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Nov 6 2023

NAACP & American Film Market Launch “Guidelines For the Depiction of Black Life in Media

LOS ANGELES – This week, the NAACP Hollywood Bureau partnered with American Film Market, curating an impactful conversation on the importance of media storytelling and the long term effects of the media’s misrepresentation of African Americans on the Black community. “It is incumbent upon those of us who sit in positions of authority and power within […]

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Nov 6 2023

THE WIZ: January 9-14, At The San Diego Civic Theatre Ahead of its Return To Broadway

(San Diego, CA – Friday, November 3, 2023) – Producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Kandi Burruss, Todd Tucker, Common, MC Lyte and The Ambassador Theatre Group are thrilled to announce that tickets for the San Diego engagement of The Wiz at the Civic Theatre are available now by visiting BroadwaySD.com. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by emailing us at: [email protected]. Everybody

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Nov 6 2023

In honor of Veterans Day KITCHEN COMANDO will premier a special episode featuring Chef Andre Rush

Tubi, Fox Corporation’s ad-supported video-on-demand service, will premiere a special episode of KITCHEN COMMANDO, sponsored by USAA on Veterans Day. The November 11th episode will see former US Army Master Sergeant and White House Chef, Chef Andre Rush, take on the mission to try and save a struggling veteran owned restaurant. In this emotional and

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Oct 30 2023

Photos: Prime Video’s MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY World Premiere at AFI Fest

Directed by | Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz Produced by | Gelila Bekele, Jasmine K. White, and Asante White Synopsis | Writer, actor, filmmaker, studio head and media titan, Tyler Perry, is America’s consummate multihyphenate. But underneath this entertainment behemoth is a man working humbly to heal his childhood trauma by transforming his pain into

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Oct 12 2023

HBCU Scoreboard It’s Homecoming Ya Know?

October is homecoming month on most HBCU campuses. I would suggest that if you have never attended an HBCU Homecoming or has never been on a HBCU Campus (because you attended a PWI), or you do not feel comfortable being around a lot of Black people (I have heard that one before) put attending an

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Oct 12 2023

San Diego: $195K in Funding Received To restore The Black Family statue at Mountain View Park

In a Facebook post, Council President pro Tem Monica Montgomery wrote: “Thank to Assemblymember Akilah Weber, MD and her advocacy for our communities, San Diego received funding to restore The Black Family statue at the beloved Mountain View Park! This funding is more than just a check—it is about restoring the positive reflections and reclaiming

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Oct 9 2023

Atlanta: Rashaun Ali, Cortez Bryant and More Attend HBCU Week Foundation Festivities

On Thursday, October 6th and Friday, October 7th, The HBCU Week Foundation, Inc. held its annual HBCU Week of festivities for the first time in Atlanta, GA. These packed-out events brought out corporate executives, philanthropic sponsors, celebrities and aspiring HBCU college students to help raise awareness around the organization’s powerful mission of providing scholarship dollars

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Oct 7 2023

Emmy-Award Winners Jamie Foxx & Tommy Lee Jones Star in THE BURIAL Now showing in Select Theaters

Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral homeowner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones) enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary (Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx) to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice in

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Sep 26 2023

HBCU Scoreboard Weeks Three and Four

By G. Napier Barnes III The end of September also brings the end of the dreaded “money games” for many of our HBCUs. Some of my readers often ask why would a school accept a money game? The answer is simple. It’s all about the Benjamins. But more importantly I am asked why aren’t these

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Sep 26 2023

Note to the Supreme Court & Congress: Restore The Voting Rights Act Now!

Federal Court Denies Alabama Request for Redistricting By DL White A three Judge panel recently denied Alabama’s GOP Legislature’s request to pause the decision struck down previously for their new congressional redistricting. Unrelentless, Alabama submitted a new map after the Supreme Court “blocked the previous map” this summer “likely violating” the Voting Rights Act

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