Twenty-year old Austin Martin knows what it’s like feeling apathetic towards school-work. In a phone conversation with The Chocolate Voice, the graduate of San Diego’s Francis Parker High School, confidently tells us that although
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ATLANTA (January, 2016) – Following the success of scripted comedy series, Bounce TV — the nation’s first and only broadcast television network designed for African-American (AA) audiences and TV’s fastest-growing AA network — is expanding into hour-long drama with Saints & Sinners, which will center around the pursuit of power, intertwined with deceit, greed, corruption and murder
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Returning as host for the second year, Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson, won over the crowd with her playful charm and quick wit.
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A recent Gallup poll suggest that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) alums reported a higher sense of financial, social, and community giving after graduation. San Diego native Chaunteal Webb-Candler knows that feeling all too well. The Clark-Atlanta graduate proudly admits the value in attending an HBCU, has provided her with invaluable leadership skills, values
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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Unified School District selected Michelle King as its next superintendent Monday, making her the first woman in more than 80 years and the first black woman ever to lead the nation’s second largest school district.
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Roland S. Martin, host and managing editor of News One Now held a teleconference on January 8, 2016, with “The Chocolate Voice” and a select group of other Black media outlets.
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It started about 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon where there is an equal amount of sunlight and darkness. The first full moon after this event which is also known as the Vernal Equinox, was the day that started the new year.
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The graves of our times have become the hands of their protection to fear for our life. Without remorse they caress our life with steels of pain that penetrate our bodies in heat. They say the invisible torture from within us gave them impartial moments of safety. Secrets of tales in the blue uniform conform
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Check this out! We are lovin’ ESSENCE’s first-ever “Black Girl Magic” February 2016 issue. The magazine presents three covers celebrating young women who embody the spark and shine that exists in every Black girl: activist Johnetta Elzie, Chi-Raq’s leading lady, Teyonah Parris, and black-ish co-star Yara Shahidi. Love it!
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CHICAGO, IL (January 5, 2016) – Central City Productions today announced that comedian, syndicated radio and TV personality Rickey Smiley (Dish Nation, Rickey Smiley For Real) and actress and TV personality Sherri Shepherd (Ride Along 2, The View) will return as co-hosts of the 31st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, having hosted together in 2014.
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