COUPLES COUNSELOR MATTHEW D. JONES, JR. RELEASES DVD ON RELATIONSHIP BUILDING FOR MARRIED COUPLES

DETROIT (Tell Us USA) – Relationship counselor Matthew D. Jones, Jr. is putting his passion onto a digital disc as he releases his latest project, A Promise Made is a Promise Kept! A Guide For A Loving and Lasting Marriage, is now available.

A native of Detroit, Jones has more than 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist and relationship coach and is the founder of Matthew Jones & Associates. Through his practice, this educator, motivator, and mentor has counseled hundreds of individuals and couples. An accomplished author, Jones has published two books: Will the Real Black Men Please Stand Up (1998) and Raising Boys to Become Responsible Men (2006). He’s also written several articles for Michigan newspapers and released a CD entitled Boys Turning Thirteen, A Guide for Emotional Growth (2004).   More

R&B star Usher honored at Detroit awards program

DETROIT (Tell Us Det) - R&B singer Usher Raymond IV and magazine publisher John Johnson were honored at the 12th Annual Ford Freedom Fund Award gala Thursday at the Charles H. Wright Museum for African American History.

Entertainment Tonight anchor Kevin Frazier and WXYZ-TV host Chuck Stokes served as emcees. The gala featured video tributes to both honorees and civil rights leader Dorothy Height. There were also song tributes, which included Detroit songstress Monica Blair. More

Timbuktu Academy Student Art Exhibition Displayed in Fisher Building

Detroit, MI - Students of Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology’s After-School Fine Arts Program were invited to display their art works in the lobby of the Fisher Building in Detroit February 15 through 28. The exhibit’s theme, “Dreaming Bigger than Before,” was coordinated by the Nia Arts Program.

The Nia Arts Program was established by Timbuktu Academy to provide children attending the school and children in the local community the opportunity to participant in creating numerous visual art forms. Marygrove College has provided a grant to support infusing art in the 3rd and 4th grades   More

Donnie 'Luv Bug' Simpson Leaves WPGC-FM in DC. Station invokes Non Compete Clause

WASHINGTON DC (Tell Us DC) - In an effort to change the ol'skool format of Donnie 'Luv Bug' Simpson’s morning show at the CBS owned, Washington DC radio station WPGC-FM, the management got involved by attempting to force the popular morning drive DJ to play more current music and override his “creative control” contract clause. As a result, Simpson decided to walk in late January ending a 32 year career and a long affiliation with WPGC.  More

DPS students show marked improvement in MEAP test performance

DETROIT - Detroit Public Schools students in third through eighth grades showed improvement on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests administered last fall, according to test results released on Friday.

The district’s students’ scores rose or remained constant in 11 of 16 categories of students and subjects tested. District-wide, 85.6 percent of third graders scored proficient or higher on the math portion of the test, compared to 74.8 percent the previous year.  More

PARADE COMPANY READY TO “CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT” AND KICK OFF EXCITING NEW CHANGES TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTIES OF THE YEAR– HOB NOBBLE GOBBLE®

Ford Field chosen to host highly-anticipated black-tie fundraiser on its new date - Saturday, November 20

DETROIT – A more than 20-year tradition in the city of Detroit is getting a brand new stage to spotlight its one-of-a-kind evening of live entertainment, celebrities, fabulous food and desserts, carnival rides, games and great giveaways to support America’s Thanksgiving Parade®. Following in the footsteps of some of the world’s largest events, The Parade Company has chosen to hold the 21st Annual Hob Nobble Gobble® at Ford Field, one of America’s premiere venues. More

Riverfront park renamed after former Gov. Milliken

DETROIT (AP) -- Another piece in the redevelopment of Detroit's long-ignored riverfront is nearing completion.

Work on a pathway connecting a 1.2-mile pedestrian and bike trail to Michigan's first state urban park should be finished in December and is part of ongoing recreational improvements along the Detroit River. Tri-Centennial State Park was renamed Thursday after former Michigan Gov. William Milliken.

Milliken, a moderate Republican who served as governor from 1969 to 1983, was an advocate of reclaiming the riverfront from Detroit's faded manufacturing era.   More

Child Molestation Happens more often than not in the Black Community

Sexual abuse survivor breaks the silence about child molestation during the Congressional Black Caucus 39th Annual Legislative Conference

Detroit, MI—The Congressional Black Caucus, comprised of the African-American members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, will bring together diverse organizations and individuals to collectively discuss common issues and concerns facing the African American community.

On Thursday, September 24th, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., author, speaker and sexual abuse survivor and victim advocate, Stephanie L. Jones, will discuss and sign her bestselling book, The Enemy Between My Legs, which shares her powerful testimony of overcoming years of child molestation.    More

STUDENT’S PORTRAIT OF THE PRESIDENT IS HANGING IN THE CAPITOL

Detroit, MI - Tangela Frazier is an 11th grade student at Pershing High School who has worked a little harder than the average student. But, it has paid off in a great deal of personal pride. She is a winner in the 2009 Congressional Artistic Discovery Competition with her portrait of President Barack H. Obama which was noticed by Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. In the portrait, Tangela displays her mastery of the technique known as pointillism-using just the point of the art tool, in her case a pen and ink, to create thousands of tiny dots that create the image. As a winner in the competition, her black and white portrait of the President was sent to Washington and is hanging in the main corridor of the Capitol Building. More

Tom Joyner’s 2009 Fantastic Voyage™ Raises More than $1mm

‘Ultimate Party with a Purpose’ Features Performances by the Legendary Smokey Robinson and All-Star Old School Hip Hop Artists

(Dallas, TX – June 8, 2008) Nationally syndicated media personality Tom
Joyner wrapped up the 2009 Fantastic Voyage™, raising more than $1million to help keep students in black colleges, and providing passengers 24/7, sun-up to sundown music, comedy and seminars.

