WHO: The Harris-Stowe Players at Harris-Stowe State University.
WHAT: “Jazz, Jive & Jam” A Celebration of the Poetry & Prose of Langston Hughes, starring three-time Emmy winner Bobby Norfolk and nationally known comedian and vocalist David Graham ...
Posted Monday, September 22nd 2014 at 5:11PM
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On September 26th, see Academy Award Winner Denzel Washington like you've never seen him before in the upcoming action thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day).
Before it hits theaters, check out the action packed trailer below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_FwE0Z7no&list=UUz97F7 ...
Posted Monday, September 22nd 2014 at 4:31PM
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About the Celebration
This year's celebration will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in the James Weldon Johnson Auditorium
At various points in the history of Coppin State University Fanny Jackson Coppin Day has been observed ...
Posted Friday, September 19th 2014 at 10:45AM
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Following the success of Kentucky State University’s ongoing 100 Days of Pay It Forward Frankfort campaign, the Lexington Alumni Chapter will launch its own campaign.
Representatives from the Lexington Chapter of the KSU National Alumni Associatio ...
Posted Friday, September 19th 2014 at 9:37AM
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Posted by Elise Durham
Black Entertainment Television and Morehouse College are proud to present Reclaim: Changing the Narrative of Black Men in the Media, a panel discussion and town hall meeting.
The event will occur Friday, September 19, 20 ...
Posted Thursday, September 18th 2014 at 5:45PM
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The number of billionaires grew by 7 percent over the past year, but the number of billionaires crossing the $10 billion threshold remains a rarified event.
According to the 2014 Billionaire Census published by Wealth X and UBS, there are 2,325 billionaires throughout the world today holding a co ...
Posted Thursday, September 18th 2014 at 10:11AM
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By Maria Saporta
What a week it has been for Valerie Montgomery Rice.
She was inaugurated as the sixth president of the Morehouse School of Medicine (and its first woman president) during a multi-day series of events that would be exhausting fo ...
Posted Monday, September 15th 2014 at 6:14PM
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By Blake Hannon
Before Sommore found the time to talk to us, comedy lost one of its most groundbreaking performers when Joan Rivers died last week at age 81.
Even though they are from different generations and may have attracted different audiences, you could almost see Rivers and Sommore as ...
Posted Monday, September 15th 2014 at 2:03PM
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Jack Dutton
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the charity run by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and his wife, announced Wednesday that it would be donating $50 million toward fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
This marks the largest ...
Posted Friday, September 12th 2014 at 3:44PM
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Online event registration is now open for America Recycles Day, a national initiative of Keep America Beautiful (KAB), the nation’s leading nonprofit that builds and sustains vibrant communities.
America Recycles Day, which takes place annually on and around Nov. 15, recognizes the benefits of re ...
Posted Wednesday, September 10th 2014 at 2:03PM
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Jihan Forbes
Russell Simmons is no stranger to the fashion industry. His Phat Farm label was one of the top urban brands in the 90s and early aughts. Now, Simmons is going a little less street and a little more collegiate with his Argyleculture m ...
Posted Wednesday, September 10th 2014 at 11:01AM
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Football is back, and Coors Light returns to kick off the 2014 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Classics season with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Challenge.
Supporti ...
Posted Tuesday, September 9th 2014 at 5:33PM
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New York, New York - On August 1, 2014 Mr. Kevin Byrd announced his campaign to continue to raise awareness of prostate cancer and early detection initiatives on a global scale. Award Winning Actor and Producer Kevin Byrd Annual Reminder September is ...
Posted Wednesday, September 3rd 2014 at 12:22PM
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Hundreds of items that belonged to civil rights icon Rosa Parks that have been sitting unseen for years in two warehouses — in Detroit and New York City — have been sold to a foundation run by the son of billionaire investment guru Warren Buffett, th ...
Posted Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 at 6:45PM
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Anansi, the Ghanaian folk hero and spider-man who is the central character in countless West African and Caribbean fables, proves an influential muse for the eight Black women artists who comprise the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art exhibition Bri ...
Posted Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 at 6:40PM
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