Leslie Odom Jr. talks with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant about his role as Sam Cooke in academy award winning actress Regina King's directorial debut "ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI."
On the night of Feb. 25, 1964, in Miam ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 at 3:30PM
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Kingsley Ben-Adir talks with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant about his role as civil rights leader Malcolm X in academy award winning actress Regina King's directorial debut "ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI."
On the night of ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 at 1:46PM
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The HBCU CON, a weeklong basketball and academic experience for elite players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, will be offering instruction embedded with skill development from former and current NBA professionals and training for m ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2021 at 9:26PM
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For Immediate Relief From NCEA!
Maximizing New COVID Relief Benefit for Catholic Schools
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
WHAT: Maximizing New COVID Relief Benefit for Catholic Schools
Catholic school leaders are invited to j ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2021 at 5:40PM
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For Immediate Release From SAMHSA!
"Young Adults: It's OK To Ask For Help - Mental Illness and Substance Use in Young Adults
Entering adulthood can be an emotional time, but sometimes the ups and downs can mean something more.
Millio ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2021 at 11:07AM
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For Immediate Release From National Black Catholic Congress!
WINDSOR TERRACE — When a bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, demanded that a young Black woman named Rosa Parks give up her seat in the non-Black designated section of the bus, so beg ...
Posted Sunday, January 17th 2021 at 11:11AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM BAZELON LAW CENTER!
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2021
The US Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved a federal complaint filed by Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) ...
Posted Saturday, January 16th 2021 at 10:39AM
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Emmy®-nominated producer Jesse Collins, Oscar®-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the 93rd Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced today. It will be their first ...
Posted Friday, January 15th 2021 at 10:55PM
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LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards to filmmaker Tyler Perry and to the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). The Oscar® statuettes will be presented at ...
Posted Friday, January 15th 2021 at 10:45PM
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The Central State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has selected Elliott Lightfoot to serve as CSU's next head coach for the sports of track and field and cross country.
"Coach Lightfoot has been successful at every stage of his ...
Posted Friday, January 15th 2021 at 12:16PM
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For Immediate Release From The King Center!
YOU AND YOUTH ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND BELOVED COMMUNITY SUMMIT!
WHEN: January 14, 2021 & January 15, 2021
WHERE: THEKINGCENTER.ORG
TIME: NOO ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2021 at 4:14PM
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Oprah sells majority of OWN for $36 million to Discovery On Tuesday, Oprah Winfrey sold most of her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) shares to Discovery Inc. for more than $36 million in stock.
According to Bloomberg, the deal increases Discovery’s s ...
Posted Wednesday, December 30th 2020 at 11:13AM
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Crystal Hayslett sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist
Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss how she emerge from a wardrobe stylist to actress on Tyler Perry's BET's "SISTAS." ...
Posted Thursday, December 24th 2020 at 1:01PM
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A Coppin State University (CSU) graduate has been tapped to advise a U.S. racial healing leadership group.
Dr. Lopez Matthews, Jr., Ph.D., has been appointed a senior adviser to the leadership group of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformatio ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2020 at 3:54PM
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For Immediate Release From Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
Table of Contents:
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Volunteer In Your Community
ED TRUST NEWS: The Importance Of Grow Your Own Programs To Recruit
Teachers Of Color By Ruby ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2020 at 1:26PM
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Taylour Paige who portrays "Dussie Mae" in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss working with the an all star cast including the late Chadwick Boseman with whom she sha ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2020 at 1:10AM
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Grammy award winning Jermaine Dupri sits down for an in depth conversation with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant. ...
Posted Saturday, December 19th 2020 at 3:11AM
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News Conference included demonstration of drone delivery system of Varigard product. The sanitizer compliments Draganfly’s ASU technology and social distancing units installed earlier; ALL part of the University’s COVID-19 safety protocol.
Al ...
Posted Thursday, December 17th 2020 at 10:04PM
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If you’re ready to send pitch emails to the press – or you already do and the answer is always No, if you get a reply at all – then you’ll love this interview with my guest and friend Janell Hazelwood, who’s been in the field for almost 20 years as a journalist, editor, and media strategist.
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Posted Thursday, December 17th 2020 at 1:44PM
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BET announces the premiere of popular film/tv producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood's MegaMind new, original romantic comedy Christmas film, Holiday Heartbreak, released today on BET and BET HER with LisaRaye McCoy (Single Ladies, Ballers), AJ Johnson (H ...
Posted Wednesday, December 16th 2020 at 3:33PM
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For Immediate Release From White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative!
School Ambassador Fellowship
The Department is seeking outstanding teachers, principals, counselors, psychologists, librarians, and other school-based professionals intera ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 3:20PM
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