By BlackNews.com Nationwide via BlackNews.com — Via her web sites JamilaJayPlusSizeCasting.com and JamilaJayFashions.com, entrepreneur Jamila Jay offers plus size women an opportunity to start “Living Life Like Lizzo” which means that they should beam with confidence, truth, and love. Her goal is to make sure that this demographic has a fair shot at upscale fashion […]
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Black Female Eye Surgeon Develops Magnetic Lash Extensions That Are Safer For Your Eyes
BLACK FEMALE EYE SURGEON DEVELOPS MAGNETIC LASH EXTENSIONS THAT ARE SAFER FOR YOUR EYES Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — OpulenceMD Beauty, a Black-owned luxury, eye-specific beauty brand created by an African American female eye surgeon, is giving out thousands of pairs of their amazing magnetic lashes and liner from July 31 – August 2, 2020 (while supplies […]
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Student Launches Company to End Gun Violence
By Blacknews.com RuQuan “Ru” Brown, a 17-year old high school senior from Seattle who has excelled in his classes and sports, has been recently accepted into 24 colleges including Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Earlier this year, he also launched his own apparel brand called Love1, a venture that aims to put an end to gun […]
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Black High School Music Group Releases Groundbreaking Animated Music Video
AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC GROUP RELEASES GROUNDBREAKING ANIMATED VIDEO ADDRESSING CURRENT SOCIAL ISSUES Listen to the 10 track project here accompanied by an animated lyric video here Columbus, OH (BlackNews.com) — The Paragon Project, a revolving collective of nationally-recognized high school artists, found a unique way to release its fourth album as schools shut […]
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Black-Owned Streaming Service Launches Crowdfunding
SUMWHOLESUM MEDIA LAUNCHES CROWDFUNDING EFFORT FOR NEW BLACK STREAMING SERVICE Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — SumWholeSum Media, a new Black streaming media service has been a 20-year vision of former Seattle Underground Hip Hop (Down Since Day One) artist Michael Antonio Brown. In 1999, he produced a Public Access Hip Hop show called “Check 1-2” after Seattle […]
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Black Author, “Broken Pieces Made Whole”
SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR LISA R. JENKINS RELEASES HER FOURTH BOOK “BROKEN PIECES MADE WHOLE” TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) — Chicago-native Lisa R. Jenkins recently released Broken Pieces Made Whole – Making a New Life After Escaping the Old One(s), her fourth book and accompanying personal manual. Through her pen and […]
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Books Help Black Girls With Etiquette
LEADING ETIQUETTE EXPERT LAUNCHES BOOK SERIES TO DEVELOP SOCIAL GRACES AND ETIQUETTE IN BLACK GIRLS New “Bougie Girl Chronicles” Book Series Unlocks the Young “Lady” in Urban Girls 9-12 Years Old Dallas, TX (BlackNews.com) — Award-winning author and etiquette expert, Trenette Wilson (aka Lady Trenette Wilson) has announced the release of the Bougie Girl Chronicles, […]
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Black Couple Hosting New Radio Show
HUSBAND AND WIFE, MR AND MRS R, TEAM UP TO LAUNCH NEW INTERNET RADIO SHOW Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — With statistics stating that it’s hard for a husband and wife to work together comes RnR Radio. Owned by husband and wife radio hosts Robert and Pamela Rickenbacker aka Mr & Mrs R from Las Vegas Nevada, […]
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Students Throw ‘COVID Parties’ to See Who Gets Infected First
By Blacknews.com Several college students from Alabama and other states who are infected with the coronavirus have been reportedly attending parties to intentionally spread the virus and see who would catch the virus first. The disturbing report came out as a rumor first until authorities investigated unnamed students, who were aware that they were COVID-19 […]
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Black Developer in Virginia Raising $1.5M
BLACK-LED NON-PROFIT DEVELOPER TO RAISE $1.5M FOR HOUSING ACQUISITION/REHABILITATION Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Virginia Housing and Community Development Corporation (VHCDC), a certified black-led Community Development Entity (CDE), is seeking equity investors for up to $1.5 million to scale its investment model of acquiring, renovating, leasing, and selling single-family homes in low-income communities. “We have a model […]
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Commentary: Is Lizzo Hurting the Image of Black Women?
IS LIZZO AND THE IMAGE OF BLACK WOMEN A CAUSE FOR ALARM? By Legrand H. Clegg II via BlackNews.com Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — On June 28, of this year, Melissa Johnson, known professionally as “Lizzo,” won BET’s Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Award for 2020. This is of grave concern to me. However, since Lizzo cannot be […]
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1st Black Food, Wine and Travel Magazine Strengthens Its Focus
CUISINE NOIR, THE COUNTRY’S FIRST BLACK FOOD, WINE AND TRAVEL MAGAZINE, STRENGTHENS ITS FOCUS ON TELLING STORIES FROM THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA The culinary publication continues to curate content from around the globe that inspires, uplifts and preserves the history and culture of Black chefs, winemakers, tastemakers and more. Oakland, CA (BlackNews.com) — The country’s […]