Student Ziainey Stokes from West Philadelphia wrote a letter to President Obama about bullying in January. The 11-year-old was fed up with being a victim after several years of abuse at two schools. Not expecting a response, Ziainey was ecstatic to find what arrived in her mailbox in March – a genuine letter from the Commander-in-Chief.
Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass' funeral Saturday was the kind of soaring ceremony that punctuates the end of a larger-than-large life. A 200-member gospel choir jubilated with high-decibel exhultation, while a band and a sternum-vibrating organ roused the estimated 4,000 people who filled mammoth Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church on Cheltenham Avenue, the biggest African American church in Philadelphia.
Fans of the late soul singer Teddy Pendergrass will have a chance to say their goodbyes at a public viewing in Philadelphia. The viewing will be held Friday, Jan. 22 at 10 a.m. at Philadelphia’s Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church.
