Dr. Theresa Price, founder of the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF), says, “ Since its inception, the organization has helped stunts secure over $500 million in scholarships and grants and has helped over 500,000 students (over 300,000 first generation students) get into college, through 130
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JULY 07: Missy Elliott performs at the 2018 Essence Music Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on July 7, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) Missy Elliot, and record producer, songwriter Dallas Austin are among this years
On Tuesday, February 5, Oprah Winfrey hosts “Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square,” a live event at PlayStation Theater in New York City. In one-on-one conversations, Winfrey will discuss how each of the guests created an impact and shifted the conversation in their respective fields of
Issa Rae and Marsai Martin star in "Little" in Theatres in April The trailer for the movie “Little” dropped and we couldn’t be more excited! Hey, #BlackGirlMagic, hey! The 14-year-old Black-ish actress, who will star alongside two of Hollywood's most talented and powerful women in Black Hollywood,
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms officially welcome the NFL Players Choir to Atlanta for the 20th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms officially welcomed the 20th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration (SBGC) to Atlanta during a press conference today at City Hall with officials from the NFL,
This funny, warmhearted look at tradition, marriage, and what it means to be an American family will be directed by Edward Torres (the Globe’s Water by the Spoonful and Native Gardens, Canción at Repertorio Español) and will run January 26 – March 3, 2019 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre,
Georgia Gilmore used her cooking skills to feed the civil rights movement and to form the Club from Nowhere — deliberately named so that funds couldn’t be easily tracked and members could answer honestly that the money they had came from “nowhere.” With Martin Luther King Day celebrations
Via press release today, January 3, it was announced that the 50th NAACP Image Awards will air LIVE on TV One, a division of Urban One, Inc., on March 30, 2019. For the first time ever, the telecast will take place from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California. The announcement
In a groundbreaking digital experience Equal Justice Initiative in partnership with Google, produced the Lynching in America site content including EJI’s in-depth research and data with the stories of lynching victims, as told by their descendants. Through six audio stories, and a short documentary, Uprooted, you