The Juneteenth Festival of Buffalo was started in 1976 by B.U.I.L.D., a community-based organization, as a culturally relevant alternative to the country’s Bicentennial Celebration. The group blocked off part of Jefferson Avenue -- the “Main Street” of Buffalo’s Black...
Gospel Radio Announcer Daulton Anderson received the 2015 Stellar Reach Trailblazer Award recently during the 30th Annual Stellar Awards Weekend in Las Vegas. This award recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to enhance the longevity of Gospel music in the industry.
The Stellar Awards is the...
Sisters for a Better Black Community, Inc. (SBBC) was founded in Rochester, NY by 7 young women (Arelia Smith Langhorne, Alice Evans, Jacqueline Hill, Betty Laster Benbow, Dinah Kidd, Ella Grady, and Eartha Smith) in the Fall 1971. It...
It has been nearly fifty years since an assassin’s bullet ended the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This means that two full generations of Americans know only what they have seen in photographs, film and...
Oxygen’s popular “Preachers” franchise headed to Motown with the Preachers of Detroit, which premiered late February and can be seen every Friday night at 8/7c. The series will focus on faith, family, and friendship as the cast members share...
We have witnessed the emergence of an anointed messenger who is touching the lives of millions throughout the world with his music, ministry and now his media. Donnie McClurkin embraced music’s transformative power at an early age and continued...
In 2011 there was a lawsuit to ban the National Day of Prayer. We are thankful to God that the suit was unsuccessful. Throughout the years we have seen various Christian freedoms challenged and some have been lost. This...
believes all things, hopes all things…
1 Corinthians 13:7
In the deep private corridors of your heart, there is a room. It’s called the Appreciation Room. It’s where your thoughts go when you encounter positive and encouraging things about your...
2011 Bishop Kearney graduate, Kade Henderson was recently crowned Miss Black New York USA 2015. Born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Rochester, New York; Kade attended Buffalo State College and is a Fashion Merchandise Management graduate from Fashion...
The Ninth Annual Greater Rochester Night to Honor Israel (NTHI) will be held March 29, 2015. The purpose of the event is for the Greater Rochester community to come together in unity for the State of Israel and Jewish...
