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From everyone at Radio One Philadelphia, we want to wish Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a happy birthday. His legacy will live on with us forever! Help RNBPHILLY Get To 50,000 Likes!
Last night was the 2nd installment of the 2012 Presidential debate. During the 1st debate the consensus seemed to be that President Barack Obama was to “polite,” however that was not the case during last night’s debate. Both candidates showed forms of aggression in various points throughout the night, causing a stir in the media […]
As election day draws near, the anticipation of whether the black community will show out in record number increases. Back in 2008, black Americans set record numbers as they exercised their right to vote during the historical election. Although the black community as a whole participated during the election, studies show black men vote at […]
Do you remember what happended on the East Coast one year ago today? It was Aug. 23, 2011, when a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Mineral, Va. But the shocks could be felt from Georgia to Canada. Total damages from the quake came in at just under $100 million. Even the Washington Monument in D.C. was […]
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States honoring African American heritage by commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. State of Texas in 1865. Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth,[1] and is recognized as a […]
When dicussing the Uptown theatre located on 2240 N. Broad Street you can’t help but to bring up Linda Richardson. Linda Richardson helped renovate five rowhomes across the street from the abandoned Uptown Theater during the early 1990s. Every day she worked there, she saw the disrespect heaped upon the once grand movie theater that […]
What does music, baseball, & photography have in common? Lamonte McLemore of The Fifth Dimension stops by Soulful Sunday for a chat about his past and current endevors. About Lamonte McLemore – Biography Professional photographer for Playboy, Ebony, Jet, People, and Harper’s Bazaar magazines!!! I was born in St. Louis, Mo. under the zodiac sign […]
Nelson Roulihlahla Mandela is celebrating his 93rd birthday today, marking still another milestone in a life that few, perhaps not even Mandela himself, could have imagined. The boy who, like all other boys in his rural South African village of Qunu, herded sheep and kicked around a soccer ball in the rolling hills, may have […]
It is hard to believe that after my many years of schooling, the following facts about the Statue of Liberty were never taught. Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people including myself have visited the Statue of Liberty over the years yet I’m unable to find one person who knows the true history behind […]
