Malika and Khadijah Haqq
All the media buzz about Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy led me to thinking about the Kardashian sisters and their circles. Then I remembered the beautiful black twin actresses Malika and Khadijah Haqq. If their last name Haqq didn’t get you thinking about it’s origins, then maybe you thought they were just rich, pretty black girls who grew up with the Kardashians.
“The men single women want are in short supply.”
Danielle Kurtzleben over at Vox breaks down a few stats for us. More Americans than ever are staying single. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, a record one in five Americans over 25 are in the “never-married” category.There are a whole bunch of reasons for this. One is that people just don’t want to get married as much as they used to — as of 2010, 61 percent of never-married Americans said they wanted to get married. Today, it’s only 53 percent.
Worst nightmare for some parents of autistic children. Sometimes parents have to get extra locks and alarms for when a door or window is opened. So glad this turned out ok for little man (and his family!) On another note, this man is true marriage material for any fortunate woman. He is protecting this child who doesn’t have a care in the world, as it should be. A little boy was found wandering at 4th and Troost around midnight today with just a diaper on. Police later learned he was autistic, and they reunited him with his family.
Edith Hill, 96 and husband Eddie Harrison, 95. This lovely, elderly swirl couple just wants to be together and someone just has to try and mess things up. Leave them along to enjoy each other for the rest of their lives. They are amazing! Read their story.
Alex and Tom Clancy
The world of high tech military espionage thriller fans lost one of the greats Tuesday when Tom Clancy died. He wrote over 100 books and consulted on video games. The works I was most familiar with are The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears as they were all blockbuster movies. Another “Jack Ryan” film will be released later this year and another book Command Authority will be released in 2014.
Readers of BWDB, Beyond Black and White, Interracial Marriage and family have been treated to interviews of Lissette Gonzalez and her fabulous family. (See Color Blind & Valentines ). We were absolutely delighted in Lissette’s love for her husband Ali and children Kiara and Ulysses.
On The Rise is a one-hour reality series that will be depicted in a casual setting. It centers on the rather undiscovered lives of three phenomenal women. The show chronicles the lives of three friends – Misee, Fawn and Lakesha – and the challenges they face as they balance successful careers and living the single life. While a production crew follows their everyday activities, the three women show the audience that you can be professionally driven without losing your true self.
Fawn Stone (#Letmetellyou) is a gorgeous and super talented lady who doesn’t like to get caught up in drama. Well, with the exception of on the screen drama. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Fawn returned to her home city Los Angeles after graduating from Howard University in Washington, DC to pursue a career in acting and as a television correspondent. Most likely, Fawn can be found strutting her stuff in her 3-inch heels, even in a bowling alley. She says, “Heels are more comfortable.”
Eugene and Agatha Chen
Story of a Trinidadian (Black) Hakka Chinese, and French Creole Family
Eugene and Agatha Chen both born in 1878 married in 1899 and had four children. Agatha Alphosin Ganteaume was born in Trinidad of a white man and an African servant.
Interracial Marriage in History 1 Sarah Gammon Bickford. I first learned about Sarah Gammon Bickford in 2008 while doing research on blacks in early Montana. Thanks to the Montana Historical Society, I found a wealth of information. Blacks have been there since the Antebellum period in the US. I was so happy for this find, I couldn’t wait to share it with Karyn Folan, Cherelyn Weeks Smith and a couple other swirling black women bloggers. I purchased the pictures putting them away for a future project. These images were the first ones that started off my collection of Vintage black woman IR couples album on my Facebook page. I started that page on April 16, 2010. Read on…..
