Photo: Facebook Los Angeles, Calif. — Feb. 24, 2018 – Bright young girls from Black Girls Code came together with Disney, Nissan, HP and The JetBlue Foundation, to livestream a coding challenge inspired by Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, coming to theaters March 9th. Fifty girls from all over the country assembled in Los Angeles on […]
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Dennis Edwards, who joined the Temptations in 1968 and sang on a string of the group’s hits including “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Ball of Confusion” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” has died at age 74. His family confirmed the news to CBS News, saying he was in Chicago at the time of
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Essence Ventures has purchased Essence Communications, which means the magazine is now Black owned, again. In a message today on Essence.com Vanessa De Luca writes: It is with great joy that we announced today, Jan. 3, 2018, that Essence Communications is under new ownership: Essence Ventures LLC, an independent African-American-owned company focused on merging content,
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Washington University in St. Louis seniors Camille Borders and Jasmine Brown have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. Photo credit: Joe Angeles/WashingtonUniversity. Ten African Americans are included on the 2018 list of 32 exceptional American students who’ve been named Rhodes Scholars, Black Enterprise has reported. It is the highest number of students of African descent to
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Della Reese, the first black woman to have her own television variety show has died. Although the series which aired in 1969, was short-lived, Reese went on to earn another first by becoming the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Over the next two decades, she pursued acting and
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67 year-old Curtis Norris recently won $15,000 in a national business pitch competition put on by Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that helps formerly and currently incarcerated individuals start and grow their own businesses. According to Business Insider, Norris, who served 10 years in a California state prison between 2003 and 2013, won for his mobile power-washing
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Every year we look forward to learning who made the Forbes 30 under 30 list. And, this year is no exception. In it’s seventh year the annual list highlights 600 young powerhouses in 20 different industries, many of those that made the list shall we say with pride, exemplify #BlackExcellence. Check out some who caught our
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VI LYLES HAS been elected as Charlotte’s next mayor, beating GOP candidate Kenny Smith and becoming the sixth consecutive Democrat to hold the office since 2009. Lyles is the city’s first African-American woman to hold the office. She is a city council member and mayor pro tem, a role elected by the council to preside
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The social network giant Twitter announced on Tuesday it is doubling how many characters users can cram into a tweet. Most tweets will now fit 280 characters, up from 140. The new limit will roll out to Twitter users in almost all 40 languages Twitter supports. The new character length won’t apply to Japanese,
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Page Six is reporting that quarterback Colin Kaepernick has just signed a book deal with Random House, reportedly for more than $1 million. On Monday, PageSix reported that Colin Kaepernick was taking meetings with publishers out of talent agency William Morris Endeanvor’s New York City offices. As one of the most politically outspoken figures in
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