Inspiration
From Broadway.com: Fences stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis took home the leading actor and actress in a play 2010 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, both thanking God for their good fortune. “I don’t believe in luck or happenstance,” said Davis. “I absolutely believe in the presence of God in my life.” She […]
From BlackVoices: Internationally respected actor Don Cheadle has taken on a new humanitarian role as an environmentalist. He was appointed last Saturday in Kingali, Rwanda, as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program during a ceremony to mark the World Environment Day (WED). Cheadle’s appointment was announced in Volcanoes National Park during the […]
From Elev8.com: It is always important to return to the alignment to your wellbBeing. Here are some processes to help you do that. 1. Write a list of all the things that connect you to your Well Being. You can tailor this to things in the car for example my I-tunes, the radio, visualizing the […]
Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin stopped by Atlanta’s Praise 102.5 Monday night to promote his new book, “The Blueprint: A Plan For Living Above Life’s Storms,” on CoCo Brother Live. Although Kirk was only scheduled for CoCo’s first hour, the gospel star decided to stick around until the end of the show at 11pm! Several contest […]
From the New York Times: HAMPTON, Va. — For the first time as president, Barack Obama on Sunday delivered a commencement address to a historically black college, Hampton University, telling graduates that they have “a separate responsibility” to become mentors to other young African-Americans to help close a persistent gap in educational achievement. Mr. Obama, […]
From Elev8.com: Here I Am, the latest release from Marvin Sapp, celebrates its fourth week atop the Billboard Top Gospel Charts. In addition, the release sits at #7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Charts and #17 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums charts. WOW Gospel 2010 maintains the #2 position this week. Karen Clark Sheard’s All […]
From NBCChicago.com: A Gary, Indiana native will make history next month as the first black valedictorian from the University of Notre Dame. Katie Washington, 21, is a biology major and minor in Catholic social teaching with a 4.0 GPA. “I am humbled,” said Washington to the Northwest Indiana Times. “I am in a mode of […]
From Mississippi Clarion-Ledger: The soulful gospel of brother-and-sister duo BeBe and CeCe Winans has a sound like silk – bold and vibrant with a thread that’s stirring, sumptuous and strong. The chart-topping, multi-award-winning (Dove, Stellar, Grammy) pair reunited after 15 years pursuing successful solo careers. Their Oct. 6 release of “Still” has resonated with fans, […]
From CNN: President Barack Obama and his family chose a historically African-American church in southeast Washington, D.C., for Easter observances Sunday, entering a few minutes late to the sounds of “Alleluia,” which opened the 11 a.m. service. Congregants at the Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church broke into cheers and applause, snapping cell phone pictures […]
From the New York Times: There is no prouder moment in Haiti’s history than Jan. 1, 1804, when a band of statesmen-warriors declared independence from France, casting off colonialism and slavery to become the world’s first black republic. They proclaimed their freedom boldly — “we must live independent or die,” they wrote — but for […]
From Washington Post: By Bishop T.D. Jakes When people ask me to describe my idea of heaven, the thought itself can be quite daunting. Not because I doubt its existence, but because we have nothing here on earth that can equate to or even come close to the utopia that we would consider heaven to […]
From CNN: Thurgood Marshall, Hattie McDaniel, the Tuskegee Airmen and Walter Morris — all African-Americans who made history breaking the color barrier. But while America’s first black Supreme Court justice, the first African-American Oscar winner and the U.S. military’s first African-American pilots are well known, you may never have heard of Walter Morris or his […]