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Getting my first car was a huge milestone for me, especially since I already had a lot of driving experience before owning one. My parents spent a lot of time teaching me how to drive and making sure I was fully prepared for the road, which helped me feel confident behind the wheel. I got my first car for Christmas, and it’s a 2003 model, so it doesn’t have all the modern features like a backup camera or autopilot.
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The Realizing the Dream Health Living Expo Cook-off is one of the most popular features at the Expo. Last year, it was the battle of the collard greens and cornbread. This year, we found the BEST Macaroni and Cheese. The winners were: 1st Place, Jaqueline Williams with Old School Mac & Cheese; 2nd Place Cheron Sneed with Mac and Cheese and 3rd Place Felicia Guimont with Loaded Mac Attack.
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Bill Cobbs, a prominent Black American actor with roles in more than 150 films and television shows, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, his family said.
As much as any message that stirred the crowd and brought them to tears that day was “I’ve Been Buked and I’ve Been Scorned,” a slave lamentation first recorded as a Negro spiritual in the early 20th Century. Sang that day by the reputed, “Queen of Gospel Music,” Mahalia Jackson, upon special request from Dr. King, she rendered the song slowly and prayerfully in her deep, rich contralto just before he spoke.
Though it’s taken years for Diddy to accumulate enough wealth to qualify him as a billionaire, it “We are most proud of the transformation that our teams will experience as they shift from being employees to owners of the business they are helping to build. Black culture is global culture, and REVOLT’s superpower is being the home for creators that move culture globally, allowing us to build the most powerful storytelling engine for Black voices,” said Revolt CEO Detavio Samuels at the time.
Central City Productions recently announced the nominees in 36 categories for the 39th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards taping on Saturday, July 20th, returning to Las Vegas at the Orleans Arena. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning TV personality and comedian Loni Love, alongside Marconi Award-winning radio/TV personality and comedian Rickey Smiley, the evening will bring together gospel music’s brightest stars for a celebration billed as “The Greatest Night in Gospel Music.” The 39th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards will premiere on the Stellar Network on Saturday, August 3rd at 8PM and 10PM EST and in broadcast syndication from August 10, 2024 – September 8, 2024.
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