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Book Review: “LOVE INCORRUPTIBLE” A Woman’s Reflective Journey to Freedom

  Here’s a big shout-out to author Jazmin Steele on sharing a compelling story of abandonment, love, loss, betrayal, forgiveness and resilience, in her debut novel Love Incorruptible (Lulu, $15.95 – soft cover and $26.95- hard cover). The protagonist, Brooklen Sapphire, is based on real life occurrences in Steele’s life who resonates instantly with readers […]

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Cover Struck: Smokin’ hot actor Michael B. Jordan Covers Essence Men’s Issue

All we’re sayin’ is that Michael B. Jordan is smoking’ hot on ESSENCE magazines June cover.   For its June Men’s issue, the cover story, The Fire Next Time, features the 31-year-old Newark, NJ, native sharing with ESSENCE why he’s secure in his career (he has three films in production), legacy (“I want people to say,

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ESSENCE Festival (2018) Launches Interactive Daytime ‘Conference & Expos’ Experience

    May 9, 2018 (NEW YORK, NY) – Essence Communications today announcedthat the 2018 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® will debut ‘Conference & Expos,’ an expanded daytime community enrichment experience with a new slate of interactive programming.  Incorporating talks, expos, roundtables, workshops, podcasts and more, the Festival’s daytime experience will be a convening summit that

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TV ONE, Roland Martin & The National Urban League Produce 2018 State of Black America

 (Left to Right) Panelists from 2017’s The State of Black America Town Hall taping presented by TV One and the National Urban League: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University Professor and Author; Angela Sailor, Former Director, RNC’s Coalition Department; Paris Dennard, GOP Commentator; Angela Rye, Political Commentator and Analyst; and Moderator Roland Martin, Managing Editor and Host of

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Queen Latifah Added to List of Iconic Women at 2018 Essence Festival

  First-Ever ESSENCE Fest Performance Rounds Out All-Star Roster of Iconic Women including Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Xscape and More April 26, 2018 (NEW YORK, NY) — For the first time in the event’s history, a special performance by multi-talented rapper, singer, actress and producer, Queen Latifah, has been added to the all-star

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Award Winning Producer & Artist Team Up for BROH Conference in LA

  Grammy award winning producer Shep Crawford and Grammy nominated recording artist/producer Montell Jordan are back together again, but this time it’s not in the studio. The two, who together worked on several R&B music projects over the years, have now become “Pastors.” They will converge for the first ever men’s only “BROH Conference” (Brothers

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