White House Official Photo The moment award-winning gospel singer Tamela Mann received the call to perform at the White House, she immediately became emotional over the incredible honor. “I said, ‘Wow!’ and my eyes teared up,” she said in a NewsOne Nowinterview with Roland Martin. Fans will be able to witness her soul-stirring performance of […]
Brotherhood Crusade students returned this week from a special trip to the nation’s capital to learn about the history of gospel music and have an opportunity to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama “The History of Gospel” was hosted at the White House for a select group of youth who traveled from all over the […]
Streamed live on Apr 14, 2015 The President and First Lady invites music legends and top contemporary artists to the White House as part of its “In Performance at the White House” series. The event will pay tribute to the fundamental role gospel music has played in the American musical tradition and the important artists […]
*”Is this not cool? I mean, come on, you’re in the White House,” First Lady Michelle Obama told the more than 150 students at the White House Wednesday for the first ever fashion education workshop. The event was part of the first lady’s “Reach Higher” initiative, where high school students visit the White House to […]
Most visitors to the White House’s Oval Office, President Barack Obama‘s official work space, are on their best behavior. But one little boy whose parents were visiting with the president made his boredom evident in a comical photo that has gone viral. source: Joy105.com
President Barack Obama is a year older today. The 44th President of the United States is 53. Obama kicked off the festivities this weekend partaking in a round of golf in Maryland with some childhood friends, according to the White House. The Democratic National Committee, meantime, has been encouraging the public to sign a […]
First lady Michelle Obama smiles as she is introduced at the kids’ “State Dinner” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. The event recognizes 54 winners of a nationwide recipe challenge to promote healthy lunches representing all U.S. states, three territories and the District of Columbia. First lady […]
*Malia and Sasha Obama are not going to leave the White House without knowing what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck – if their parents have anything to do with it. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle both worked minimum-wage jobs before they got law degrees: a character-building experience they said they also want […]
NBC News and The Wall Street Journal are reporting that the White House is considering nominating the Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Toby Cosgrove to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. NBC News reports Cosgrove has been contacted by the Obama Administration in a preliminary conversation about the Department of Veterans Affairs. […]
Call it “American Idol: White House.” Or something like that. The White House is hosting its first ever talent show next week. Yes, you read that right. There’s going to be a talent show at the White House. By all indications this one should be a bit higher caliber than what you’re used to: school […]
The White House has partnered with EBONY magazine to launch a national summit series with the hope of brainstorming new ways to help Black boys succeed in school and in life. The national tour will kick off this Friday on March 28 at Morehouse College in Atlanta. A follow-up to President Obama‘s “My Brother’s Keeper” campaign announcement last month at the White House, […]
He bobbled the spelling, but President Barack Obama had nothing but R-E-S-P-E-C-T for the “women of soul” who shook and rattled the rafters of the White House on Thursday night. “What a lineup!” Obama declared at the outset of a concert that featured a generations-spanning array of soul singers that stretched from musical legends Aretha […]
