Month / December 2020
R.I.P. Rafer Johnson, 86, Gold Medalist in the 1960 Olympic Decathlon
According to nytimes.com, American athlete Rafer Johnson, who carried the United States flag into Rome’s Olympic Stadium in August 1960 as the first Black captain of a U.S. Olympic team and went on to win gold in the decathlon bringing him acclaim as the world’s greatest all-around […]
Lord Have Mercy! Mother of Black Teen Killed by Florida Deputy is Shot During Son’s Burial
A day meant for people to come out and pay their respects to a Florida teen who was fatally shot by a Brevard County sheriff’s deputy this month turned into yet another horrific event. The burial service for Sincere Pierce ended abruptly Saturday afternoon when […]
U.K. Becomes First Country to Approve Pfizer Vaccine
LONDON — Britain gave emergency authorization on Wednesday to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, leaping ahead of the United States to become the first Western country to allow mass inoculations against a disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide. The decision kicked off a […]
How Salvador Dalí has influenced your wardrobe
When Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí first put a lobster on a dress, he wanted to be provocative. It worked. His 1937 collaboration with boundary pushing fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli caused consternation. The silk organza A-line gown they created together, subsequently worn by Wallis Simpson in the […]
Ethiopia and UN ‘reach Tigray aid deal’
The United Nations and Ethiopia have reached a deal to allow aid into the country’s conflict-torn northern Tigray region, UN officials say. UN spokesman Saviano Abreu says an assessment mission will begin later on Wednesday, the AP news agency reports. Food and medicines are said […]