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You’ve heard of the “empty nest syndrome,” but do you know how or if it really exists? Coined, in the 1970’s by psychologists, it stereotypically applies to women as a personal struggle dealing with the loss and change as their children leave home. This psychological condition often has its greatest impact on women in autumn, […]
Tonight’s “Sunday’s Best” show opened up with Mary Mary Singing “Sitting With Me”. It was a great kick=off to the show’s diversity in musical approaches. This week’s episode theme brings everyone to “Sunday’s Best On Broadway”. 8 Tracks From Mary Mary’s “Something Bigger” To Motivate You Michael Pugh “Climb Every Mountain” -Sound of Music Donnie […]
Kirk Franklin, Mary Mary and Earnest Pugh all heat of the Billboard charts with a dose of Wow Gospel 2011. Hello Fear, the latest release from Kirk Franklin, celebrates another week atop the Billboard Top Gospel Charts this week. The album also sits at #17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Charts and #73 on the Billboard […]
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.Her best-known recordings includes, “Dinah”, “Birmingham Bertha”, “Stormy Weather” “Hottentot Potentate”, […]
Mark your calendars for the fourth annual Spirit of Praise! This year features Donald Lawrence, Marvin Sapp and many others. 4th Annual Spirit of Praise Celebration Saturday, October, 8th 2011 6pm (Doors at 5pm) Reid Temple AME Church 11400 Glenn Dale Blvd. Glenn Dale, MD 20769 Featuring: Donald Lawrence Marvin Sapp Also featuring… Maurette Brown-Clark […]
Radio One is excited to share the dream. A memorial celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be erected on the National Mall on August 28th. President Barack Obama will give an address at the Aug. 28 Memorial Dedication. Below are a full listing of public events: Wednesday, August 24 Honoring Global […]
Children should be trained in basic etiquette. Each day I feel as if the responsibility to teach our children basic manners has gone right out the window. Just how basic is basic, though? As a teacher and a Godmother, I am stickler for manners. If you don’t use them, you get nothing. My parents taught […]
More than 3,000 people showed up for the Congressional Black Caucus’ “For the People” Jobs Initiative at Atlanta Technical College Thursday. The “For the People” Jobs Initiative is a five-city tour, and launched in Cleveland, Ohio August 8th. According to TheGrio.com, the Atlanta job fair featured help finding work with the federal government, GI Bill […]
Welcome a new day with new possibilities. We all want to embrace happiness and the chance of a new day. That’s the best thing about sunrise. The darkness is over. May today be the beginning of the end of darkness for you. There is a wonderful saying that when the darkness ends the joy begins. […]
ATLANTA- New billboards in Atlanta by an anti-abortion group, Abortion In The Hood attack Jesse Jackson and the Congressional Black Caucus for betraying the Black community on the issue of abortion. The website and campaign, funded by the Restoration Project criticize Jackson for changing his position on abortion after being against it in the 1970s. […]