LOS ANGELES, CA — Emmy®-winning live television producer David Hill and Oscar®-nominated producer-director Reginald Hudlin will produce the 88th Oscars telecast, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today. It will be their first involvement with the Academy Awards®, which will air live on the ABC Television Network on Oscar Sunday, February 28, 2016. “We’re delighted […]
Check out who will be recognized at ESSENCE magazine’s 2nd annual ‘Street Style Awards’ Dinner during New York Fashion Week, September 13th? Singer Ciara, Actress Gabrielle Union, Designer Charles Elliot Harbison and Celebrity Stylist Jason Rembert. Here’s what ESSENCE has to say about why they chose these three stylish honorees. GABRIELLE UNION – Closet
On Saturday, August 29th, 2015, the 2nd Annual Imperial Avenue Street Festival celebrates the diversity of one of San Diego’s oldest neighborhoods. The free event hosted by BAME Renaissance Community Development Corporation (BAME CDC) offered attendees of all-ages, four blocks of local artists, crafts and some of the most delicious food in the neighborhood. The
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA—Amelia Boynton Robinson, a champion for civil rights, who nearly died while helping lead the 1965 Selma march on “Bloody Sunday,” has died. Boynton Robinson, championed voting rights for African Americans, was the first Black woman to run for Congress in Alabama. She was 104. Her son, Bruce Boynton, said she had been hospitalized
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SAN DIEGO – On Wednesday, Aug. 19, hundreds of students, parents and community leaders attended the second annual celebration dinner for the Full STE[+a]M Ahead summer youth program at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation’s Celebration Hall. This program, started by the Jacobs Center, partners with community-based organizations to offer a comprehensive curriculum that combines
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Julian Bond, a lifelong civil rights leader and former board chairman of the NAACP, passed away Saturday night in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He was 75. Bond, fell ill abruptly on Wednesday from complications related to vascular disease, according to reports from his wife. In his final days, she said, he remained an optimist, finding
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COMMON, NE-YO AND ELIJAH KELLEY ARE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO ALL-STAR CAST FOR ‘THE WIZ LIVE!’ NBC’s Highly Anticipated Dec. 3 Telecast to Be Among Biggest TV Events of the Season UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Aug. 13, 2015 — Adding to an already A-list cast, Oscar winner Common, singer-songwriter-actor Ne-Yo and “Hairspray” co-star Elijah Kelley have joined NBC’s
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(San Diego, CA) Smooth jazz guitarist and vocalist Nick Colionne who’s style of music is best described as both urban and contemporary, is set to hit the stage this Saturday, closing out the summer at San Diego’s Jazz at the Creek. The Chicago native who learned to play guitar at 9 from his step-father, has
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Ferguson, MO – Despite angry protests and national outcry after the police killing of unarmed Michael Brown, Jr., a year ago Aug. 9, the police shootings of Black citizens and ensuing uprisings continue to occur across the country. Diversity expert and author, Devin S. James, warns the tragedies and conflict will continue until government leaders make
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Today is the 47th anniversary of Peanuts first African-American character, “FRANKLIN.” Harriet Glickman, a school teacher wrote a letter to the comic strip’s creator Charles M. Schulz following the death of Martin Luther King urging him that an African American character needed to be added to the popular comic strip. “Franklin Armstrong” was introduced on
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