Wellness Check – Super Foods for Super Health

by Cherie S. White | Dec 15, 2025

Food truly is fuel. And it’s important to eat high quality foods for optimal health. Consider incorporating superfoods into your diet.What are superfoods?Superfoods are easily digestible foods that contain a high concentration of nutrients, fat-burning compounds,...

Little Known Black History Fact – Black America 250: December 16, 2003, President George W. Bush signs H.R. 3491, the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act 

by Cherie S. White | Dec 15, 2025

This act authorized the creation of a Smithsonian Institution museum dedicated to the legacy of African Americans in America.  The attendees included  members of the Presidential Commission on the Development of the National Museum of African American...

HBCU Corner – HBCU Receives $5 Million Gift as President Recovers from Transplant

by Cherie S. White | Dec 15, 2025

Salisbury, NC-based HBCU Livingstone College received yet another transformational boost, adding to a remarkable run of support that is helping reshape the Salisbury institution’s future. The latest gift — a $5 million donation from an anonymous benefactor — further...

Wellness Check – Holiday Stress? Try These Yoga Poses to Bring You Joy

by Cherie S. White | Dec 14, 2025

Yoga is an excellent way to increase your flexibility, build and tone the muscles and improve balance. But just as important are yoga’s benefits to the mind and spirit.If you’re overwhelmed and stressed by the hustle and bustle of the holidays, give these calming yet...

Little Known Black History Fact – Black America 250: December 13, 1903-The Birth Date of Ella Baker, “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”

by Cherie S. White | Dec 14, 2025

Ella Jo Baker was born December 13, 1903, in Norfolk, Virginia.  Growing up in North Carolina, she developed a sense for social justice early on, due in part to her grandmother’s stories about life under slavery. As a slave, her grandmother had been whipped for...