Writer Thomas Mosley’s poetic reflection on the senseless loss of Black lives. Your nights shielded you from Emmett Tills so that you could discover his life from your life. Sheets of cannibals persuaded the guns of Mississippi that Medgar Evers flesh was not human. Freedom was a duplication of my counterparts and I sat […]
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In celebration of baseball season, we commemorate Jackie Robinson, who debuted as a major league player April 15, 1947. Robinson, was the first African-American to break the sport’s racial barrier. After playing only played one season in the Negro Leagues before being recruited into the Major Leagues by Branch Rickey, as a member of the
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New York, April 14, 2015 – Kicking off its first upfront season with new President Bradley J. Siegel at the helm, TV One today unveiled its programming plans for the 2015-2016 television year. In a presentation at the Helen Mills Event Space, Mr. Siegel announced the entertainment network for Black adults is planning more than
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This year for the second annual Ben Vereen awards, in partnership with Broadway/San Diego, the Tony-Award winning actor is in town focusing on high school musical theater competition. Widely for his body of work on broadway which garnered him a Tony Award for his work as the lead in “Pippin,” and in Alex Haley’s TV mini series, Roots
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Family is everything. Right? For an intelligent nineteen year-old girl, who goes by the name of PJay, nothing could be further from the truth. Growing up in San Diego County, as one out of 18 siblings, all of whom are half (one parent is non biological), Prea’ Jhana Anderson has spent the majority of her
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No one ever said that being a sibling is easy. Let face it, there are times when we want to throw our hands up as if to say, ‘I’m outta here.’ Yet that protective bond draws us back into that circle of trust that we formed at the beginning of life. Check out article in
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On Thursday, April 9, 2015 UC San Diego Helen Edison Lecture Series presents: Tomorrow’s Leaders: Building on the Legacy of Selma. Guest speaker for the series is Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Evers-Williams has become a symbol of courage and perseverance, steadfast in her march towards social justice. She made history
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In a press release TV One announced that the Easter Sunday premiere of The 30th Annual Stellar Awards, delivered TV One’s most watched weekend primetime premiere telecast this year in the demo. 228k watched The 30th Annual Stellar Awards is the 3rd most watched telecast on the network this year behind The 46th NAACP Awards and Unsung
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Let’s face it, we all have to take better care of ourselves. In today’s fast paced world, between the stress of careers, family and finances, its often hard to maintain a healthy well being. Perhaps getting a regular massage is the key. Massage Therapist Thelma Brown of Thelma’s One Stop Therapeutic, in Lemon Grove, CA near
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Via Press Release –(Los Angeles, CA) African Americans in the LGBTQ community took their bows and trophies at the inaugural Truth Awards on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the historic Ebell of Los Angeles. No envelopes were needed because all names called that night were winners. Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, The DIVA Foundation and Better
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