[tps_header]What do Nelson Mandela, Oprah and Soledad O’Brien have in common? They’ve all received the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM). The NCRM is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and thanks to African Pride, I was able to tour the museum, interview several of the awardees and attend the awards … [Read more...]
Diary of a Reformed Kid-Phobe
by Gwen Jimmere Flashback to October 2009. If someone had told me then that a year and a half later I'd be a mother, I would have run away screaming at the top of my lungs with my arms flailing in the air. You see, I was never the girl who dreamt of the day she'd be a mom. I'd only prematurely picked out baby names to keep from seeming like a freak to those who'd ask how … [Read more...]