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On the Friday before Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis is set to “unlock” a new media initiative of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States –…
The 1963 class of Western-Olin Hugh School in Birmingham, Alabama had their prom cancelled due to their involvement in civil right protests. Well, over 50 years later the class was able to finally have their prom at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Al. Hundreds of seniors from the 1963 class showed up in their best […]
President Barack Obama traveled to Atlanta Sunday and delivered a rare yet impassioned speech at Morehouse College about race and the evolution of black men in America. It was arguably one of the most significant speeches of Obama’s presidency. “For black men in the 1940s and 1950s, the threat of violence, the constant humiliations, large […]
EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — As a cool sea breeze wafted across a 17th century South Carolina plantation that once grew prized sea island cotton, workers this week carefully disassembled, measured and numbered wooden planks from a dilapidated antebellum slave cabin. Once one of about two dozen on slave row at Point of Pines Plantation, […]
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A rising star in Britain’s Labour Party, described by some as the “British Barack Obama,” Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa’s fast-growing economies. During a trade mission to West Africa last week that included a stop in his father’s home country Nigeria, Umunna, […]
Dorian Joyner Jr., didn’t have that experience when he started his collegiate journey at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. His dad, Dorian Joyner Sr., joined him. They were classmates and Junior didn’t mind. Now, they have completed the requirements to graduate and will officially become Morehouse men walking across the stage with President Obama at […]
An Orange, Fla., African-American family were shocked to find a KKK flier (pictured) on their doorstep this week, reports the Orlando Sentinel. SEE ALSO: Henry…
Falica is 11-years-old and weights 400 pounds. Her mother, Earlene Johnson, says that she has done all she can to lower her daughter’s weight. “We…
A 64-year-old Detroit man is recovering at a local hospital after he was viciously stabbed at a gas station. The unidentified victim spoke to Fox…
This is one of those stories that kinda hard to believe. In Indianapolis, Cece Bruce, a waitress at Stake and Shake, was the recipient of a $446 tip! If that’s not crazy enough, the bill was only $6.00! But it was her positive attitude that made the difference. Cece Bruce, who attends school part time, […]
Some of Elizabeth Ruth Wilson’s accomplishments seem impossible, but only if you believe in limits. Wilson, 22, never has and never will. “Often we say, ‘The sky is the limit.’ Actually, the sky is a limitation,” she said. “The interesting thing is scientists haven’t been able to measure the size of outer space or the […]
See the guy pictured above? That’s Michael Maxwell‘s mugshot after he allegedly tried to break into a Palm Bay, Fla., home Wednesday morning. SEE ALSO:…
