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Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed as First Black Women Supreme Court Justice

It’s official! The Senate voted 53-47, making Ketanji Brown Jackson the FIRST African-American woman ever confirmed to sit on the country’s highest court. Now, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can take her well-deserved seat on the Supreme Court of the United States.  Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to hold the position and just one […]

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Photos: PaleyFest Welcomes ‘This Is Us’ at Dolby Theatre

On Saturday, April 2, 2022, PaleyFest kicked off with the cast and creatives from This Is Us at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The evening included: Maureen J. Reidy, President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media, Dan Fogelman, Creator, Showrunner and Executive Producer, Milo Ventimiglia, “Jack Pearson,” Mandy Moore, “Rebecca Pearson,” Sterling K. Brown, “Randall Pearson,” Chrissy Metz, “Kate

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Photos: Cast of black-ish Celebrated at PaleyFest

On Sunday, April 3, 2022, PaleyFest celebrated with the cast and creatives from black-ish at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The evening included: Maureen J. Reidy, President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media, Anthony Anderson, “Andre ‘Dre’ Anderson,” Showrunner and Executive Producer, Courtney Lilly, Producer, Tracee Ellis Ross, “Rainbow Johnson,”Yara Shahidi, “Zoey Johnson,” Marcus Scribner, “Andre Johnson Jr.,” Miles

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President Joe Biden Appoints Taraji P. Henson and NBA’s Chris Paul to HBCU Advisory Board

President Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA’s Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities.  They are among nine men and nine women Biden is appointing to the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCU’s, the White House announced Thursday. The board is tasked with advancing the goal of the of

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 Filmmaker Jessica Sarowitz Re-defining the landscape of LA’s Creative Community with Stocker Street Creative

LOS ANGELES – And just like that! Jessica Sarowitz is  the woman re-defining the landscape of LA’s creative community through philanthropy, filmmaking and social impact investing. She’s a mother, wife, executive producer, entrepreneur, social impact investor and founder of 4S Bay Partners LLC, based in Chicago. More importantly, she’s changing the scenery of  South  Los Angeles and the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw

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Rhymes with Reason Teams Up with the Detroit Pistons to Reward Students for Educational Excellence

San Diego, CA, (March 30, 2022) — Rhymes with Reason, an Educational Technology company that aims to democratize English language literacy through music, is proudly launching an initiative with the Detroit Pistons and SAY Detroit that started in January 2022, and allows Detroit area students (who attend SAY Detroit) to cash in learning badges earned on

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Tucson: National Women’s History Month – Celebrating and Thanking Sheroes in our Midst Past & Present

By DL White The late god-father of Soul, James Brown sang in one of his hits, “It’s a man’s world, it’s a man’s world, but it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.”  Brown was right women are the healers of society and make things better and often right. Welcome to National

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Celebrating Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s OSCAR Win

Prior to his Oscar win, on Saturday, March 26th Disney’s Onyx Collective hosted a brunch in celebration of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Summer of Soul.   The Oscar nominated documentary is the first title from Onyx Collective, the new content brand dedicated to empowering artists of color and telling globally entertaining stories from a culturally specific point of

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Beyoncé Will Perform “Be Alive” from “King Richard” on the 94th Oscars®

Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, Reba McEntire and Sebastián Yatra will perform this year’s nominated songs on the 94th Oscars®, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced today.  The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT. This year’s Original Song nominees and performers are as follows

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