On January 24, the stars aligned for a night of celebration as The BET Honors awarded African-American luminaries for their contributions in entertainment, business and education. This year’s BET Honors was filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. However. One of the highlights was Howard University’s presence at the award show. Performing arts students made an appearance in ...
Posted Friday, February 20th 2015 at 4:41PM
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Phylicia Rashad is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the Cosby Show. But what shaped her into the successful actress she's become? She talks about an influential teacher in her life. ...
Posted Friday, February 20th 2015 at 8:10AM
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Vote HBCU Basketball Student Athlete Brandon "Snap" Peters of Talladega College to represent at the 2015 State Farm Insurance College Slam Dunk Contest at this years Final Four in Indianapolis televised on ESPN.To Vote Go to WWW.DARKHORSEDUNKER.COM, you can vote once a day from as many devices as you have such as Cell, iPad, Laptop, Desktop, etc....The quarterfinal round vote is cur ...
Posted Friday, February 20th 2015 at 8:00AM
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The Deacons for Defense and Justice were an armed self defense African American civil rights organization in the U.S. Southern states during the 1960s.The organization practiced self-defense methods in the face of racist oppression that was carried o ...
Posted Thursday, February 19th 2015 at 5:25PM
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Fannie Jackson was born a slave in Washington D.C. on October 15, 1837. She gained her freedom when her aunt was able to purchase her at the age of twelve. Through her teen years Jackson worked as a servant for the author George Henry Calvert and in ...
Posted Thursday, February 19th 2015 at 5:11PM
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The role that music plays in social change took center stage on Tuesday as The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center welcomed Ohio State President Michael V. Drake as its 2015 Black History Month keynote speaker at University Hospital East and ...
Posted Wednesday, February 18th 2015 at 2:12PM
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Established in 1926 as Negro History Week, President Gerald R. Ford expanded the celebration in 1976 to include the entire month of February. This year, Navy commands are encouraged to celebrate and reflect on the theme “A Century of Black Life ...
Posted Wednesday, February 18th 2015 at 12:04PM
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On January 9, 1865, the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of Colored People opened one of the city’s first free school for blacks. Bowie State University evolved from that early school teaching the elements of education into a comprehensive, diverse university preparing students for a changing world. In ...
Posted Wednesday, February 18th 2015 at 11:44AM
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Some call Venus and Serena Williams two of the greatest female tennis players of all time. While the Williams sisters are one of the most dynamic sibling duos in sports history, they weren't the first African-American siblings to take tennis by ...
Posted Monday, February 16th 2015 at 1:51PM
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In the next 21-Day Meditation Experience, Manifesting True Success, Oprah and Deepak will be your guides, every day, as you travel a path from limiting beliefs to discovering within yourself that your successes can be infinite.
Your transfor ...
Posted Monday, February 16th 2015 at 11:11AM
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The Michael Jackson film “This Is It,” which chronicled the famed singers rehearsals and preparation for his 2009 concert series that was cancelled when he died, will be sho ...
Posted Monday, February 16th 2015 at 9:45AM
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Mary Fields was born into slavery in Tennessee in about 1832. She received her freedom when the war ended and slavery was outlawed but she stayed near her original owners, the Dunn family, as she and the Dunns’ daughter had become good friends. ...
Posted Sunday, February 15th 2015 at 5:23PM
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Joseph Searles III (born 1948) was elected as the first African American trader of the New York Stock Exchange.
Joseph Searles III graduated from Kansas State University in 1963 with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science. After graduation ...
Posted Friday, February 13th 2015 at 10:19AM
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www.sistajoy.com Mary McLeod Bethune was a woman of deep faith who believed in taking action.With only $1.50, she went forth in faith to build a school that now stands as Bethune Cookman University Storyteller, Sista Joy tells her remarkable story as you have never heard it before! You will be uplifted and inspired. Watch this video with your whole family and especially your children. Be sure t ...
Posted Friday, February 13th 2015 at 9:05AM
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Lillian (Evans) Evanti, one of the first African American women to become an internationally prominent opera performer, was born in Washington D.C. in 1891. Evanti was born into a prominent Washington, D.C. family. Her father, Wilson Evan ...
Posted Thursday, February 12th 2015 at 5:30PM
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New Book: African Venus -A powerful king, a beloved daughter, revenge, voyages and Art.
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Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2015 at 1:13PM
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Brooksie Harrington is a collector of songs -- songs that tell the stories of African-American history. The spirituals, the work songs, the jazz. "I don't want the story to be lost," he said. Harrington is an associate professor at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, where he teaches a course he designed called The Aesthetics of Gospel.“Teaching here, in these cou ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2015 at 12:54PM
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Tony Jones Photography / Directed by Garrett GarmsFriday (2/6/15), at Winston-Salem State University, Bobby surprised Kristi. It was their 8 year anniversary and he wanted to take her back to where they were when they first started dating (college). When she showed up, she knew I was going to be there as a gift photo-shoot for her/them.As she walked up the path toward th ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2015 at 12:48PM
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D.H. Conley senior Jeremy Cox is our newest WITN Pepsi Player of the Week.
Cox's basketball coach Rob Maloney sums up his senior standout perfectly. "Jeremy knocks the walls down. His heart is as big as this (Conley's) gym."
Cox is involved in nume ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2015 at 12:39PM
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It doesn't take a ton of time and money to make your marriage the envy of the neighborhood. Use these 30 ideas to make your spouse feel loved each and every day.
Heather Hale
What have you done today to make your spouse feel lov ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2015 at 9:51AM
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Mike talks about getting to play his idol - Richard Pryor. SUBSCRIBE to get the latest #KIMMEL: Watch the latest Mean Tweets: http... Mike Epps impersonates Richard Pryor on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Mike Epps talks about playing Richard Pryor, po ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2015 at 9:24AM
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A House subcommittee has approved a measure that would temporarily close South Carolina State University to allow the school to correct its finances.
The Higher Education and Technical Colleges subcommittee approved the measure on a 3-1 vote Tuesday ...
Posted Tuesday, February 10th 2015 at 6:18PM
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