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Tuesday Evening Thread: FLOTUS on BET’s 106 & Park Tonight!
Check out excerpts from the interview below! (h/t Cocoafab) First Lady Michelle Obama is already every woman’s girl crush, but now she’s winning over young people thanks to her visit to BET’s 106 & Park. FLOTUS stopped by for an interview, which airs Tuesday at 6pm EST, and opened up about her daughters, the importance of education and ignoring what the naysayers have to … [Read more...] about Tuesday Evening Thread: FLOTUS on BET’s 106 & Park Tonight!
Sunday Open Thread: Happy Birthday Rev. Joseph Lowery
Joseph Echols Lowery (born October 6, 1921) is a minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the American civil rights movement. He later became the third president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and his immediate successor, Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, and participated in most of the major activities of the … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: Happy Birthday Rev. Joseph Lowery
Wednesday Evening Thread: GRACE!
NEW YORK — Grace Jones, who once vowed she'd never write a memoir, has changed her mind. The model, actress, singer and Studio 54 legend has an agreement with Gallery Books for a book scheduled to come out next fall. Gallery, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Wednesday that the book is currently untitled. In a statement released by Gallery, Jones noted that her song … [Read more...] about Wednesday Evening Thread: GRACE!