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The Martin Luther King Day Holiday is not just a day off, but it’s a day on…on purpose and on a mission to help others. Here’s some info on a local coat drive. Please take the time to go through your closets and donate a few coats. Your donation will be a blessing to someone […]
Have you ever thought about what it would be like if Barack Obama and Martin Luther King sat down at the table and wrote a speech together? King talked about dreams and how one day his kids could be free of racism and hatred. Obama talks about hope and how change won’t be easy, but without […]
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!
By The Rev. MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. Aug. 28, 1963 I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. […]
I was saddened by the news that Albertina Sisulu, one of the great leaders of the African National Congress had died at the age of 92. She was the widow of Walter Sisulu, the first secretary general of the ANC, a Robben Island prisoner and colleague of Nelson Mandela. She was a retired nurse and […]
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (AP) — A Louisiana woman believed to have been the oldest living African-American and one of the last children of U.S. slaves has died at age 113. Mississippi Winn, an upbeat former domestic worker known as “Sweetie,” died Friday afternoon at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home, said Milton Carroll, an investigator with the Caddo […]
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s fitting to announce that the civil rights leader himself was voted the most influential black American leader. TheGrio asked 25 academics, artists, and activists to rank a list of 170 black leaders, and the website calculated the top 25: Martin Luther King, Jr.: The clear top choice, the […]
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed the H.R. 6118 bill, which gave the United States Postal Service office on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington D.C. a new name: the Dorothy I. Height Post Office. Height, who passed away this past April at the age of 98, was one of the most significant civil rights leaders of […]
Decades before Rosa Parks took a determined stance against racism and Black Americans across the nation participated in sit-ins and rallies demanding equality, Lena Baker lived in a world engulfed by hatred, despair and cruelty. Her story comes to life Jan. 4, 2011, in the feature-length docudrama, The Lena Baker Story, starring actress Tichina Arnold […]
*President Obama is scheduled to visit on “The View” this Thursday to discuss jobs, the economy, the Gulf oil spill and family life inside of the White House. “We are so pleased and honored,” said executive producer Barbara Walters, who will make a special return appearance for the interview after taking a break in May […]
Comcast Corporation, one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services, promoted Ron Phillips to Senior Vice President of Employee Engagement for Comcast Cable. Find out more about his new role here.
Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and remake the nation’s health care system along the lines proposed by President Obama.
