Here is the official press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. January 5, 2011. Radio One, Inc., announced today that Radio Station WXMG-FM in Columbus, Ohio, which can be found at http://www.MyColumbusMagic.com, interviewed Ted Williams, the man who has become an Internet sensation and is aptly being referred to as the Man with the Golden Radio Voice, and […]
• Homicide is down 6%. In 2010, Baltimore recorded the lowest homicide count since 1985, a 25-year low. There were 223 homicides in 2010, 15 fewer than in 2009. • Gun homicide is down 13%. In 2009, 196 homicides were committed with a gun. In 2010, there were 171 gun homicides, a 13% decrease. Since […]
Leontyne Price, world-renowned opera singer, made her historic last performance at the Metropolitan Opera as “Aida” on this date in 1985. To learn more about this person visit your local library.
Earl “Fatha” Hines, famed jazz musician and “father” of modern jazz piano, was born in Pennsylvania on December 28 1903. **************************************************************** Earl Kenneth “Fatha” Hines was born on December 28, 1903, in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hines. His mother died when he was only three-years-old. Hines was raised by his father and […]
Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, abolitionist and plaintiff in an historic civil rights suit in which she won her own freedom. ****************************************************************** Elizabeth Freeman (“Mumbet”) was born a slave around 1742. She was raised, along with her younger sister Lizzie, in Claverack, Columbia County, New York (about 20 miles south of Albany). Her owner, a Dutchman named […]
Prodigy Youth Services 501(c)3 sponsors the S.W.A.G.G. Academy The S.W.A.G.G. (Success and Wisdom Awaiting Good Girls) Academy, a multimedia program specifically designed to help build esteem and character in young girls while tapping into their gifts, is offering a winter session during the Holiday break. The program has most of the elements of a traditional […]
This video is an artistic take on how the story of the nativity might have read had a social network existed at the time of Jesus’s birth. Follow this historical period as it unfolds as a digital narrative. This vignette is great for highlighting the truths and circumstances of our Savior’s birth in a fresh, […]
We need to see you at this informational session on Friday Dec 17 at 8 am at Western High School, located at 4600 Falls Rd. GoalDIGGERS: The Sankofa Project, which will encourage African-American girls, ages 13-18, to study their ancestry and heritage, including through the use of DNA. Girls will also participate in journaling and […]
World AIDS Day was yesterday and the Q was throughout the Q-munity stressing the importance of HIV testing. Well Chase-Brexton Health Services in Mt. Vernon, located at 10 W. Eager St., offers HIV testing every day of the week for FREE, and you can remain anonymous. Plus you will have the results in only 20 […]