Dionne Warwick

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 29 2013

Here’s a look at individuals and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
Justin Bieber’s neighbor accused the singer of spitting on him and making threats during a heated confrontation outside his California home Tuesday, a sheriff’s spokesman said. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the neighbor’s battery complaint against Bieber, spokesman Steve Whitmore said. Bieber’s representative denied that the singer spat on or threatened the neighbor, Whitmore said. A member of the singer’s security personnel told CNN there was no physical contact.
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Mar 26 2013

Down her last $1,000 in cash, owes $10.7 million

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dionne Warwick, one of the most recognizable pop voices of the 1960s, filed for bankruptcy last week citing more than $10 million in tax debt dating back to 1991.

Warwick, 72, made hits out of many Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs and won five Grammys in a 50-year career. The singer is down her last $1,000 in cash and only owns furniture and clothing worth $1,500, according to the Chapter 7 filing in New Jersey.

Feb 2 2012

He leaves a long list of thankful musical artists

Don Cortez Cornelius, the always immaculately dressed impresario of television’s long-running dance show, “Soul Train,” didn’t just happen to mirror and influence African American culture. He both lived and led it as he followed through on a dance-party concept he had birthed years before.

May 26 2011

Master classes from the Prince of performers

Every few years or so an artist emerges in the tradition of musicians who have revolutionized the sound and style of the world. Each generation has laid claim to its own iconic artist, from Ray Charles and Dionne Warwick to James Brown and Diana Ross.

The 1980s and early 1990s provided us with five artists who reshaped the music world and introduced a level of superstardom that has yet to be matched.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Apr 14 2011

Hollywood by Choice

LaToya Jackson proved to the world she’s not to be messed with; the girl’s got grit. On season four of Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” LaToya stood up to the bullies, and those trying to get her off the show by doing what a true winner would do, take them all on and win.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.