Praise Report
In this edition of GRIFF’s Prayer, GRIFF explains that he loves to keep up with maintenance on his “beautiful 13” feet by going to get them done at nail salons. He noticed, however, that the ladies at the salon love to talk about him and other customers in their native language of Vietnamese. So in […]
getty images: A federal appeals court ruled that employers who ban dreadlocks in the workplace are not engaging in racial discrimination, according to the Huffington Post. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 3-0 last week to uphold a lower court’s dismissal of a 2013 lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf […]
getty images: America’s newest museum brings to life all the pain and tribulations of the black experience and its creators expect many visitors will be shaken by what they see and hear. Slave shackles sit ominously in a glass case, surrounded by whispering hymns of past pains. Nearby are artifacts from a slave ship which […]
What is beauty? According to our society, it is a face full of makeup, heels too high to walk in, a size 2 waist, long flowing locks and other made-up standards. But that’s just not a good definition of beauty. What makes you beautiful can be found right in the pages of the Bible. Here […]
Baltimore native Jonathan Nelson calls in to Sound of Praise to chat about his latest album, 'Fearless.'
Sacramento, California Mayor and former NBA Superstar Kevin Johnson was hit in the face with a pie by an unknown and unexpected assailant. Mayor Johnson was attending a Community Benefit at a local high school when a man named “Sean Thompson” walked up to him, grabbed him and smashed a pie right in his face. […]
On Thursday the MacArthur Foundation announced the 23 recipients of its prestigious award, commonly referred to as the “genius” grant. Joyce J. Scott was an artist in utero. She will tell you that while she was safely inside the womb, her mother, an internationally recognized fiber artist, was nourishing her with colors and patterns and […]
Actor and activist Harry Belafonte recently sat down withRoland Martin for an exclusive interview to discuss his upcoming social justice music festival Many Rivers To Cross, his views about Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem protest, and the fight for social justice. During the course of their chat, Mr. Belafonte explained what it means to be a […]
NBA players are being urged to reach out to league and union officials to try and come up with ways to create “positive change” in communities around the country, a move that comes in response to protests in other sports about racial oppression and other social matters. Players received a memo from the NBA and […]
*Richard T. Jones and Kim Fields are currently in production on a faith-based film from Silver Lining Entertainment. Jones and C. Thomas Howell topline “A Question of Faith,” which will focus on a diverse community that comes together following a tragic texting and driving accident, eventually uniting through prayer and their quest for forgiveness. At […]