June Dinner in Wilmar, Arkansas is a Juneteenth Festival that has been celebrated in Arkansas since the late 1800's. Every year we aim to make things bigger and better for our community and surrounding areas. We are reaching out to everyone to donate ...
Posted Monday, July 29th 2019 at 1:25PM
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The Dallas-Ft. Worth Alumni Chapter of the Clark Atlanta University National Alumni Association, Inc. organizes an annual capital campaign to raise funds to award scholarships to gifted high school graduates and current CAU students from the DFW area who will attend our beloved Clark Atlanta Univer ...
Posted Friday, July 26th 2019 at 7:51PM
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The sale of the photo archive of Ebony and Jet magazines chronicling African American history is generating relief among some who worried the historic images may be lost.
But it's also causing some to mourn since the images, including photos of Em ...
Posted Friday, July 26th 2019 at 10:51AM
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Last night was the kickoff to a Music Summit series sponsored
by AT&T, founded by Chairman and Founder of Revolt TV,
Sean "Mr. Motivation" Combs!
From the looks of things, it was a great launch t the Kings
Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. Attendees were able to
indulge in everything Music, Ar ...
Posted Thursday, July 25th 2019 at 9:13AM
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The Black Girl 44 Scholarship was created by former Obama White House alum Deesha Dyer and includes contributions from more than 55 Black / African-American women who worked in the Obama White House. This private and independent initiative will award three $1,500 scholarships to Black/African-Americ ...
Posted Wednesday, July 24th 2019 at 3:41PM
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Winfrey surprised the Maui Humane Society with a visit to thank the organization for evacuating animals during a wildfire. The Maui News reported Saturday, July 13, 2019, that Winfrey is a part-time Maui resident who only visited briefly Saturday, thanking a volunteer and taking a photo outside wi ...
Posted Thursday, July 18th 2019 at 7:20PM
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Amazon Books editors share their picks for best books of 2019. Which will you read first?
By Amazon Book Editors
2019 is halfway through, the weather is getting warmer, and it’s time for awkward small talk over Aperol Spritzes (or is that not a ...
Posted Wednesday, July 17th 2019 at 3:44PM
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What do you think of when you think of who typically drives a Chevy Blazer; a white dude—maybe in the Midwest or South?
Someone who lives for off-roading their vehicle through dirt trails? Well, the Chevy Blazer has gotten a reboot in 2019. General Motors is targeting its new lineup of crossover ...
Posted Tuesday, July 16th 2019 at 1:38PM
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Ms. Obama shares powerful advice and insight into relationships and our health
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/michelle-obama-interview-gayle-king-exclusive-with-former-first-lady-live-stream-2019-07-07/ ...
Posted Tuesday, July 9th 2019 at 10:02AM
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Hundreds of excited Alcorn State University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community supporters turned out to graciously welcome the university's 20th and first female president onto campus.
The university honored President Felecia Nave wit ...
Posted Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 at 8:46PM
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Original story on UNCF.org
HBCUs Punching Above Their Weight, a research report released today by UNCF, makes a strong case for a powerful proposition: Given their small average size and a history of being under-resourced, the enrollment, degree a ...
Posted Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 at 3:39PM
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Sanders wants to cancel all student loan debt.
By Tara Golshan
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s proposal to make college free in the United States just got bigger: He wants to erase all student debt too. All $1.6 trillion of it.
The Vermont senator will unveil the most ambitious higher education p ...
Posted Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 at 1:12PM
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The aftermath of a natural disaster causes disruption to every part of a community’s well-being, from physical infrastructure and economic growth, to social and mental health. The issues addressed urgently following these emergencies are often the most visible: lack of food and water, obvious hazard ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 5:08PM
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The failure of Microsoft to establish a leading mobile operating system was a huge blow to the company, and something that apparently still haunts one of its co-founders to this day.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Monday that not develop ...
Posted Monday, July 1st 2019 at 11:37AM
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Kaila Myrick is First ASU/HBCU Student/Graduate Certified by NASA as a Microgravity Science Glovebox Facility Operator. It all started via a Mentor-Prote'ge' Agreement Between the University and Teledyne Brown Engineering.
An alumna from an HBCU - ...
Posted Monday, June 10th 2019 at 10:01PM
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