Executive Vice President Lloyd Howell has been named 2011 Black Engineer of the Year by U.S. Black Engineer and Technology magazine in the 25th anniversary of the awards. The Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) will be presented Feb. 19, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
Miss Black Connecticut USA, Osas Ighodaro, is the new Miss Black USA® 2010. She immediately gave praise of thanksgiving to God during her acceptance of the crown at the historical Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC. This is the first time in history that two queens from Connecticut won the title of Miss Black USA®.
“Freedom Sings,” an evening celebrating the power of free speech in music and honoring the career of Mary Chapin Carpenter, will be presented April 27 at the Newseum in downtown Washington.
Documentary- The Nine Lives of Marion Barry debuts tonight on HBO
Article I wrote for July 2009 edition of JENESIS magazine (www.jenesismagazine.com) about the AIDS epidemic in DC. I’m just cropping it down to fit this blog and placing it here in case you missed seeing it online. There’s been a lot of discussion about DC in particular over the past several months after learning that rate has been on the rise.
The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association Inc., is pleased to present “Colors of Life,” a new juried members exhibition starting Tuesday, July 21 through Monday, September 4, 2009, at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives in DC.
I just finished watching Oprah and Jill Biden broke the truth that her husband Joe Biden had a choice of either being Vice President or Secretary of State. Boy oh boy! Joe looked over at “wifey” and she just didn’t get it, but Oprah, Joe, and Jill just went with …
I’m DC bound for the week and this song gets me every time.
I’m headed to DC. No special tickets or invites (although I welcome them!), but I know I just want to be in DC to catch the spirit of this historic inauguration. Not to worry, I will have my cameras and hopefully even get a hold of a video camera, too, …
That’s right. I think so many people have forgotten Martin Luther King’s actual birthday as we’ve moved holidays around here in the States over the years to fall nicely on the calendar. His actual birth date was January 15, 1929. He would have been 80 years old today. Kind of eery that Obama is making history almost in alignment with King’s 80th birthday
The second of a 2 part series interview with Toya Smith Marshall. This final part focuses on the discussion we had about natural hair.
Preface (or shall I say Premise) I’m not a non-believer, but I’m also not in a confident space when it comes to my own spirituality. When Dove from Tygereye Entertainment approached me about interviewing one of her clients, Jocelyn AKA iNDIGO, who is an urban gospel artist, I initially had …
…”The Green Ball: Inauguration of a New Green Economy” will be held Jan. 19 at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington. A draft version of the invitation, obtained by The Washington Times, urges people to join Mr. Gore to “bring together a diverse coalition of environmentally-forward organizations, entrepreneurs, scientists …
Every day, I feel like I’m learning my way around this blog thing more and more. I just stumbled upon an interesting article on Hello, Negro’s blog. The title is “Black Women and the Fear of Natural Hair“. Given my blog’s inspiration, I found an article like this one a …
