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VIA NEWSONE Black women have returned as the nation’s strongest performing demographic group in official unemployment figures. The release of today’s US Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals that black female unemployment declined for a consecutive month in June, falling 5 per cent from a rate 12.4 per cent in May to 11.8 per cent […]

Ex-NBA star Allan Houston organized a live prayer to be broadcast over the Internet via Allanhouston.com, Gospelcity.com and Musical Soul Food Radio to pray for the Gulf Coast. Considering that Hurricane Alex is bearing down upon the Texas, the prayer session was timely.

Author and poet Maya Angelou returns to Charlotte for a much-anticipated event honoring women leaders and raising scholarship money for deserving students through the United Negro College Fund this Saturday. Our very own, VP/General Manager, Debbie Kwei-Cook, will be honored with the Excellence Award. The Excellence Award was established to honow women who have made […]

To celebrate Black Music Month, I recruited Levine Museum of the New South historian Tom Hanchett. If you’ve never heard one of Hanchett’s talks please make a point to attend one of his lectures. He can explain everything from the city’s confusing street names to the rise and fall of historic black communities uptown. In […]

VIA ELEV8 Real faith filled life begins with real prayer. Many of us put in our weekly visits to church and consider that enough time. True prayer can be a great thing. A Good prayer can and should be intensely personal, we cannot learn to pray personally, or ever excel at it, unless we are […]

VIA ELEV8 The top 5 Gospel album this Week #1 Marvin Sapp- “Here I am” #2Various Artists- Wow Gospel 2010 #3 CoCo Brothers Live Presents #4 Bebe Winans and CeCe Winans- Still #5 Ashmont Hill- Your Masterpiece Upcoming Events June 17-19 Suwannee River Jubilee at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak […]

While in New Jersey last weekend for my brother’s wedding, my uncle and I got into a long discussion about Facebook. He’s an Internet security guy for the government and he spent a good hour explaining the dangers of Facebook. He has an account, but it’s completely locked down. He uses it too study the […]

VIA ESPN.COM In a news conference today, Tiger Woods tried to dispel rumors that the infamous car crash caused the neck injury that forced him to withdraw from the Player’s Championship. Woods said he returned to quickly after a four-month lay-off. He is treating the injury with physical therapy and anti-inflammatory medication. Woods said the […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Harvest Center hosted a fashion show featuring formerly homeless models as part of its volunteer appreciation luncheon. The Center is a drug and intervention program most known for its soup kitchen. Belk donated gift certificates for the clothes. Blossom Hair Boutique did the models’ hair, and makeup artist Joseph Huguenin of Durham […]

Today is primary day and numerous African Americans are vying to present us locally, statewide and in Congress. Unfortunately, turnout has been light at area polls, according to the Charlotte Observer. If people don’t exercise their right to vote then less than half of our population will likely decide key races. The candidates who are […]

According to a nationwide survey, black high school students are more optimistic than their peers.

The groundbreaking opera "Porgy and Bess" moves to the Belk Theater this year. The opera captures black life in a fictitious community in Charleston, S.C. The Charlotte production stars Leonard Rowe as Porgy on Saturday and Sunday and Kevin Short as Porgy on Friday and Saturday. Donita Volkijn stars as Bess and Reggie Whitehead as Sportin' Life. The opera will be at the Belk from May 14-16.