COLBY CHRISTINA-AUDELCO “Rising Star Award” Recipient to Keynote Black History Month Celebration
Nassau County, New York - February 6, 2015 - COLBY CHRISTINA - AUDELCO "Rising Star Award Recipient" set to Keynote Black History Month Cele ...
Posted Sunday, February 8th 2015 at 10:12AM
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The basketball court in the Davey L. Whitney HPER Complex at Alcorn State University will be named in honor of former women's head basketball coach Shirley A. Gibbs-Walker during a halftime ceremony of the Lady Braves basketball contest against Jacks ...
Posted Friday, February 6th 2015 at 5:57PM
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Fred Gray, one of the most iconic figures of the Civil Rights Movement, will be the keynote speaker at Alabama State University's 115th Founders' Day Convocation on Friday, February 6, at 10 a.m. in the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
The t ...
Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2015 at 11:46AM
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The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, announced that applications are now being accepted for its 2015 Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program. This program, established in 2010, provides support for campus improvement projects at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country. Since the program’s inception, approximately ...
Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2015 at 10:56AM
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By MEG KINNARDAssociated Press
Nine black men arrested for integrating a whites-only South Carolina lunch counter 54 years ago may be heroes in the historic record, but in the record of the law they are still convicted trespassers.
That cri ...
Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2015 at 10:43AM
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SC State University's Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) troupe, "STATE of Reality," performed at the 2015 TEDxColumbiaSC Conference on Jan. 19 at the Harbison Theatre in Columbia, S.C.
TO engages audiences in discovery, critical reflecti ...
Posted Thursday, January 29th 2015 at 12:51PM
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The Huffington Post | By Dominique Mosbergen
In the wake of the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Friday, discussions and stories about the Saudi leader’s life and policies have dominated the news media. O ...
Posted Thursday, January 29th 2015 at 10:03AM
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New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Wes Moore will speak at Fayetteville State University (FSU) on February 3, 2015, at 3 p.m. in J.W. Seabrook Auditorium. At 6 p.m., that day, Moore will speak and hold a question and answer se ...
Posted Tuesday, January 27th 2015 at 3:31PM
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Posted by Elise Durham
Presentation to Trailblazing Film Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, and Activist To Be Made During Live Broadcast on Friday, February 6, on TV One
Spike Lee will be presented with the NAACP President’s Award at t ...
Posted Monday, January 26th 2015 at 3:03PM
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Kayla Shuler of Philadelphia has been crowned Miss Black Pennsylvania USA 2015.
Shuler studied dance at The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. She is currently studying Supply Chain Management at the Howard Universit ...
Posted Monday, January 26th 2015 at 2:56PM
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The media exec talks about her newest project and lessons learned throughout her career.
This post is in partnership with Essence. The article below was originally published at Essence.com.
By Charreah K. Jackson, ESSENCE
Bill Duke’s new doc ...
Posted Friday, January 23rd 2015 at 1:21PM
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New Delhi, India, 20 January 2015 - In response to an invitation from the Director Dr Prof HK Kar and members of the faculty, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital today. Formerly known as the Willingdon Hospital, it was ...
Posted Wednesday, January 21st 2015 at 10:51AM
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Lisa Price began making her line of hair, body and skincare products in her Bedford-Stuyvesant kitchen. The brand is now a favorite of celebs such as Oprah Winfrey, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay Z.
BY Doyle Murphy
A Brooklyn beauty brand is ...
Posted Wednesday, January 21st 2015 at 8:53AM
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Posted by Elise Durham
In honor of the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Toyota Financial Services (TFS) announced that it has made a donation totaling $50,000 to five Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs).
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Posted Wednesday, January 21st 2015 at 8:48AM
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Niagara Falls To Illuminate "Blue" In Honor of 7th Annual International Prostate Cancer Awareness Observance Day on February 2, 2015
The special illumination event for The Brown/Byrd Pro ...
Posted Saturday, January 17th 2015 at 11:17AM
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