad smile as she announced that her most recent bone marrow test showed no sign of the life-threatening ailment that […]

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The box office weekend may have belonged to the hunt for Osama Bin Laden; but the crazy jokes helped the Paranormal Activity spoof “A Haunted House” open big in second place making $18.8 million. Meanwhile, poor Texas Chainsaw 3D got so massacred it nearly dropped out of the top ten a week after topping it. […]

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Denzel Washington brought a very special date to the Golden Globe Awards. The Flight star, who was nominated for best actor, walked the red carpet arm-in-arm with his 22-year-old daughter, Olivia Washington. Before beginning his red carpet interview he advised E!’s Ryan Seacrest, “It’s not my wife Pauletta, it’s my daughter.” And then went on […]

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Former Bears coach Lovie Smith is expected to sit out the 2013 NFL season and reconsider his options next offseason, Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports citing a league source. Smith interviewed for three NFL head-coaching vacancies but the respective clubs picked other candidates and of the two openings remaining, Smith isn’t believed to […]

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