ICE has detained many immigrants in the Durham area in the past couple of weeks from their jobs, their neighborhoods, even while shopping or near their children’s schools. ICE has been detaining and separating illegal immigrants in large numbers in the Wake, Durham and Mecklenburg areas because the sheriff’s offices have refrained from partnering […]
Tori Kelly Featuring Women’s Empowerment 2019 performer Kirk Franklin, took home the 2019 Grammy for Never Alone. Nominated along with artist, Jekalyn Carr, Koryn Hawthorne, Jonathan McReynolds Featuring DOE, and Brian Courtney Wilson for Gospel/Contemporary Christain Music. Grammy winner, Smokie Norful posted a collage of Gospel artist, Jonathan McReynolds, The Walls Group, Todd Dulaney , Koryn Hawthorne, Jekalyn Carr , Brian Courtney Wilson. […]
Remember the Winans “Wherever I Go”? Check out the cover that popular singer and TV personality LEXI did with it. Listen as Lexi talks with Melissa Wade about her latest musical venture, why she was about to give up, remarkable healing and upcoming wedding!!!! Lexi returns with her newest single, “Wherever I Go,” from her Billboard-charting Motown Gospel […]
Frank Robinson was one of the greatest hitters in the game’s history, and the first black manager in Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball confirmed that the Baltimore Orioles superstar pass away on Wednesday at the age of 83. Here more about Robinson: Robinson was one of the greatest hitters in the game’s history Played 21 […]
Michael B. Jordan was totally convincing in playing the villain in Black Panther but he tells Oprah the role took a toll on his mental health. He revealed to Oprah at the taping of her “SuperSoul Conversations” TV special that he sought professional help after playing the villain. “I went to therapy, I started talking […]
Nikki Giovanni was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr., on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee. She grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. Giovanni worked to graduate with honors , proudly from her grandfather’s alma mater, Fisk University in 1967. Nikki Giovanni is currently a distinguished Professor , at Virginia Tech. She has worked there since 1987. […]
10-year-old Cub Scout Liam Holmes , took a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance in Durham, North Carolina ; while attending a City Council meeting. “What I did was took a knee against racial discrimination, which is basically when people are mean to other people of different colors,” Holmes told CNN. https://www.instagram.com/p/Btjjk2UAzMj/?hl=en In the interview they asked Liam’s […]
Congratulations to Dr. Roscoe D. Cooper III of Rising Mt Zion Baptist Church!
Heart disease is a leading cause of death for women in the US and Doc Swiner joined us today to give tips on how to prevent and naturally treat blood pressure and heart disease. February is National Heart Health Month. If you missed the show today … listen as Melissa talks with Doc Swiner about […]
A mother and step-father have been arrested and charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious injury on their 13 yr old daughter. Officers responded to a 911 call about a naked girl on the side of the road Monday, she initially told deputies that she was lost, but later said that she had been kidnapped. […]
Recent studies say, “For women less than 55 years old there has actually been an increase in the incidence of heart disease. Mt. Sinai hospital cardiologist, Steinbaum says, “we are seeing risk factors likes high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes increasing the risk in this population that is otherwise really healthy.” Symptoms can be different for women […]
Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York ; June 27, 1936. She was a dual Pulitzer Prize nominee for poetry in the 80’s. Cliftons work; Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980 (1987) and Next: New Poems (1987). As her legacy is remembered through her great poetry, Lucille wrote tons of children’s books. Everett Anderson’s nine month long; […]