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The KENO Micro-Fund to Host Week of Global Entrepreneurship Activities

Business leaders from around the world will participate in an international panel hosted by the KENO Micro-Fund In November 2011, The Kid Entrepreneurs Need Opportunities (KENO) Micro-Fund will host activities to

Award Winning Gospel Jazz Artist Deanna Ransom Featured on the Cover of I AM Magazine

Award winning gospel jazz artist Deanna Ransom is featured this month on the cover of I AM Magazine. Award winning gospel jazz-styled artist Deanna Ransom is featured this month on the

“The Help” Surpasses $100M at Domestic Box Office

DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media's Empowering Film Engages Audiences Nationwide DreamWorks Pictures announced today that its inspiring film “The Help” has surpassed the $100 million mark at the domestic box

First Lady Michelle Obama Graces The Cover of AARP The Magazine and Opens up in an Exclusive Interview With Jill Biden

Just five days after the death of Osama bin Laden was announced, First Lady Michelle Obama and vice-presidential spouse Jill Biden sat down with AARP The Magazine at the White

ONE Musicfest 2011 Headlined by Grammy Award Winning songstress Chrisette Michele

And included performances by Tortured Soul,  The Cool Kids, Anoop Desai, The Pharcyde, Anthony David, Foreign Exchange, and more! One of the largest indoor/outdoor music festivals, ONE MusicFest attracted over 4,000 people for

Warren Ballentine’s “The Truth About Black and White”

Popular talk show host authors riveting book that offers real solutions with regard to race relations, financial concerns and everyday problems. Warren Ballentine’s “The Truth About Black and White”

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Final Eight HBCU Bands Chosen for 10th Annual Honda Battle of the Bands
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Stage is set for the January 2012 Invitational Showcase; Atlanta Event Calls HBCU Alumni and Fans to The Homecoming

The nations marching band fans have spoken, and have chosen the top eight marching bands at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands. Now marking 10 years of celebrating the heritage, showmanship and scholarship of HBCU bands, the Honda Battle of the Bands will bring The Homecoming to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta for the Invitational Showcase, Saturday, January 28, 2012.

The "Marching Wildcats" of Bethune-Cookman University go airborne briefly as part of their high-stepping performance at the 2011 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase in Atlanta this past January. BCU and seven other top Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching bands have officially earned selection to the 2012 Showcase, taking place January 28th at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Photo: Business Wire)

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Joint Center Honors Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed with

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The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has presented Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed with its highest honor, the Louis E. Martin Great American Award, for his innovative and effective leadership in guiding his city through difficult economic challenges in the wake of the recent r...

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UNCF Intensifies Efforts to Raise $5 Million to He

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Hundreds of young American minority college students in their final year of college are in immediate danger of not graduating. They have hit the economic wall and have nowhere else to turn," said Pearl Algere-Lonian, Director of Financial Aid at Xavier University of Louisiana, one of the 38 historically black colleges ...

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Grammy-Winning Gospel Artist Fred Hammond Brings Soul-Stirring Sounds to 2012 Mc

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Nine-city tour to also feature gospel artists Byron Cage, Canton Jones, Vashawn Mitchell and others McDonald's USA today announced multi-award winning gospel artist Fred Hammond will headline the 2012 McDonald's Inspiration Celebration ...

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Lent for Health

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Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent. Western Christianity observes this 40 day period, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunda... Read more...

Hollywood Starlet Gives Love Advice on New

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“The Game” actress Caryn Ward Ross has just unveiled a new website devoted to helping women find their Mr. Right. The Ca... Read more...

Circa 1837 Celebrates Rich Legacy of Histor

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GQ Names Men of the Year for 2011

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JAY-Z, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, JIMMY FALLON, AND MORE HONORED AT 16TH ANNUAL EVENT DECEMBER ISSUE ON NEWSSTANDS NATIONWIDE—N... Read more...

Blackglama Announces Debut of Janet Jackson

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Following Blackglama's most successful "What Becomes a Legend Most?" ad campaign to date, featuring Janet Jackson, the b... Read more...

Early Literacy Is A Top Priority For Parent

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Healthier Relaxed Hair...Now!

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GQ Names Men of the Year for 2011

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Sheryl Lee Ralph, E. Faye Williams, and Eve

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Nonpartisan, multicultural event demonstrated the power of women as ‘Game Changers’ in the upcoming election. A diver... Read more...

HIV Awareness Play, Positively Infected, Sh

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Written and Directed by Nykieria Chaney, Positively Infected uses common situations to break down myths and educate the... Read more...

Star Studded Cast Announced for "The Last F

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Lance Gross, Nicole Beharie, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Harry Lennix Jr., Keith David and Darren Henson Tapped for Leading R... Read more...

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PyInfamous made waves when he triumphed over a sea of rappers and took home the title of Coors Light’s Coldest MC and op... Read more...

"106 & PARK" PRESENTS: CLOSER TO MY DREAMS

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Young fans across the country brace yourselves. 106 & PARK, BET's wildly popular signature series, announced the off... Read more...

Michael Eric Dyson to Speak at Walden Unive

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Two-time NAACP Image Award winner will address students March 26 in Atlanta Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, an esteemed sc... Read more...

Grammy-Winning Gospel Artist Fred Hammond B

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Nine-city tour to also feature gospel artists Byron Cage, Canton Jones, Vashawn Mitchell and others McDonald's USA toda... Read more...

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1Love.org Launches Special Marley Mission t

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50 CENT: The Origin Of Me

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50 CENT TAKES A JOURNEY DOWN SOUTH TO UNCOVER THE TRUE MEANING OF HIS ROOTS VH1’S Emmy Award Winning “Rock Docs” Franch... Read more...

Rockstone's 2-Day Filmmakers Workshop Tour

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After a short hiatus, the Rockstone Foundation is happy to announce the launch of its 2011 2-Day Filmmakers Workshop tou... Read more...

Break Out Of Your Relationship Rut

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Regardless of how much in love you are, just about every couple falls into a predictable, eventually boring, pattern of ... Read more...

Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins Calls on African Ame

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National awareness campaign highlights need for more bone marrow donors during July’s African American Bone Marrow Awar... Read more...

Dj Nabs Partners with Hairston's and Magic

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On Sunday, December 19th, world renowned celebrity disc jockey DJ Nabs will Spin for the Cause at Hairston’s Dinner Clu... Read more...

Chevrolet Brings Table of Brotherhood Tour

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On August 28 – the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech – the Martin Luther K... Read more...

2011 Evelyn Gibson Lowery Civil Rights Heri

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Civil rights tour bus travels from Atlanta to Selma, Montgomery, and the Edmund Pettus Bridge with a Special tribute to ... Read more...

Sprite Step Off™ is Back with $100,000 in S

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Is your fraternity or sorority ready to be crowned the next Sprite Step Off champion? If so, get your best moves working... Read more...

America's Favorite Funny Man and Actor Cedr

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CENTRIC Honors R&B Phenomenon Earth, Wind and Fire and the "Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight as Soul Train Awards Lege... Read more...

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Member Unive

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Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has launched the registration site for its annual Member Universities Professional... Read more...