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VIA: PraiseHouston.com Check out this video footage of Christian rapper Lecrae as he performed Live in Houston at the Kemah Boardwalk earlier last month.
Thursday, Tyscot Music and Entertainment released a new gospel video titled “Dream” by legendary singer Shirley Murdock. The single, which is the first from Murdock’s forthcoming project “The Journey,” recently debuted on the nationally syndicated “CoCo Brother Live” radio show. The song was written by Murdock, her husband Dale DeGroat and evangelist TD Jakes. Murdock […]
When New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced in June that he will close seven state medium and minimum-security prison facilities, he not only put thousands of jobs in peril, he signified the political and racial divide in the state’s correctional facilities. Cuomo spared the state’s maximum-security prisons, which are primarily located in white, rural, […]
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools are teaming up with Groupon, the popular deal-of-the-day website, for a great cause. The Chicago school system is encouraging people to pledge funds for back-to-school kits for the city’s low-income students on the website. The city plans to donate 6,000 kits on its own, but is also asking Chicagoans to […]
In a week where much attention was focused on maids and domestic workers, I had the unique opportunity of participating in a gathering at the White House that highlighted the ability and possibility of women – even maids in the 1960s – to transform societal norms. At the invitation of First Lady Michelle Obama, I […]
As the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case continues to unfold, his accuser Nafissatou Diallo is caught in an old, deplorable game of demonizing the woman — and Black women in particular — as sexual aggressors and prostitutes. The media’s continued assault on her character practically forced her to come forward, defend her character and profess her truth. […]
via Pew Research The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from 2009. These lopsided wealth ratios are the largest since the government began publishing such data a quarter century ago […]
With the recent bombing and shootings in Oslo committed by madman Anders Breivik, we decided to take a look back and find the 10 most notorious white terrorists of all-time. When you hear the word terrorist in our national media conversation, you usually hear the words Islamic and Muslim right before it. But rarely ever […]
An investigative report by Atlanta’s Fox 5 news station states a fifth accuser in the Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal played a role in the negotiations that ended in a secret settlement between the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church preacher and four other men who sued him for sexual coercion. Senior I-Team reporter Dale Russell […]
We’re definitely ready for some football and so are the players. For the last four month, the lockout seemed to pit spoiled athletes versus greedy owners. This week those athletes showed fans that they appreciate our support. Players from a variety of teams personally thanked fans for their support during the four-month lockout in a […]
Police brutality videos inspire our outrage. So why do videos of Black-On-Black violence get laughs? Johan Thomas explains why, and what we can do about it. When footage of the Rodney King beating hit the airwaves some twenty years ago, Americans watched only a few seconds of the entire nine minute video in which Los […]
A 10-year-old Georgia boy is already building a career as a fitness guru. C.J. Sentor teaches fitness classes, has a fitness DVD, and does his…