VIA WJLA: A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is showcasing figures who played major roles in advancing civil rights. Photographs, paintings, sculptures and other items from the gallery’s permanent collection are featured in “The Struggle for Justice.” Among those depicted are abolitionist Frederick Douglass, suffragist Susan B. Anthony and civil rights leader […]

Vonetta Flowers was born October 29, 1973 in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1992, Vonetta graduated from P.D. Jackson Olin High School. She was the first person in her family to go to college. She graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is married to Johnny Mack Flowers, who is also her coach.On February 19, […]

VIA:  MarketWatch.Com HOUSTON, Feb 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr., the first African American to walk in space, and ExxonMobil announced today that more than 1,500 middle school students will participate in free science camps this summer. The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camps will be hosted in 30 universities across the […]

VIA:  TheKennedyCenter.Org (singer; born February 27, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Most Americans best remember Marian Anderson for her conscience-grabbing concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939 after she was denied the use of Constitution Hall, an arena that, from 1935 to 1952, opened its doors to white artists only. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, appalled […]

VIA REUTERS: DALLAS (Reuters) – The NBA could lose around $400 million this year because of the flagging economy and a crippling labor agreement, according to commissioner David Stern. Stern told a news conference Saturday that players’ union representatives negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement had been shown figures outlining the NBA’s current economic circumstances. […]

VIA REUTERS: ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) – Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat scored a game-high 28 points and added 11 assists as the Eastern Conference prevailed over the West by a nail-biting 141-139 in the NBA’s annual All-Star game on Sunday. Played before a record crowd of 108,713 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the […]

VIA WJLA: Crews are still cleaning up from last week’s back-to-back blizzards as another storm system moves closer to the D.C. region. For the third time in 10 days, D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty has declared a snow emergency beginning at 9 a.m. Monday responding to a storm that could bring up to four inches of […]

True diversity is having a seat at the table for not only the Ava DuVernays, Shonda Rhimes, and Mara Brock Akils, but also for the slew of talented outsiders knocking at the door like Stacey Muhammad.

“Wright On The Edge”, talk radio from the sisters point of view debuts this afternoon at 1pm on News Talk 1450AM WOL. Wendy Wright is the creator and executive producer of “Wright on the Edge.” She considers herself to be a free spirit and dislikes being told what she can and cannot do. Her rebellious […]

VIA POLITICS DAILY: The latest New York Times/CBS News poll paints a picture of a disaffected American public but President Obama, despite his lower approval ratings, fares better on its report card than the Republicans. Sixty-two percent believe the country is on the wrong track while 33 percent saying it is on the right track, […]