Joe Jackson, the man who launched the career of Jackson family empire, has died in a Las Vegas hospital.It was reported that Jackson was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer and was in the final stages of it.Joe Jackson was the father, manager, and driving force behind his children Michael, Janet, Jermaine, and the rest of the Jackson children’s career.Jackson was 89 years old.
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Cardi B and Offset Secretly got Married Last September
Its official, Cardi B and Offset are married.In a recent interview with People.com, the Bronx native said, “There are so many moments that I sharewith the world and then there are moments that I want to keep for myself! Getting married was one of those moments! Our relationship was so new breaking up and making up and we had a lot of growing up to do but we was so in love we didn’t want to lose each other, was one morning in September we woke up and decided to get married.”Hence why her album is called Invasion of Privacy. Cardi took to twitter to make a statement after TMZ leaked the news. “This why I name my album Invasion of Privacy cause people will do the most to be [nosy] about your life. Well f— it.”Congratulations to Offset and Cardi B on their marriage. The couple are also expecting their first child together. -
Today is Juneteenth: What is it and why do African Americans Celebrate It?
Today, many Americans will see this day, June 19th, as a regular Tuesday, but many African Americans will celebrate this day known as Juneteenth. Many more will question what is Juneteenth and why is it celebrated?
On June 19th, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and issued by President Abraham Lincoln, which granted the freedom of more than 3 million slaves in the South, many slaves were unaware that slavery was abolished. Union Army Major General Gordon Granger, took his soldiers to Galveston, Texas to inform everyone that slavery was no longer in America.The Emancipation Proclamation officially ended slavery on January 1st, 1863, however due to the Civil War and the South’s rebellion, it wasn’t properly enforced.Since General Granger’s announcement brought good news to formerly enslaved blacks, celebrations took place, making June 19th, 1865 the day that Juneeteenth was born.So why aren’t more African American celebrating?In 1980, the state of Texas declared Juneteenth an official holiday, but it still goes unnoticed by majority of the country.Juneteenth is not only a day of celebration but also a day to remember when the evils of slavery ended in America for our ancestors.As many celebrate this day, let us remember how far African Americans have come, let us remember and celebrate General Granger for being the driving force in spreading the word that slavery had ended, and let us not forget to reflect on who we are as a community but also as a nation.Happy Juneteenth!
