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The book challenges everyone to refocus and face the gruesome reality about income inequality. Brothers in the struggle, both Smiley and West will kick off a tour around the U.S. to promote their message and new book on April 15 in Los Angeles. They’ll be visiting churches, libraries, classrooms, and other intellectual environments. “What happened […]
National Action Network, a leading civil right organization founded by Reverend Al Sharpton will hold its 14th Annual Convention on April 11-14th inWashington, D.C. As a leading voice championing justice for Trayvon Martin, supporting this organization is important. Founded in 1991, NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to […]
North Carolina is the fourth-largest strawberry-producing state in the nation. Weather is the main factor in determining the maturity of a strawberry crop and the length of the season, said Robin Watson, a regional agronomist at the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Along with Barry’s, many of the more than 150 strawberry farms […]
Just as the Civil Rights Movement was beginning to reach new heights, one of its most prominent leaders and vocal proponents was gunned down in a heinous assassination. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was slain by a gunshot as he stood outside a Memphis hotel on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. Central time. The […]
Bobby and Octavia McPhail in mid-September arrived at the North District precinct to file a complaint with the Raleigh Police Department’s Internal Affairs unit. Soon after entering the precinct, the McPhails spotted a poster attached to a metal detector. Headlined, “A Dangerous Armed Suspect,” the poster displayed photos of their son, Antonio McPhail, and his […]
Ten-digit dialing has arrived and callers are asked to please proceed carefully. Misdials are are slowing 9-1-1 dispatchers response time. If you misdial, don’t hang up …. here’s what to do if you misdial to dispatcher.
Radio One affiliate stations across the country are participating in the fifth annual Radio Cares for St. Jude Radiothon kicking off on April 5.
At this season of the year, we celebrate the grandeur of God’s creation in the beauty of the flowers and the return of the robins. We clasp our loved ones in rituals of food and drink, laughter and embrace. Some of us will also sit in services of silence, music, and sacred readings. We will […]
Community and family are relieved that an arrest has been made in a local Durham Tire store shooting. JoAnna Wright said she ran through her house. “I was just ecstatic,” she said. Wright lost her mother, 65-year-old Naomi Wright, in the shooting. Police say O’Brian McNeil White, 24, of Durham, opened fire last Friday afternoon […]
