Protecting your home is essential at any time, especially during COVID-19.(Courtesy photo) By David Lahav Special to the AFRO With the Covid-19 pandemic closing large swaths of the economy and keeping more of us cooped up in our houses, home security has become more important than ever. Sure, we usually associate home break-ins with the […]
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Black Content-Based Instagram Page Sells for $85M; Owner of Page is not Black
On Sept. 5, VladTV reported that Warner Music Group purchased IMGN Media for $85 million. The company creates Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok pages and post memes and videos that are likely to go viral. By A.R. Shaw, Rolling Out via NNPA The owner of the Black-themed Instagram page “Daquan” has reportedly sold the brand for […]
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Online Math Program For Black Boys, Taught By Black Male Teachers
NEW, ONLINE MATHEMATICS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR BLACK BOYS, TAUGHT BY BLACK MALE TEACHERS Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Math Moxie, a revolutionary online math program for Black boys in middle school and taught by Black male math teachers is set to launch Fall 2020.This year-long enrichment program is strategically designed to help meet the needs of […]
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CSU Press Release: Middle and High School Students from Around the World to Compete in Science Trivia Competition, Hosted By Coppin State University August 28
Middle and High School Students from Around the World to Compete in Science Trivia Competition, when Coppin State University Hosts STEM Day, August 28 BALTIMORE – Middle and high school students from around the world are expected to compete in Coppin State University’s (CSU) virtual STEM Day Science Trivia competition, where top students are awarded, […]
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Female Inventor Aims to Save Lives
By Blacknews.com Innovative medical startup CPRWrap is thrilled to announce its national launch with Founder and CEO Felicia Jackson at the helm. CPRWrap is an all-in-one, disposable CPR template that protects and guides any non-medical responder during respiratory and cardiac emergencies. CPRWrap has an attached one-way valve mouth barrier, visual hand placements, and simple CPR […]
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Donald Trump threatens TikTok and WeChat
By Caitlin Yilek Zenger News The use of virtual private networks (VPN) is projected to grow in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order effectively banning the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat. The federal government is reacting to reports that the apps harvest vast amounts of personal information from Americans’ mobile devices in the background […]
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Car Buying, COVID-19 and 2020 Reviews
By Randi Payton Decisive Media Network The fall season marks the end of the year for 2020 vehicles, the time period when the new 2021 model year vehicles start going on sale. Because dealerships are eager to offer big discounts to make room in their showrooms for the new vehicles, this is the best time […]
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Black Diplomatic Couple Launches Podcast & Provides Passport Scholarships to African-American Students
Nationwide via BlackNews.com — This year the United States marks 152 years since the ratification of the 14th Amendment, and for African Americans, this Reconstruction Act was a watershed moment, which laid the framework, although hugely imperfect, for a legal basis for citizenship grounded in equal protection and, in theory, the right to own and […]
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YPBPC 2020 FREE Youth Photography Camp
Year Three Camp is in Full Swing! All campers have access to Canon Rebel T6 cameras, receive a t-shirt & mask, snacks, and endless knowledge of photography. They will learn the functions of the camera, focus techniques, natural lighting, studio lighting, will be put in a real life photoshoot experiences with professional models, and more. […]
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Morgan State Awarded Three New Patents So Far In 2020 (with 26 Patents Pending)
U.S. Awards Three New STEM-related Patents to Morgan State University MSU Faculty Inventors Contribute Innovation in Crucial Fields BALTIMORE — Morgan State University (MSU) received three United States patents awarded in the spring and summer of 2020 — an unprecedented number for the university in a single year — for inventions conceived by teams that include […]
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Black Doctor Launches Health App
BLACK DOCTOR LAUNCHES HEALTH PROMOTIONAL APP IN THE MIDST OF CORONAVIRUS & SOCIAL JUSTICE CRISES Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Dr. Sean T. Hubbard, a hospital neurologist in New Jersey, became inspired, when he witnessed conversations happening online, particularly on the most popular social media sites. “If we have to explain that our lives matter, it’s no […]
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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 […]
