Florida Woman Gets Home After Telling President Obama That She Was Homeless!

This is a quick turn-around for the Floridian woman who told President Obama that she had been living out of a vehicle.Someone has now offered her a home.It was Henrietta Hughes's emotional appeal for help that moved Chene Thompson to act with such generosity & kindness.Ironically,she's a Republican.


If everybody that was in her situation got in front of that same microphone,I know that they all would not have been so lucky.Thank God that at least one person has received some assistance.Now,let's figure out a way to help the rest of the struggling folks facing homelessness out here!

Here's more from The News-Press:

"Henrietta Hughes was offered a home by Chene Thompson, wife of State Representative Nick Thompson, who heard the homeless woman’s pleas for help to President Obama before a local and national crowd.he house is in LaBelle, the first home Scere Thompson bought after law school. She told Hughes, “Just give me the opportunity to help you.”

Hughes broke down in front of thousands when she told the president that she and her son have been homeless for more than a year. They are living in a pickup truck.

Obama hugged her after she asked her question and said his staff would help. A staffer later gave her a card to the head of the housing authority and she was told he would help her."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here.

Nelson Mandela Was Released From Prison After Serving 27 Years On This Day In 1990!

The 90's was the era of the reemergence of black pride.The release of Nelson Mandela after serving 27 long years in prison really set the tone for the early part of the decade.February 11,1990 is a very important day in history for this very reason.Here's more on the excitement that people felt on that day from BBC:

"Leading anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela has been freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years.
His release follows the relaxation of apartheid laws - including lifting the ban on leading black rights party the African National Congress (ANC) - by South African President FW de Klerk.

Mr Mandela appeared at the gates of Victor-Verster Prison in Paarl at 1614 local time - an hour late - with his wife Winnie.

Holding her hand and dressed in a light brown suit and tie he smiled at the ecstatic crowds and punched the air in a victory salute before taking a silver BMW sedan to Cape Town, 40 miles away.

People danced in the streets across the country and thousands clamoured to see him at a rally in Cape Town.


"Our march to freedom is irreversible"


Nelson Mandela


Doctors treated over a hundred people as police clashed with youths looting shops in various cities and townships and several people were reported shot dead.

Mr Mandela, the deputy-president of the ANC, appeared on the balcony of Cape Town's City Hall to speak to the 50,000 people assembled outside at 2000 local time.

He acknowledged Mr de Klerk was a man of integrity, but said: "Our struggle has reached a decisive moment. Our march to freedom is irreversible."

"Now is the time to intensify the struggle on all fronts. To relax now would be a mistake which future generations would not forgive," he continued."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Did Simon Cowell Help American Idol Fantasia Barrino Keep Her House?

Simon Cowell is the mean,nasty British judge from American Idol.He almost seems to despise all human beings.But,it may all just be an act.Rumor has it that he is the mysterious benefactor that saved Fantasia Barrino's house from foreclosure.I'm glad that she got all of her ducks lined up in a row.And now that her finances are straight,Fantasia is taking care of one lingering,unresolved issue.Here's more from MTV:

"But there's one landmark the 24-year-old R&B belter hasn't reached that nags at her — finishing high school. See, Fantasia dropped out of Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina, in ninth grade and two years later gave birth to her daughter, Zion Quari Barrino.

But now, according to E! Online, Fantasia is going back to school for the sake of her daughter. "I've been talking about it for so long," Fantasia said. "I have a lot of young people who look up to me, like my 15-year-old brother and 7-year-old daughter. It's something that I really need to do and that I want to do."

After months of speculation and rumor, the third-season "Idol" winner also confirmed that she's gotten her financial affairs back in order after facing the possible foreclosure and auction of one of her homes. "I had to sit back for a while and had to get some things settled," she explained. "I had been with a lot of people not doing what they said they were going to do. I didn't have time to sit back and cry. I didn't have time to go to a mental-health counselor. I had to keep my sh-- on straight — excuse my language! — and handle my business, because it's not just about me. It's about me and my whole family."

She's reached an agreement to keep the home — though did not confirm rumors that "Idol" judge Simon Cowell helped her out of her financial jam — and said she's focused on keeping off the 20 pounds she recently lost and finishing up her third album, which she hopes to release later this year. Oh, and she's shopping a reality-TV show about her life. "(END OF EXCERPT)Read the entire article here.

What a great friend she is for supporting Jennifer Hudson!I love that two,beautiful black women with such immense talent have chosen to be friends instead of rivals.