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We still can’t believe Don Cornelius is gone. Your favorite Praise 100.9 personalities and staff members are opening the airwaves for you to hear your favorite songs from this pioneering show.

It’s still fresh, it’s still unreal, but we are the voices that the people want to hear from most. Let the celebration of life & love continue every time you watch these videos, dance down

We checked with some of our active Charlotteans to see what they think should be the President’s priorities for his second term.

DNCC CEO Steve Kerrigan announced in an email this morning that President Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for president at Bank of America stadium. Kerrigan also announced that the convention program from the traditional four days to three. The new format allows for a day to “organize and celebrate the Carolinas, Virginia and the South and kick off the convention at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Labor Day.”

The Lowe’s Pride Award once again was the place for African Americans to see and be seen. The who’s who of black Charlotte attended the event including the Radio One team as well as congressman Mel Watt.

The kids are out of school and you might be off work so spend the day celebrating the life of a legacy.

*Blacks In Wax, part of the UnitedHealthcare’s Black Classic Cinema Series, will feature students who will come to life from a pretend wax state to a live portrayal of a civil rights icon. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2012

*Levine Museum of the New South Presents

A new book about African American philanthropy highlights giving by everyday black people in Charlotte. They are bankers, attorneys and entrepreneurs who are trying to help local organizations that help African Americans.

Our collective memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is that of the sanitized savior gun downed in his effort to make life better for black people. The critically-acclaimed “The Mountaintop,” strips away some of King’s shine give us a fuller picture of this great leader and his journey.

The play stars Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett. It’s set in room 304 of the Lorraine Motel on April 3, 1968 in Memphis, Tenn. The play takes place the night

In 2010, Oprah and Gayle camped in Yosemite Park to highlight dismal number of African Americans who camp. At the time, the Park estimated that blacks made up just one percent of its 280 million tourists. Sadly, I doubt their highly-publicized escapade dramatically increased the number of black campers.

Here we go again. Another year. Another resolution to get in shape. What’s it going to be this year? Join a gym? Hire a personal trainer? How about trying something completely different this year? Try training for an ultra-marathon or a mud run.

We talk about it, dream about it but rarely do it – travel. I mean really travel. We take the occasional trips to the Caribbean with our girlfriends. We go to Las Vegas with our boys, and we hang the DMV all the time. But next year treat yourself to something different – a European vacation.