According to The BelleReport.com Mississippi Mass Choir producing album Jackson, Miss. — Seventy-seven-year-old Mosie Burks thought she’d live a quiet existence after retirement and travel the country with her husband, but 15 years ago, she embarked on a journey that gave new spiritual meaning to the term “the golden years.” At the suggestion of […]
According to www.wikipedia.org Mahalia Jackson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Mahalia Jackson Jackson circa 1962, photographed by Carl Van Vechten Background information Birth name Mahala Jackson Also known as Halie Jackson Born October 26, 1911(1911-10-26)[1] New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Died January 27, 1972(1972-01-27) (aged 60) Evergreen Park, Illinois,U.S. Genres Gospel Occupations singer […]
According to bach-cantas.com Henry Lewis (Conductor) Born: October 16, 1932 – Los Angeles, California, USA Died: 1996 The black American conductor, Henry Lewis, began studying piano at the age of five and later learned to play the clarinet as well as several string instruments. After six years as a double-bassist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 8 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Amos sat down with living world history, Amb. Andrew Young. He marched and worked with Dr. Martin Luther King. Was Mayor of Atlanta, a Congressman and US Ambassador to the United Nations under President Jimmy Carter. Amb. Young was in Indy recently to speak […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 44 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Ron Gibson was the last of the three candidates for the Democratic nomination of Mayor of Indianapolis to stop by Afternoons with Amos this past week. Gibson talked with Amos and listeners about jobs, economic revitalization of neighborhoods, how poorly the city handled the […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 28 Minutes. Audio©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Labor unions and working men and women are under attack from conservative Republican Governors and legislators. On Afternoons with Amos, Lee Saunders, Secretary/Treasurer of AFSCME, the highest profile African-American in the national labor movement, discussed the protests in Wisconsin (he has been on the ground […]
1940: Soul singer William “Smokey” Robinson born in Detroit, Michigan. Smokey was an original member of Motown’s first vocal group, The Miracles.
Audio Included in Post. Runs 44 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Barbara Bolling, the Indiana State NAACP President and Crystal Ratcliffe, President of the Greater Indianapolis NAACP appeared on Afternoons with Amos and talked about what the NAACP is doing about the issues facing the African-American community. They discuss education, jobs, immigration, police abuse of […]
Indianapolis – Colts owner Jim Irsay announced on Twitter that the team has released safety Bob Sanders. “We thank Bob [for] all his incredible contributions from his Super Bowl pic to [defensive] Player of Year honors,” Irsay wrote. Sanders has been with the team since 2004, but has been dogged by injuries throughout his career. In 2007, […]
