First Lady To America’s Youth: ‘Let’s Move’
Since she first moved into the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama’s advocacy around childhood obesity has been well documented–planting and harvesting a vegetable garden with children to talk about healthy eating, for example, and hosting activities with professional athletes and kids on the White House lawn. But on Tuesday she unveiled a comprehensive campaign [...]
Mary J. Launches Charitable T-Shirt Line
Style savvy celebrities and women in the know have continually turned to Catherine Malandrino for her fresh and feminine take on fashion. Now, with the designer’s new collaboration, you can shop her collection to make a difference.
Malandrino and her friend Mary J. Blige put their creative minds together to launch a charitable line of T-shirts [...]
Vison of the House – Empowering and
Mandela celebrates 20 years of freedom
Nelson Mandela, fellow veterans of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and family have raised glasses of bubbly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.
Mandela was released Feb. 11, 1990 after 27 years in prison, most of it spent on Cape Town’s Robben Island. In video released from a celebration at his Johannesburg home [...]
Landmark Year In Modern Black History – 1968
1968 was a big year for Black history, including the tragic assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the signing into law of the Civil Rights Act. Check out the gallery here…
Shawty Lo Walks For Diabetes
Atlanta artist Shawty Lo and his foundation L.O.L.O (Loving Our Little Ones) will again be participating in the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out and Walk campaign this year.
This is the second year that Shawty Lo has participated in the event, which is one of the American Diabetes Association’s biggest fundraisers.
This year, the rapper, who [...]
President Obama’s White House Mentoring Program
The mentoring program for teenage girls that First Lady Michelle Obama launched last November has recently expanded to include 20 boys who have been paired with White House staffers. “We know the difference a responsible, caring adult can make in a child’s life,” President Barack Obama said in a ceremony last month kicking off the [...]
Marvelyn Brown Is HIV Positive And Greater Than AIDS
At 19, Marvelyn Brown was at the top of her game. She was a high school basketball star in love with guy she trusted. One day as she lay in ICU with unrelated pneumonia she was told she was HIV positive. As doctors told her the disease was in her body for just three weeks, [...]
Why We Still Need Black History Month
When did everybody start hating on Black History Month? I have yet to find a person, black or white or anything else, looking forward to the February festivities. At one point, when speaking to a well-known black intellectual about participating in a video NEWSWEEK is putting together, I was stunned by the vehemence of his [...]
Laura Bush Joins Smithsonian’s Black History Board
Former first lady Laura Bush has a new title to add to her resume. She’s the newest member of the advisory board for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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