The ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® announces the expansion of its Money & Power Expo into a weekend-long conference, entitled Path To Power, during the daytime programming taking place June 30–July 2, 2017, on the second floor of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. Free and open to the public, the […]
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#MissingDCGirls is trending on social media out of frustration over lack of big media coverage for missing Black and Latina Girls. As of March 23, 2017, over a dozen Washington D.C. teens are missing from the nation’s capital, police in that city say. Finally, the issue has generated massive attention on social media as people are outraged that the
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Every spring I drive along the 5 freeway passing by the beautiful flower fields in Carlsbad, CA, And, every year I tell myself I’m going to stop. Well, this year I decided to just do it. It’s kinda sad that I’ve lived in southern California for umpteen years and this is my first visit. You know
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Music icons Janelle Monáe, Maxwell, and Angelique Kidjo will be performing at the Women’s March on Washington, which will take place in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Additional performers include Toshi Reagon, Samantha Ronson, Emily Wells, DJ Rekha, MC Lyte, St. Beauty, Beverly Bond, Alia Sharief, DJ Rimarkable, Amber Coffman, the Indigo Girls, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Climbing PoeTree.
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On Thursday, January 12, the 225th anniversary of The United States Mint, a new Lady Liberty gold coin was unveiled featuring the image of an African- American woman. For the first time in history, the coin depicts Lady Liberty, wearing a twist hair style pulled back in a crown of stars, and is inscribed with “1792,” for
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Written by D.L. White, Guest Columnist Should the 2016 Presidential Elections be ruled Null and Void as a result of Russia’s involvment?…..What did President-elect Trump know? And when did he know it? (Troubling)!! Unbelievable! It has been confirmed that Russian hackers (with approval from Russian President Putin himself) successfully infiltrated the Democratic National Committee’s
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Jeanette Epps, PhD will become the first African American astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station in May 2018, as part of Expedition 56. In a NASA video, Epps said she was inspired to become an aerospace engineer as a young girl in elementary school by Sally Ride and other early female
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Forbes Magazine has announced its list of “30 under 30” innovators for 2017. More than 15,000 people were nominated but only 600 made the final cut. And, we couldn’t be more prouder of the number of chocolate superstar millennials who made the list. Check out a few of the influencers below: Jason Derulo (27) Musician Derulo, who
Janet Jackson and her husband, Wissam Al Mana welcomed their son Eissa Al Mana into the world, their rep revealed in a statement today. “The mother, 50 year-old new mom reportedly had a ‘stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably.” Janet has been married to Qatari businessman Al Mana for four years. The superstar promptly
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(Long Beach, CA) Identical twin sisters Brenda Wilson and Lynda Moran co-founder’s of New Image Emergency Shelter for the homeless, are spreading holiday cheer at the 22nd annual Christmas Store in Long Beach! The holiday giving campaign was held on Sunday, December 18th at The Westin Hotel located at 333. W. Ocean Blvd, will provide food and gifts for over
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