Oakwood University's Department of Communication is schedule to host award-winning actress Erika Alexander for the Dykes-Rivers Lecture Series on September 15 at 7:00 p.m., in the Peters Media Center Studio. The event is free to the public.
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Posted Tuesday, September 13th 2016 at 4:28PM
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On Saturday, October 22, 2016, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated – Omicron Tau Omega and Chi Omicron Omega Chapters—in partnership with SW Diversity and Inclusion Committee of Houston Community College (HCC) will host an International Fest ...
Posted Tuesday, September 13th 2016 at 4:25PM
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The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young African-American men come vividly—and heroically—to life in All the Difference, which traces the paths of two teens from the South Side of Chicago who dared to dream a seemingly impossib ...
Posted Monday, September 12th 2016 at 5:16PM
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On Friday, September 16, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, will serve as honorary host of a distinguished panel of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) presidents. The panel will also feature media personality and HBCU alum, Terrance J. This d ...
Posted Monday, September 12th 2016 at 1:40PM
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The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) in partnership with Apple is proud to present the Apple HBCU Scholars Program to outstanding students with a minimum 3.25 GPA who will be graduating between December 2017 and May 2018. Selected Scholars will participate in a 12-week internship during the su ...
Posted Friday, September 9th 2016 at 7:15PM
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Fall enrollment at Alcorn State University increases to 3,730 students, representing the institution’s first rise in enrollment since 2011. Preliminary enrollment numbers for 2016 indicate 212 more students than fall 2015, or 6.0 percent.
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Posted Friday, September 9th 2016 at 5:02PM
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THE URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY REVOLT WITH FOUNDING SPONSOR HBO ANNOUNCES 2016 FESTIVAL SLATE DISNEY’S QUEEN OF KATWE TO BE FEATURED
Festival Runs September 21-25, 2016 in New York NEW YORK, NY
The 20th Annual Urb ...
Posted Friday, September 9th 2016 at 1:06AM
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The application for the 2017 Public Policy & International Affairs Junior Summer Institute is now open.
The PPIA Junior Summer Institute program prepares undergraduates to be competitive candidates for top degree programs in the fields of public p ...
Posted Wednesday, September 7th 2016 at 4:27PM
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If you have never read the book just hearing the names of the characters alone NOVA, CHARLEY, RALPH ANGEL will give you pause and ask yourself "Who are these people?" Last night Oprah Winfrey and Ava Duvernay touched the souls of black families every ...
Posted Wednesday, September 7th 2016 at 1:39AM
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Greetings from Spotify USA! We are contacting you with an exciting opportunity for HBCU students called The Opening Act || HBCU Conference.
The Opening Act || HBCU Conference is a two-day experience, welcoming eager and talented ...
Posted Friday, September 2nd 2016 at 6:28PM
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Tremell Parker, a 20-year-old sophomore from Durham, N.C., is the latest HBCU All-Star chosen to represent Johnson C. Smith University on the national stage. The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities announced his nam ...
Posted Wednesday, August 31st 2016 at 3:54PM
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THE 48 TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
HOSTED BY NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WINNER
AND BLACK-ISH STAR ANTHONY ANDERSON TO AIR LIVE ON TV ONE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017
Telecast will also include a Pre-Show Airing Live from the Red Carpet
Los Angeles, CA - ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2016 at 2:20AM
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Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino has a new series "ATLANTA" premiering on FX on September 6, 2016.
Filmed on location in Atlanta, “ATLANTA” chronicles the lives of two cousins who must work through the Atlanta music scene in order to bett ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 5:24PM
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by The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Tyler Brown, senior public relations and political science major, spent her summer as a Congressional Black Caucus intern in the office of Representative Elijah Cummings. She is a native of Washington, ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 4:54PM
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The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities announced recently that Gabriel Carter, of Atlanta, Georgia, is one of 73 students from across 63 HBCUs named as the 2016 HBCU All-Stars. The All-Stars, comprised of undergrad ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 4:51PM
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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 ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 2:23PM
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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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