More than 30 top-named Old School and New School R&B entertainers performed on the ninth annual Fantastic Voyage™, benefiting the Tom Joyner Foundation. The seven day, six night cruise on board the world’s largest cruise liner, the Royal Caribbean International’s ‘Mariner of the Seas’™, set sail May 17th – 24th from Hollywood, California   More

John Legend Headlines Star Studded Concert At Monster Cable Awards During 2010 CES In Las Vegas

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Pontiac, MI based ABC Warehouse wins "Monster" award

LAS VEGAS, NV (Tell Us USA) - Monster Cable Retailer Awards, honoring the top sales companies (retailer and distribution) of Monster Cable products capped off a whirlwind week with a free concert headlined by R&B superstar John Legend at the Paris Hotel Casino Resort Ballroom on the Las Vegas Strip Friday night. A performance billed as “John Legend and Special Guests” included his brother Vaughn Anthony and Motown great Stevie Wonder making the show a magical evening.  More

IMAGES OF ML KING, JR. NATIONAL MEMORIAL  SITE

(Washington, D.C.--June 3, 2010) – A new "MLK Construction Cam" is up and running to allow every American and citizen around the world to tour the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial worksite on the National Mall. To view the site, visit www.MLKMemorial.org/earthcam.  

And Lena Makes Three: Civil Rights Activist broke down racial barriers

Family and friends say goodbye to Lena Horne at the St. Ignatius church in Manhattan Friday. (Photo from New York Daily News)

DETROIT (Tell Us Det) - Benjamin Hooks, Dorothy Height and now Lena Horne; each left indelible marks in their own fields while simultaneously standing up to discrimination and breaking down racial barriers. Entertainment, education and the church were career paths most often pursued by blacks during the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s largely because they presented the fewest obstacles to success.   More

And Lena's Star Shines On...

“I’m not alone, I’m free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don’t have to be a symbol to anybody; I don’t have to be a first to anybody.” -Lena Horne

Lena Horne, will be remembered for being a timeless beauty with classic style, grace and for her authentic performances of “Stormy Weather,” and “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” but I invite you to look beyond the voice that’s probably being played throughout the world after hearing of her passing on Sunday, May 10th and truly explore her plight of being a black woman during a time in history when envisioning an African American president would have been unimaginable or an African American actress being acknowledged for an Oscar winning performance would have been absurd. More

26th CEED Annual Awards Celebration

The Center for Empowerment & Economic Development Honors Outstanding Achievers and Volunteers-Denise Ilitch gives Keynote Address

The Center for Empowerment & Economic Development (CEED) celebrated 26 years of commitment to empowering women and minorities in business at its Annual Awards Celebration. The event took place on Thursday, April 22, at the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit. The CEED Outstanding Achievement Award honors members, volunteers, corporations and partners that mentor others, give of themselves financially or in-kind to CEED or other business and community organizations.   More

White group's step show win causes fiery debate over integration of traditional black activity

Online debate rages over white group's step win

ATLANTA - Visit any of the nation's more than 100 historically black colleges or universities and you'll see clusters of men and women engaged in the rhythmic clapping and foot stomping routines known in black Greek circles as "stepping."

Now a white Arkansas team's win in an Atlanta step competition has started a fiery debate over the African-inspired tradition and whether the integration of a once-ethnically exclusive activity constitutes a form of cultural theft. More

Family, friends, fans, by the thousands, say goodbye to Ron Banks 


DETROIT (Tell Us Det) - Detroit native "Ron" Banks, founder of the soul group The Dramatics, was laid to rest Saturday after a tearful, yet joyful homegoing celebration held at Greater Grace Temple on the city's westside. The four hour service was full of music, poetry and farewells to the singer and words of comfort to his family.

Ron was educated in the Detroit Public Schools system and attended Atkinson Elementary, Hutchins Junior High, and Northern High School. While attending Northern High School, Ron was involved in many extracurricular activities, among them baseball. It has often been said that he could have played professionally.  More

'Precious' The Movie: Detroit Denby High School Students and Staff react to film screening


DETROIT (Tell Us Det) - Those are the words of Claireece Precious Jones from the opening paragraph of “Push” a novel by Sappire, and now a major motion picture. Precious, the unflinching tale of a sexually abused Harlem teenager may be a difficult story to experience, and yet a visionary school principal in Detroit decided girls at Denby High School should see the film. Such an undertaking is, in and of itself remarkable, and a chronicle of courage, spirit and lessons learned. More

NAVY RETHINKS, RESETS ITS OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

New views on a career path to success for college students

"An area that's of great interest to me, of great focus to me is the issue of diversity within our military. The military of the United States must reflect the nation. We have to work today to put in place the demographics of 40 years from now." This is a statement from Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, and his belief sets the tone for today’s United States Navy.   More

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