R&B songstress Jazmine Sullivan, courtesy of McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden. Credit: Paris Ivory-Taylor McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden movement was lit at the

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  Well, we did it ya’ll! We celebrated our 10 year anniversary and couldn’t have been more excited to spend it with friends, family, subscribers,

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[caption id="attachment_24948" align="alignleft" width="467"] Sheryl Lee Ralph and daughter, Coco Maurice - Photo: Jennifer Johnson Photography.[/caption] In celebration of the 15th annual McDonald’s® 365Black® Awards,

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[caption id="attachment_25770" align="aligncenter" width="1296"] (Photo by JB Lacroix/ WireImage)[/caption] The ESSENCE Festival® is pleased to announce that Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/actor Lena Waithe will give a keynote conversation