Chris Harrison won t host the next season of The Bachelorette
Lisa Bonos, The Washington Post
March 13, 2021
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FILE - This Oct. 28, 2012 file photo shows Chris Harrison at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards at the House of Blues West Hollywood, Calif. Chris Harrison, host of “The Bachelor,” says he is stepping down from his TV role and is “ashamed” for his handling of a swirling racial controversy at the ABC dating show. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)Richard Shotwell/Associated Press
After nearly 20 years of hosting ABC s Bachelor reality dating shows, Chris Harrison will sit out the 2021 season of The Bachelorette.
Georgia store boycott unleashes 66 days of tension and hope
TYLER ESTEP, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 12, 2021
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1of5Joe Jones waves as he is recognized by a neighbor outside the Exxon gas station in his Southwest DeKalb neighborhood on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Joe Jones launched a protest and boycott of the Exxon gas station in his Southwest DeKalb neighborhood after a clerk told one customer he didn t give a f - about the black community and the owner called him a food stamp cockroach. They protested outside the store for 66 days and it worked. the owner agreed to sell. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Hyosub Shin/APShow MoreShow Less
Positively Milwaukee: Teaching African heritage through dance
Katie Crowther has the story.
and last updated 2021-03-12 21:13:55-05
MILWAUKEE â With powerful beats and passionate movements, Ko-Thi Dance Company has been helping bridge a cultural gap in Milwaukee for 52 years.
Ko-Thi was created by Ferne Caulker, who was always drawn to dance. Caulker moved to Milwaukee from Sierra Leone when she was a teenager. While in school here, she noticed something was missing.
âWe covered every other culture on the planet but Africa,â Caulker said. âSo much has been omitted about people of color in curriculums.â
That set her on her path to use her love of African dance and culture to educate others. But doing so, as a young woman of color in the 1960s, was not easy.
New hosts for The Bachelorette after racial controversy
March 12, 2021
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FILE - In this April 29, 2018, file photo, Chris Harrison presents the award for outstanding entertainment talk show host at the Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, Calif. Harrison will not host the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” following controversy over racially insensitive comments, and will instead be replaced with two former contestants, ABC Entertainment and Warner Horizon said in a statement Friday, March 12, 2021. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)Richard Shotwell/Invision
Chris Harrison will not host the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” following controversy over racially insensitive comments, and will instead be replaced with two former contestants, ABC Entertainment and Warner Horizon said in a statement.
Air Forces, father, husband: Man reflects on his 100 years
KEVIN STAIRIKER, LNP newspaper
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1of9Bob Adams, who turned 100 years old on Feb. 15, recalls his life, from the Air Force to photographing historical figures, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in his apartment at Quarryville, Pa., Presbyterian Retirement Community. Adams was a photographer in the Air Force during WWII and has photographed a wide variety from royalty to Albert Einstein to Martin Luther King Jr. (Ty Lohr/LNP/LancasterOnline via AP)Ty Lohr/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9Old photographs of taken by Bob Adams are displayed on Feb 25, 2021 in Quarryville, Pa. Adams turned 100 years old on Feb. 15. He was a photographer in the Air Force during WWII and has photographed a wide variety from royalty to Albert Einstein to Martin Luther King Jr. (Ty Lohr/LNP/LancasterOnline via AP)Ty Lohr/APShow MoreShow Less