The Academy for Excellence in Athletics & Academics (Academy) is collaborating with The National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) to help promote and publicized NNOA’s Second Annual Youth Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Day. The event will take place on July 26, 2017 onboard the USS Essex (LHD-2), from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at […]
Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images Netflix announced today that Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay will helm a five-episode limited series revolving around the lives of the Central Park Five, a group of Harlem teenagers — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise — wrongly convicted for the rape of Trisha Meili in
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Leave it to ESSENCE Festival to bring out the best in fashion, as we say, “chocolate style.” Whether it’s a Stay WOKE Tee, and jeans or a sundress, the streets of New Orleans were hot, and haute! Check out a few of our favorite looks from New Orleans over the 4th of July weekend.
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The 2017 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® attracted more than 470,000 attendees to New Orleans this Fourth of July weekend for its annual cultural celebration featuring more than 200 performing artists and speakers—which included first-time appearances by Halle Berry, Diana Ross, Chance The Rapper and many more. Recognized as one of the country’s largest
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By Danny L. White 1852: Frederick Douglass asked “Are we included in your Celebration of Freedom?” Despite Heroism on the battle field – freedom eluded African Americans… One hundred and sixty years ago, Frederick Douglass the leading Negro citizen of the day born of African descent and born into American bondage known as slavery, was
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Pictured: Writer-Director Barry Jenkins, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Sreenwriter Theodore Witcher prior to a 20th Anniversary screening of “Love Jones” presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. In a push for diversity and inclusion, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is welcoming
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(New York, NY) June 28, 2017 – Time Inc.’s (NYSE:TIME) ESSENCE today announced that Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry will open the Empowerment Experience Stage at the 2017 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans, presented by Coca-Cola, on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 11:30am, which will kick off the Festival’s weekend slate of daytime programming
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Time Inc.’s (NYSE:TIME) ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® kicks off Friday, with a line-up of the nation’s leading speakers, influencers and artists at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30-July 2, 2017 in New Orleans, LA. Attendees will be inspired and empowered to affect change in their communities while experiencing powerful content across four different
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Twitter has welcomed Candi Castleberry-Singleton into its fold as vice president of inclusion and diversity as the social media platform steps up its game to better represent the demographic of its influential users. “Im so excited to join the team at Twitter to lead inclusion and diversity efforts for employees and the Twitter community,” Castleberry-Singleton said in a statement.
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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s acclaimed original drama series, “Greenleaf,” from Lionsgate, award-winning writer/producer Craig Wright (“Lost,” “Six Feet Under”) and executive producers Clement Virgo (“The Book of Negros”) and Oprah Winfrey (“Selma”), will return with a two-night premiere on Tuesday, August 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (after a new episode of Tyler Perry’s “The
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