Everyone knows that in the realm of higher education, the Ivy League universities rule. They’re the country’s most prestigious and thought to be among the world’s best schools. Yale, Harvard, Penn and the others are also considered to almost guarantee financial success to their graduates. This year we’ve heard of a handful of African American […]
A pistol-packing sister who, in her lifetime, was hunted as a criminal in the South, served as a cook, spy and nurse during the Civil War, and led over 200 slaves to freedom is now the front-runner to be the first woman, and first African American, to appear on a US twenty dollar bill. The […]
Baltimore is just the latest city it’s happened to; who’s next? An unarmed Black man dies, apparently at the hands of police officers and protests follow, becoming more violent as time goes by and police stonewall or deny culpability. Community leaders appeal for calm and national figures weigh in… “But it is not enough for […]
As we celebrate Mother’s Day today, some may wonder just how this holiday began. The earliest known celebrations of mothers go back to ancient Greece and Rome in honor of the goddesses they worshipped in that day. Also, early Christians in Europe celebrated a festival called “Mothering Sunday” observed on the fourth Sunday of […]
20 year old Ariana Miyamoto, from Nagasaki, Japan, was chosen this past March to represent Japan in the Miss Universe pageant taking place in January, 2016. The striking and statuesque young lady, who went to high school in the U.S., aspires to become a model. Described in Japan as saishoku kenbi, a woman blessed with both […]
A 60 year old woman known as “Smokie” had been living on the streets in Los Angeles, California for over 10 years before she met Elvis – Elvis Summers, that is. The young man noticed her going through the recycling bins and sleeping on the ground near his home and feeling compassion for her, decided […]
Hi, this is Jerry Wells from PRAISE 103.9 A few years back, I got the opportunity to travel to West Africa courtesy of a former employer. It was an incredible trip and I learned a lot. One thing that stood out to me was how older people – elders, as they were referred to, […]