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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LGBTQ Network Revry and Xfinity Present The Beltway Pride Screening Series
LGBTQ Network Revry and Xfinity Present The Beltway Pride Screening Series BALTIMORE, MD (July 23, 2020) – Revry, the first global queer streaming network, today announced a new partnership with Comcast Xfinity’s Beltway Region to introduce The Beltway Pride Screening Series – a collection of six compelling films that explore life through the lens of […]
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U.S. Postal Service to Review Stamp Honoring Supremes Florence Ballard
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Supremes legend Mary Wilson is on a crusade that she hopes will end with the United States Postal Service commemorating her late bandmate and close friend Florence Ballard on a Forever Stamp. “I get so emotional when I speak about Flo,” said Wilson, who received a 2020 […]
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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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Hotel Revival Hires First Director of Culture & Impact
By AFRO Staff The award-winning Hotel Revival, a Joie de Vivre hotel located in the heart of Baltimore’s historic Mount Vernon neighborhood, recently welcomed Jason Bass as its first director of culture and impact. Bass joins the team in this full-time capacity after having served in a consultant role helping produce events and social impact […]
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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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National Black Theatre Receives Its First Obie Award
NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE GARNERS OBIE AWARD Historic theater nabs prestigious award at ceremony honoring the best in Off-Broadway NEW YORK (July 15, 2020) — Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) was awarded the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Production and Continued Advocacy on behalf of Black Artists during the 65th Annual Obie […]
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THE RUNDOWN – The Michelle Obama Podcast Coming Soon
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks former FLOTUS, Michelle Obama and Spotify’s collaboration to produce her new podcast and the trending topics in this weeks AFRO American Newspaper.
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Fatal Affair
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic Dull suspense/thrillers are most often mired in formula. Example: Woman in distress. Man stalks her. Confrontations and narrow escapes. Big do-or-die finale. The Perfect Guy (Sanaa Lathan is hounded by Michael Ealy) stuck to those basics. Fatal Affair does too and adds nothing new to the mix. […]