via Joy105: It is a museum of biblical proportions – and it is stirring controversies to match. Opening next month in Washington, the Museum of the Bible cost half a billion dollars to build, spans 430,000 sq ft over eight floors and claims to be the most hi-tech museum in the world. Reading every placard, […]
On Saturday morning, Washington, D.C. became the host for one of the largest gatherings of Blacks in twenty years. With the sound of beating drums, welcoming guests onto the National Mall, it was truly a sight to behold as people trickled in and later poured onto the Mall of our Nations Capitol to hear words […]
Roland Martin and NewsOne Now preview the commemoration of the Million Man March and the Justice or Else rally in Washington D.C.
In a morning meeting with Republicans on Friday, House Speaker John Boehner announced his resignation from Congress amidst a struggle that could end with a government shutdown,…
Wanted in the gruesome slayings of a prominent Washington family and their housekeeper, quadruple murder suspect Daron Dylon Wint was tailed by federal authorities from the nation’s capital to New York and back before he was arrested late Thursday. “We tracked him up to New York City and barely missed him last night,” said Cmdr. […]
Some call it the “Nerd Prom,” others call it the “Oscars of D.C.” Now, a new documentary by Patrick Gavin titled Nerd Prom: Inside Washington’s…
Dr. Olivia Hooker, the first African-American woman to actively enroll in the U.S. Coast Guard, was honored last week with not one, but two commemorative…
According to author and historian Anthony Browder the dollar bill, Washington Monument and the Library of Congress are all dripping with ancient African symbols. Browder,…
Washington, DC is getting a new museum, the Museum of the Bible. “Nobody has ever created a museum dedicated to the Bible and certainly not one of this size,” said Cary Summers, museum president. The site is just three blocks from the National Mall. Hobby Lobby billionaire Steve Green collected more than 44,000 Biblical […]
In a statement released on Monday, November 24th, Radio One Chairperson and Founder, Cathy Hughes said the following about the passing of Marion Barry: “The Radio…
Former Washington D.C. mayor, Marion Barry set the record straight about his 1990 drug arrest on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin. Barry’s new book, Mayor…
*U.S. Rep. John Lewis was arrested Tuesday in front of the Capitol during a protest advocating reform of the nation’s immigration laws. The Atlanta…
