April 2017

Photo: Celebrating Jackie Robinson’s Legacy

Today, April 15, marksย the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson taking the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers and breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier.ย Breaking major league baseballโ€™s color line will foreverย be the centerpiece of Jackie Robinsonโ€™s legacy. Here’s how Jackie Robinson day all came about. Twenty years ago, Rachel Robinson, wife of the late, great Jackie […]

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LeBron James Foundation Plans to Build STEM Based School in Akron

On Tuesday, it was announced that MVP LeBron James is in the process ofย developing and building a school named, I PROMISE, in partnership with his Lebron James Family Foundation and Akronโ€™s public schools. The foundationโ€™s Facebook page describes the school as being for first through eighth grade students and will offer a four-year scholarship for

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Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar” Season 2 Debuts With Two-Night Premier

โ€œQueen Sugar,โ€ the critically acclaimed drama series from Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (โ€œ13th,โ€ โ€œSelmaโ€), executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, returns for its second season with a two-night event on OWN Tuesday, June 20, and Wednesday, June 21 (10 p.m. ET/PT each night). The series will regularly air Wednesday nights at

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Entertainment Mogul Karen Civil Opens Computer Lab at Orphanage in Haiti

On April 10, 2017, media and entertainment mogul Karen Civil opened her Live Civil Computer Lab at the House of Hope Orphanage in Titanyen, Haiti. Civil, who is Haitian-American, in partnership withย the Jack Brewer Foundation, donatedย 20 computers to assist the orphanage in furthering STEM education. The Live Civil Foundation Computer Lab opening featured a ribbon

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2017 ESSENCE Fest Presents First-Ever “Path to Power” Conference

The ESSENCE Festivalยฎ presented by Coca-Colaยฎ announces the expansion of its Money & Power Expo into a weekend-long conference, entitled Path To Power, during the daytime programming taking place June 30โ€“July 2, 2017, on the second floor of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. Free and open to the public, the

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British Vogue Names first Black Editor, Edward Enninful

  British Vogue announcedย EDWARD ENNINFULย as the new editor of British Vogue. Condรฉ Nast International chairman and chief executive Jonathan Newhouseย calledย  Enninful “an influential figure in the communities of fashion, Hollywood and music which shape the cultural zeitgeist”, adding that “by virtue of his talent and experience, Edward is supremely prepared to assume the responsibility of

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The San Diego Association of Black Journalists Hosts an Evening With Michaela Pereira

  On Friday April 28th, The San Diego Association of Black Journalists will host an intimate evening with Michaela Pereira, host of HLNโ€™s MichaeLA .ย Some very lucky students will get the unique opportunity to hear from one of the most amazing women in broadcast journalism. Pereira will share her inspiring experiences in the world of

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