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The George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art is an institution that collects, interprets and preserves the visual aesthetic of people of African descent in North America and …
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As a part of the University’s 175 year anniversary celebration, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has partnered with the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation to host the HBCU …
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Why Burundian singer Kidum rejected career politics for music
About Sisters’ Sanctuary™ Sisters’ Sanctuary is a movement that celebrates the mental, physical, and emotional well being of womanhood to reclaim ownership of their families and to take holistic responsibility …
The rebirth of The Howard Theatre is coming soon. Each day the team of construction workers led by Ellis Development Group pushes forward on the top-to-bottom, $29 million renovation of …
BRETT ZONGKER | April 12, 2012 12:33 PM EST | WASHINGTON — Before there was the Apollo in Harlem, there was the Howard Theatre in the nation’s capital. The nearly …
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has finally reached the pinnacle of one of its …
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Follow: Black Voices News WASHINGTON — Trayvon Martin’s parents expressed relief Wednesday over a special prosecutor’s decision to charge the man responsible for the 17-year-old’s death. Martin’s mother said if …
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Usually a celebrity wardrobe malfunction consists of a generous dose of sideboob, a visible tush or, most classically, the accidental flash of a pastie-covered nipple. But rarely are we graced …
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 9:31 pm By: Erica Taylor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show Bessie B. Stringfield, a.k.a. “BB,” was the first black woman to make eight long-distance solo …
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Given its cultural baggage, the term “secretary” has been jettisoned over the past three decades. Then why is it that Warren Buffett still has a secretary and not an executive …
With her back toward the viewer and her right arm outstretched, a woman wearing a wheat-colored ballerina dress cups a billowy cloud edged with a crimson ribbon. Facing a desert …
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By Jose de la Isla Posted April 11, 2012 at 4:38 p.m. MEXICO CITY — Elizabeth Catlett died April 2 at age 96 in Cuernavaca, 80 miles south of this …
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Mitchell, 78, first came to Moscow in 1962 as a dancer. His most recent visit saw him give a master class. “The fallacy was that black people could not do …
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By John Horn Los Angeles Times10:20 p.m. CDT, April 11, 2012 Movies aimed at African American moviegoers are typically the province of bigger-budget comedies and dramas — the kinds of …
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