This year due to high school and college graduation ceremonies around the country being canceled because of Covid-19, commencement ceremonies, a long cherished rites of passage celebrations signaling the beginning of a new chapter of life, have taken on a new normal. With no commencement speakers, this year former president Barack Obama is among the […]
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OWN’s new series “Fear Not with Iyanla Vanzant,” is premiering this Saturday, May 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. This week’s premiere episode will feature Oprah Winfrey and Bebe Winans. Executive Produced and hosted by popular inspirational life coach and star of OWN’s hit series “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” Iyanla Vanzant offers guidance on how to
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May 14, 2020 (New York, N.Y.)— While the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the nation in varying degrees, it is having a major impact on the daily lives of Black women. ESSENCE, the leading media, technology and commerce company serving Black women and communities, today released research findings from its Impact of COVID-19 on Black Women study. This first comprehensive
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Rico Cassoni shares how to elevate your celebration through wine tasting Last week, I got to thumb through my earlier wine columns from some years ago. The wine world has changed so much since those halcyon days when life was a little calmer, prosperous and most of the wine we reported on was Cabernet and
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Meet the creative entrepreneur Alexis Hodges behind organic handmade skincare brand ‘Natural State of Mind Essentials’. Alexis is not the ordinary entrepreneur having to overcome obstacles of sickness which resorted to her spending a large amount of time in hospital. Not afraid to let others know she is a survivor of Crohn’s Disease which is
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Princeton University has named its first black valedictorian in the school’s 274-year history. According to their press release, Nicholas Johnson, an operations research and financial engineering from concentrator from Montreal, has been named valedictorian of Princeton’s Class of 2020. Grace Sommers, a concentrator from Bridgewater, New Jersey, has been named the Latin salutatorian. Johnson told The New
Andre Harrell, music executive known as the founder of Uptown Records, who gave the first career break to Sean Puffy Combs, has died at the age of 59. The news was revealed last night during the popular Club Quarantine hosted by DJ D-Nice. According to a report on The New York Times, His ex-wife, Wendy
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The music pioneer who changed the face of Rock N’ Roll from black and white to color, Little Richard, has died at the age of 87.According to RollingStone.com, his death was confirmed by Richard’s son, Danny Jones Penniman, adding his father died in Nashville, and that the cause of death was bone cancer. Born Richard Wayne
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Imagine being told as a child in late 19th century Puerto Rico, that Black people had no history, no heroes, no memorable contributions. Like many Black and Brown folks, Arturo Schomburg recalls being told this all too well, and in his case, by his 5th grade teacher. The remarks coming from the “so called” educator
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A link to the story below was emailed to us as an obituary posted on Economist.com. It’s heartbreaking, and just like the source who sent it to us says, it’s just the tip of an iceberg, and strikingly cold. Read on… SINGING WAS something Willie Levi loved to do. When he was at the state
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