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RIP Big Mama
So glad Brandon Hammond aka Ahmad was able to reunite with her for her 90th birthday.
91 years is a beautiful LONG life indeed.
Irma P. Hall, we salute you.
She will always be BIG MAMA 🕊️🤍👑
So glad Brandon Hammond aka Ahmad was able to reunite with her for her 90th birthday.
91 years is a beautiful LONG life indeed.
Irma P. Hall, we salute you.
She will always be BIG MAMA 🕊️🤍👑
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"Wisdom is accepting that endings are a part of life. Kids grow up. Careers change. Friendships fade. Your idea of what makes life meaningful evolves. Everything that begins, eventually ends. Make peace with this truth, and cherish what you have today.” ~The Daily Buddhist
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Footage of Fantasia in the studio recording The Gospel Of Christmas Soundtrack
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Excusive: Teyonah Parris And Danielle Brooks To Star In Peacock’s ‘Before I Let Go’ essence.com/entertainment/…
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A 16-year-old was babysitting his girlfriend’s 23-month-old son. The baby wouldn’t stop crying so he covered the boy’s head with a pillow and punched him in the head until his brain bled. The child died. At trial, the teen sobbed and screamed that he’d loved him. Then the judge e’d made from jail and it ended him.
The boy’s name was Austin Smith. He was 23 months old. The 16-year-old, Dylan, was left alone to watch him and when Austin wouldn’t settle, he smothered him with a pillow and beat him in the head with his fists. The toddler suffered a brain hemorrhage and died.
In the courtroom, Dylan put on a performance. He cried hard. He screamed that he never meant to kill anyone, that he loved little Austin, that it was all a terrible mistake. For a moment, it almost looked like it might work on the jury.
Then the judge pulled out a recording a call Dylan had made to his own mother from jail, before the trial. On it, in his own voice, he’d laid out the plan: “I’m a 16-year-old blond kid. I just need to cry in front of the jury and they’ll feel sorry for me.”
He hadn’t been grieving. He’d been rehearsing.
The judge handed him the maximum: 25 years to life.
So here’s what splits people: is 25-to-life too heavy for a 16-year-old who still has a whole life ahead of him or does a boy who kills a baby for crying, then coldly games the court with fake tears, deserve to never walk free at all?
The boy’s name was Austin Smith. He was 23 months old. The 16-year-old, Dylan, was left alone to watch him and when Austin wouldn’t settle, he smothered him with a pillow and beat him in the head with his fists. The toddler suffered a brain hemorrhage and died.
In the courtroom, Dylan put on a performance. He cried hard. He screamed that he never meant to kill anyone, that he loved little Austin, that it was all a terrible mistake. For a moment, it almost looked like it might work on the jury.
Then the judge pulled out a recording a call Dylan had made to his own mother from jail, before the trial. On it, in his own voice, he’d laid out the plan: “I’m a 16-year-old blond kid. I just need to cry in front of the jury and they’ll feel sorry for me.”
He hadn’t been grieving. He’d been rehearsing.
The judge handed him the maximum: 25 years to life.
So here’s what splits people: is 25-to-life too heavy for a 16-year-old who still has a whole life ahead of him or does a boy who kills a baby for crying, then coldly games the court with fake tears, deserve to never walk free at all?
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Morris Brown College President Kevin James announced an anonymous person donated $700,000 to the Atlanta HBCU.
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November 12, 2024—Brandon Durham, a 43-year-old father, called 911 for help during a home invasion. Instead, he was shot and killed in his own home by a responding LVMPD officer.
Two years later, we remember Brandon and stand with his family. Calling for help should not cost life mattered. We honor Brandon’s memory and reaffirm our commitment to accountability, justice, and the right to be safe in our own homes.
Two years later, we remember Brandon and stand with his family. Calling for help should not cost life mattered. We honor Brandon’s memory and reaffirm our commitment to accountability, justice, and the right to be safe in our own homes.
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A WNBA champion, in Dakar. 🏆
Fresh off the 2026 title with the Golden State Valkyries, Laeticia Amihere (@theblackqueen) joined us at the BAL4HER Power Hour during a historic moment for sport on the continent.
Canadian. Ivorian. Ghanaian. Part of the BAL4HER family since 2024.
r to mentor in Teaming Up: Women in Sports Mentorship Program, with @QatarFoundation and @SpeakUpAfrica.
Champions lift trophies. Leaders lift others. 🙌🏾
Thank you, Laeticia, and to our partners for investing in women in sport across Africa.
Fresh off the 2026 title with the Golden State Valkyries, Laeticia Amihere (@theblackqueen) joined us at the BAL4HER Power Hour during a historic moment for sport on the continent.
Canadian. Ivorian. Ghanaian. Part of the BAL4HER family since 2024.
r to mentor in Teaming Up: Women in Sports Mentorship Program, with @QatarFoundation and @SpeakUpAfrica.
Champions lift trophies. Leaders lift others. 🙌🏾
Thank you, Laeticia, and to our partners for investing in women in sport across Africa.
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SENATOR SCOTT COLOM (Mississippi)-D. In honor of all those who lost their lives in Freedom Summer. For Medgar Evers. For Fannie Lou Hammer. For our ancestors. There’s Blood on that Ballot Box.
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"There is a particular sadness in growing older while retaining the desire to participate fully in life, especially when physical limitations begin to narrow the available paths. It is not necessarily a wish to return to youth. I don’t particularly want to become the person I was t to become the person I can still be.” ~Tony Collins
The thing that was missing and what I know now: buff.ly/PDoMahV
The thing that was missing and what I know now: buff.ly/PDoMahV
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LaTeasha filed for divorce from Dr. G on November 10th, & a hearing is set for December 14th. #Married2Med
VIA: @nochaser_tv
VIA: @nochaser_tv
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Isaiah Evans mom explained this flawlessly.
Every top 10-15 high school recruit needs to take a close look at the Duke /Mich. state game tonight. Howard & Williams hasn’t even been in the game and Rippey only has 6 minutes 😂😂😂. When will kids learn 🙄?
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