NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2016 Interactive One, the definitive digital destination for African American and Millennial audiences, today announced the hiring of Jamilah Lemieux, as the new Vice President of News and Men's Programming, effective August 25, 2 ...
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Texas Southern University is proud to announce that Sekeia Wyatt, a third-year Thurgood Marshall School of Law student, and Kaleb Taylor, a Political Science major in his junior year, were recently selected as White House Initiative HBCU All-Stars fo ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 at 5:54PM
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One of our favorite HBCU Alums actress Taraji P. Henson will be lending her gorgeous face to MAC cosmetics. The Howard University graduate who portrays Cookie Lyons on the hit show Empire is teaming up with the major beauty brand to launch a six-piec ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 at 3:18PM
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Urbanworld Film Festival Announces Filmmaker Ava DuVernay And Acclaimed Actor David Oyelowo As Its 20th Anniversary Festival Ambassadors
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2016 -- Urbanworld Film Festival announced today that critically-acclaimed filmmaker Ava Du ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 at 2:20PM
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As part of the One Million Backpack campaign, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Omicron Tau Omega chapter, hosted a Back to School Drive at Prospect Park on August 11, 2016. In conjunction with Hodges Communications Group, Good Clean Fun and ...
Posted Monday, August 22nd 2016 at 1:15PM
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Students in Montgomery, Elmore & Lowndes Counties Will Benefit From the TRIO Program Grant
Alabama State University will help 729 students at 10 schools in Montgomery, Lowndes and Elmore Counties graduate from high school and prepare for a colleg ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2016 at 6:31PM
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Alabama State University athletic fans will have a chance to meet and greet the ASU Hornets student-athletes from a variety of sports, which includes volleyball, soccer, cross country and football at the annual ASU Fan Day set for Saturday, Aug. 27, ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2016 at 6:28PM
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TSU president, students and alumni pitch in to welcome new students
The class of 2020 at Texas Southern University (#TxSU2020) arrived on campus August 14 for move-in day. New Tigers and their parents were greeted by President Dr. Austin Lane, TSU ...
Posted Tuesday, August 16th 2016 at 5:23PM
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Celebrated actress Halle Berry who became the first African American to win an Oscar for "Best Actress" for her role in "Monsters Ball" in 2002 just celebrated her 50th birthday on August 14th. In a career that spans 25 years Halle has made it a poi ...
Posted Tuesday, August 16th 2016 at 2:33AM
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Law Enforcement Helps ASU Students Move-in & Establish a Better Understanding Between Each Other!
WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 13. Best times are between 10 a.m. & Noon.
WHERE: Dunn Tower (best location); Hatch Drive & S. University (tallest building on ...
Posted Thursday, August 11th 2016 at 5:02PM
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ASU Observes 50th Anniversary of Black Power Movement
WHEN: August 26, from 8:30 a.m. through 5 p.m.
WHERE: ASU's National Center, 1345 Carter Hill Road.
LUNCHEON: 12:15 until 1:45 p.m. at Dexter King Memorial Baptist Church, downtown.
Alabam ...
Posted Wednesday, August 10th 2016 at 1:43PM
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Labor-Day Weekend Concert:
Citywide Nat King Cole Society Jazz Festival Returns to Montgomery
WHEN: Sept. 4 (Sunday) starting at 4 p.m. With a special Riverboat Jazz Cruise at 11 a.m.
WHERE: Montgomery's Riverwalk Amphitheater, which is downto ...
Posted Wednesday, August 10th 2016 at 1:37PM
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To better reach friends and supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), the HBCU Forever Foundation, Inc. hosted its first-ever Pig Pickin Tho-Down on Aug. 6 at the home of its President, Samuel T. Rhoades, Esq.
The event wa ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2016 at 5:17PM
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FeRita Perna Carter was named vice president of student services at Riverside City College in California. She is the former dean of the School of Business and Technology at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dr. Carter is a g ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2016 at 1:43PM
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Shaw University - Elizabeth City State University - Johnson C. Smith University - Fayetteville State University - Livingstone College - North Carolina A&T State University - North Carolina Central University - Saint Augustine's College - Winston-Sale ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2016 at 6:52PM
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Anthony Collier, a History and Political Science major at Texas Southern University, recently won first place in the International Competition for Entrepreneurs in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Collier, a junior, and his team of four other Texas Southern st ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2016 at 2:28PM
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Oakwood University faculty, staff and administrators gathered at the McKee Business & Technology Complex for University Colloquium, August 1-4, to officially start the new school year. Colloquium is an annual event for the purpose of equipping and in ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 2:24PM
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Javanna Plummer has published two novels, “Mo’s Mix” and “Mo’s Mix: Queen-dom” which are part of a novel series aimed at analyzing the effects of certain issues within the African-American community. This series tackles the implications of wealth, pr ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 2:16PM
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The Putnam City School District board of education voted recently to fill four administrative positions.
High schools
Tyrea Craig and Twylla Hester were hired as high school assistant principals. Craig will serve at Putnam City North High Schoo ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 10:52AM
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The New York Public Library
Introducing the New Director of the Schomburg Center, Kevin Young
by William P. Kelly, Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries
I am happy to report that Kevin Young will be joining NYPL as Director of the ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 8:55AM
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TIDAL RELEASES EXCLUSIVE CLIP FROM NEW MOVIE HANDS OF STONE
The Weinstein Company and TIDAL Re-team to Promote Exclusive Content
New York, N.Y. – August 2, 2016 – Today, The Weinstein Company released a new film clip from their film "Hands ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 6:47AM
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As everyone knows, getting accepted into college and staying in college are 2 separate animals. In today's world, unless you are running on a full scholarship, it takes quite a bit of your own money to attend college. Some people work part-time to st ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 at 3:00PM
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CHERYL BOONE ISAACS RE-ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT
LOS ANGELES, CA – Cheryl Boone Isaacs was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (August 2) by the organization’s Board of Gov ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 at 8:43AM
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CUTTING EDGE SPORTS MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF THE INAUGURAL HBCU SPIRIT OF AMERICA BOWL
Cutting Edge Sports Management, hosts of Dream Bowl Weekend, continues its celebration of football and Americana, by announcing the establishment o ...
Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 7:52PM
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ASU is awarded a collaborative prostate cancer research program between ASU & University of North Texas
Alabama State University has received over $285,000 from the U.S. Department of Defense to help fund a collaborative initiative between ASU and ...
Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 7:45PM
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