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Nov 14 2017

Actor and Tech Entrepreneur Jesse Williams Launches First Mobile Game, BLeBRiTY

SAN FRANCISCO – November 11, 2017- Actor and Technology Entrepreneur, Jesse Williams, announced the release of his first mobile game app, BLeBRiTY. The announcement was made at Blavity’s AFROTECH Conference, the largest African-American tech conference in Silicon Valley. Comedy and color run deep in this exciting new game now available exclusively from the App […]

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Sep 25 2017

Wrapping up September: Celebrating California Wine Month

Taste of Wine By Frank Mangio A Few Ways to Celebrate It seems like the corks are flying off the bottles more than normal this month and there’s good reason. It’s California Wine Month and the festivals and wine dinners are adding up. Wine is big business in California with over 4,000 wineries in 138

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Aug 11 2017

“Step,” Is Exactly Why Our Stories Matter

Seeing the response from the audience after a screening in San Diego, of the film “Step,” is exactly why our stories matter. Although San Diego, is not Baltimore, or L.A. And, by that I mean not a large Black population, we go through the same struggles, especially when communities within our city is depicted as

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Aug 1 2017

Viola Davis & husband Julius Tennon and more, will appear on OWN’s New docuseries: “Black Love”

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, will premiere the four episode docu-series, “Black Love,” from filmmakers Codie Elaine Oliver and Tommy Oliver (“The Perfect Guy”) and Confluential Films, on Tuesday, August 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (after an all new episode of Tyler Perry’s “The Haves and the Have Nots” at 9 p.m. ET/PT). The series

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Jun 23 2017

Black Kids Swim: Don’t Fall For the Stereotype!

As I prepared to write this post, I messaged one of my friends and asked the question: ‘Do you swim?’ Her answer, “Yeah baby, I’m from Texas.” I laughed when I read her matter of fact answer because, that’s my exact same answer, being from Arizona! Ya’ll Texans and Arizonans know what we’re talking about. A person could

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May 26 2017

Chance The Rapper Royally Covers EBONY

We’re loving’ this cover of EBONY magazine with one of our favorite rappers on the cover, Chance The Rapper. The world has fallen head over hills in love with this 24 year old who certainly has presidential tendencies but, makes in clear in the article that he has no intentions what so ever to run for president.

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May 25 2017

San Diego County Fair: Wild Wild West, Country, Comedy, Gospel, Rock, Rap, R&B & Food, Food, Food!

Photo: The owner of Chicken Charlie’s serving up all things chicken and beef including, Kool Aid Hotwings, while chatting it up with a fairgoer. Credit: Gwen Pierce San Diego — It’s that time of year again folks: “The Wild Wild West” is headed for Del Mar fairgrounds for the 2017 San Diego County Fair. For local’s, it’s the

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May 13 2017

Celebrating My Grandmother “Sassy Nancy” on Mother’s Day

Pictured: Nancy and great-grandson Torian in 2004. Growing up I only had one living grandmother. That was my paternal grandmother, Nancy. As we come upon mother’s day, memories of growing up with her in my life has made me more grateful to have had such a strong presence in my life. Allow me to

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Apr 10 2017

British Vogue Names first Black Editor, Edward Enninful

British Vogue announced EDWARD ENNINFUL as the new editor of British Vogue. Condé Nast International chairman and chief executive Jonathan Newhouse called Enninful “an influential figure in the communities of fashion, Hollywood and music which shape the cultural zeitgeist”, adding that “by virtue of his talent and experience, Edward is supremely prepared to assume the responsibility of

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Apr 5 2017

Poem Dedicated to Model Trolled on Social Media Because of her Darker Skin

We’re certain that by now, many of you have heard the name Mimi Mbah, and how she was trolled on social media because of the color of her skin. And, hopefully you read the aspiring models beautiful response to her hater. It all started last week, when some of Mimi’s photos were shared by @_AFRICANS_,

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