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Scholarships Available for Young Black Boys’ Weekend Leadership Academy at Princeton University

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Scholarships are now available for the annual Weekend Intensive of leadership activities for 8th and 9th grade African American male students from across the country. Scheduled for August 2-4, 2019, the 3-day weekend boarding program will be held on the campus of Princeton University. The Weekend Intensive seeks to empower young students locally to become […]
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National Bar Association Announces “40 Under 40” Award Recipients Announced

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The National Bar Association, (“NBA”) one of the preeminent bar associations in the world and its President Joseph M. Drayton, a partner at Cooley LLP, are pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of its “40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates” awards. The awards recognize the nation’s top 40 lawyers under the age 40 who exemplify […]
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Entertainment

Regina Hall is Set to Host the 2019 BET Awards

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NEW YORK – BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B and NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced actress and comedian Regina Hallas the 2019 BET Awards host. Nominated in this year’s Best Actress category, Hall takes the stage to host for the first time, joining the ranks of A-list entertainers who’ve hosted in […]
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OWN Expands Popular Saturday Night Lineup With New Series “To Have & To Hold: Charlotte” Premiering June 1 AT 10 PM

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LOS ANGELES – OWN announced today its new series “To Have & To Hold: Charlotte” is set to join the network’s popular Saturday night lineup on Saturday, June 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The hour-long unscripted series, from Truly Original, is a candid look inside the lives of five high-powered African-American couples in Charlotte, North […]
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Billionaire Robert F. Smith Pledged Grants to Pay School Debt for the 2019 Graduating Class at Morehouse College

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Billionaire Robert F. Smith tells 2019 Morehouse College graduates that he will pay their college debt. While it took a moment for it to sink in to the graduates, once they realized that they really heard what they thought they heard, they were elated. We need more black men and women tho give back. You […]
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Cardi B Leads With 7 Nominations for 2019 BET Awards Followed by Drake With 5

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NEW YORK – The 2019 “BET AWARDS” returns live from the Microsoft Theater at LA Live on June 23rd, to celebrate the brightest stars across music, television, film, sports, and philanthropy. Today, BET Networks announces the 2019 nominees with Cardi B leading the pack.  The starlet earned an impressive seven nominations, including ‘Best Female Hip Hop Artist,’ two […]
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Lawrence E. Walker’s New Book “Sweet Georgia Brown: Impact, Courage, Sacrifice, and Will” Chronicles Military Achievements of Black Women During World War II

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Somerset, N.J. – Lawrence E. Walker is a native of New Jersey, president and CEO of PureHistory.org, an online social search engine and media network focusing on American History and around the World, and recipient of the Army Person of the Year award in 1997 for his groundbreaking research on the history of black women […]
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Foreign Interference in American Democracy Specifically Targeted African Americans State of Black America® 2019 Documents the State of the Black Vote

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By Marc H. Morial,  National Urban League, The U.S. Intelligence community announced it was “confident” that it happened. A Senate Intelligence Committee report confirmed it. And now the Mueller Report has documented its scope in breathtaking detail. Russia interfered to disrupt American democracy on a massive scale.  An administration official recently falsely downplayed this unprecedented […]
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Viola Davis, Lillias White, Condola Rashad, Herb Wesson Jr. to Receive Top Honors at  28th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards

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Emmy Winning Talk Show Host Loni Love to Emcee show honoring Black Excellence in Theatre BEVERLY HILLS – The Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch of the NAACP names celebrated host and esteemed honorees for the upcoming 28th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards dinner, scheduled to be held on Monday, June 17, 2019 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Avenue, Los […]
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