Via HelloBeautiful Written by Danielle Young Leslie Rainer, a 46 year-old teacher at Pompano Beach Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, FL has been accused of calling one of her Haitian students “little chocolate boy” and “chocolate nobody wanted.” While this isn’t the worst of the racist comments Rainer could have used towards her student, […]
(Washington, DC) — African-Americans are being urged by the National Urban League to get out and vote at election time. The organization views it as a way to counter state laws it says threaten the educational and economic progress made by blacks. The 101-year-old civil rights group has made “Occupy the Vote” the theme for […]
A Prince William County Jail inmate was able to smuggle a gun into his cell. Eighteen-year-old Brandon Braxton is accused of smuggling a handgun in to county jail by putting it up his rectum. Prince William County Police say Braxton was arrested last month on robbery charges and apparently hid the gun before being transferred […]
Her talk show may be gone, but Oprah’s knack for landing big TV gets has carried on to her new cable network. On a special episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter, Oprah will have a sit down interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, her brother, Gary Houston, and her sister-in-law and confidant, Patricia Houston. In the interview, Bobbi Kristina shares […]
Via NewsOne Walt Disney‘s first African-American princess, Tiana, from the movie “Princess And The Frog” is being used to tell “Dig’N’Dips” Watermelon dipping candy. While it may be a coincidence, Aurora from Disney’s movie, “Sleeping Beauty” is used to sell vanilla candy. The candies were part of a Valentines Day line of candies using Disney’s princesses as […]
Written by Adisa Banjoko, West Coast Editor (News One) Part one of a two part series. About three years ago, I began working for a high school in San Francisco called “John O’Connell.” It is situated in the Mission District. The Mission is a primarily Latino section of the city mostly known for its fine Mexican/El […]
FAIRFAX, VA (March 1, 2012)- Hundreds of seniors at historically black colleges and universities that are members of UNCF(United Negro College Fund) will be able to graduate on time, thanks to a $1 million gift from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF) to the UNCF Campaign for Emergency Student Aid (CESA). UNCF, the nation’s largest […]
Discussions are underway to bring the Washington Washington Football Team back to its home in D.C. Although the team bears D.C.’s name, the franchise moved its stadium to Maryland in 1997 and hasn’t had a presence in the District since then. But The Washington Post reports that District officials are mounting the most serious effort […]
The 2012 Radio One DC Media Appreciation Day Awards Lunch will be held Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 from 11am until 12:30pm. This year, honorees will be Aisha Karimah, Community Affairs Director at WRC-TV (NBC-4) and Tony Perkins, Weather Anchor and News Anchor (WTTG-TV). The special affair will be held at the stations new facility located […]
Though Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer-winning columnist for The Washington Post, is a serious and highly sophisticated man, I was disappointed by a recent column in which he compared the United States and China. In eloquent terms, Robinson asserted that the Chinese, right now, look more unsentimentally at their problems and are not bluffing the world about taking […]