Going back to her mother’s homeland sparked the conversation about family history that Karen Attiah had waited and hoped for. (Adriana Usero / The Washington Post)
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Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant Announces Nationwide Registration for 23rd Annual Event
Los Angeles, CA – On Sunday, August 7, a very lucky group of young women will be inducted into a program that has become a national tradition for 23 years now. The date marks the return of the 23rd Annual Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant. Lisa Ruffin, actress, choreographer and creator of the pageant, […]
#BringBackOurGirls: Chibok Victim Found in Nigeria After 2 Years, Activist Says
By Alexander Smith, NBCNews.com – One of the schoolgirls whose abduction triggered the #BringBackOurGirls campaign has been located after more than two years in captivity, an activist and Nigeria’s military said Wednesday. There were conflicting accounts as to the girl’s name and the circumstances of how she apparently left the captivity of the militant group […]
Allstate Gospel Superfest 2016
With Vivica A. Fox serving as host, the Allstate Gospel Superfest took place at Coppin State in Baltimore this past weekend. The grande extravaganza featured over 30 national acts including: Shirley Caesar, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Jonathan Butler, Deitrick Haddon, Casey J, Karen Clark Sheard, Lonnie Hunter, James Hall and more. Photos by Paulette Shipman-Singleton. The event […]
American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Partners with Patti LaBelle in a New Video to Raise Awareness of Lung Cancer in Women
The American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative, nationally presented by CVS Health, recently debuted a short video featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning singer Patti LaBelle, who shares how lung cancer – the number one cancer killer of women in the United States – has affected her personally and taken the lives of many people close to her. […]
VIDEO: Donald Trump Speaks On How Much He “Respects” Women
Beyonce’s Visual Album on HBO Called Celebration of Black Womanhood, Features Mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Snippet of Malcolm X
(dailymail.co.uk) – Beyonce’s surprise new album features the bereaved mothers of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown: Singer’s political overtures as she makes tracks available exclusively on husband Jay-Z’s Tidal Beyoncé’s much-anticipated album Lemonade aired on HBO Saturday The film featured appearances from the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, two young black men who […]
Video of President Obama’s Comedy Routine at the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
NASA Dedicates Facility to Mathematician, Presidential Medal Winner Katherine Johnson
Washington, DC – NASA will commemorate the many contributions of retired mathematician Katherine Johnson to America’s space program during a building dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 5 — the 55th anniversary of Alan Shepard’s historic rocket launch and splash down, which Johnson helped make possible. The ceremony will air live on NASA […]