Did you know that African American basketball icon Don Barksdale was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Barksdale pledged the Gamma Xi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Donald Argee Barksdale was born in Oakland, California where he played basketball at Berkeley High School. His high school coach cut him from the team three […]
CNN anchor Don Lemon recently said that he doesn’t know if America see’s Black people as “fully human” and “deserving of the American dream.” The TV host made the comments during an interview with the Washington Post which he discussed his career, new book, and life as a gay Black news anchor. Journalist Eric Easter […]
The show, originally named CNN Tonight, launched in 2014, according to the network. A group of rotating hosts originally led the program. But Lemon then took over permanently. According to The New York Post, the 55-year-old has worked at CNN since 2006. His current show runs for two hours from 10 p.m to midnight on weekdays. […]
Don Lemon has never held back his criticism of outrageous claims made by conservative pundits and Monday night’s airing of CNN Tonight was no different. Lemon was direct with his criticism of former Pennsylvania senator and CNN senior political commentator Rick Santorum who said last month that America was built from “nothing” and that “there […]