AFRICAN AMERICAN SORORITY SUPPORTS MEMBERS, PUBLIC WITH 6-PART WEBINAR SERIES Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Hosts “We Are Sigma Strong” During COVID-19 Outbreak Cary, NC (BlackNews.com) — “We Are Sigma Strong” […]
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New Book About Black Masculinity
BLACK MASCULINITY DEFINED BY A BLACK MAN IN NEW NON-FICTION BOOK (Bookcover and author, Khefa Nosakhere) Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Khefa Nosakhere has released his first non-fiction work entitled Institutional Racism […]
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Black Mompreneur Creates Online Hair School
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — These days, being able to work from home is an asset. With the current global events, it is crucial that individuals and businesses adopt alternative and innovative […]
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Black Mom Living in Taiwan Offers Tips on How to Find Peace Over Panic While Being Quarantined
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Juanita Ingram, a wife and mother of two, is also an attorney, author, and media personality who is currently living in Taiwan as an expat. She has […]
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Family Wants Justice For World War II Veteran Murdered in 1956
By BlackNews.com Hammondee Green was a World War II veteran who put his life on the line for his country. After he was honorably discharged in 1946, he was murdered […]
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Abandoned Properties Expert Develops Unique Plan to Reverse Gentrification
By BlackNews.com Dr. Johnny Cash, a Chicago-based published author and the nation’s leading abandoned properties expert, says that he has developed the ultimate plan for reversing gentrification. “When you consider […]
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Millennial Couple Launches $100M Affordable Housing Initiative
By BlackNews.com Atlanta, GA (via BlackNews.com) — Majesty and Elize are two career driven individuals who happened to match on a popular dating app. The pair quickly utilized Majesty’s entrepreneurial […]
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Tryp Rideshare
By Black News PR Everybody knows about Uber and Lyft, but there’s a new rideshare company called Tryp that is becoming especially popular with Black and other minority entrepreneurs. It’s […]
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Black Cop Who Shot a White Woman Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years in Prison
By BlackNews.com Minneapolis, MN — White police officers who fatally shoot African Americans usually get away with it without any charges. But Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who is […]
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First Black Teen Author Ever to Write 3 Books Being Used By School Districts Across the Country as Part of Their Teaching Curriculum
By BlackNews.com Hillside, NJ — 15-year old Essynce Moore is the only African American teen author that has written three books that are mandatory readings for several school district curriculums […]
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Jay-Z’s 2019 Shawn Carter Scholarship Program Now Open
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Created by rapper Jay-Z and his mother Gloria, the Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund (SCSF) was founded on the belief that any motivated individual in need should have the […]
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11-Year Old Violinist Hopes to Become New Face of Classical Music
By BlackNews.com Orlando, FL — Leah Flynn is a violin soloist. Her father, Lennox Flynn, a self-taught musician, realized Leah’s gift, as he noticed her tinker on the family’s keyboard, […]