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V-103’s Greg Street and We Need 2 Read honored at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Keep Hope Alive Gala during the Creating Opportunity Conference

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Atlanta, GA – Greg Street, long-time CBS Big Station D.J., whose trademark, “Six o’clock, Six o’clock, it’s time for Street to Rock” is an urban legend in Atlanta. Street is being honored as entrepreneur of the year at the Keep Hope Alive Gala taking place during the 13th Annual Creating Opportunity Conference on Friday, October […]
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Headlines

NCBCP Black Women’s Roundtable Gets “In The Spirit” at “Power of the Sister Vote” Policy Forum

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Washington, DC – A group of black women called on the spirits of the ancestors to empower them to fight against current efforts to suppress the Black vote during the fourth annual Power of the Sister Vote Intergenerational Policy Forum Series hosted by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s (NCBCP) Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) […]
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News

National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Applauds Judge Simpson’s Postponement of Voter ID Requirement in PA

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Washington, DC – The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) issued the following statement in response to Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson’s decision to postpone the state’s new voter identification requirement: Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of NCBCP and convener, Black Women’s Roundtable said, “I commend Judge Simpson for recognizing the fact that […]
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Commentary

Occupy the Vote – No Bullies at the Polls – By Marc H. Morial

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By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #38) – Last week, a new report by Common Cause and Demos, entitled “Bullies at the Ballot Box,” took direct aim at Jim Crow-like tactics designed to challenge and intimidate voters at the polls. The report especially notes the campaign of intimidation that is currently being waged by […]
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Entertainment

New Solo Recording Artist Jey Gibbs Wants to “Touch Yo Body” With Debut Single Release

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Brooklyn, NY – When Jey Gibbs stepped foot on the stage of the legendary “Showtime at the Apollo,” and opened his mouth, he was only 13, but he knew destiny was calling out to him. Singing since the age of four, the young artist was blessed with a gift that made the adults around him […]
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Entertainment

A.M.X and Bobby DeBarge Jr. Collaboration, “One and Only (Deluxe Edition)” Makes iTunes “Hot Tracks”

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Hollywood, CA – What happens when you put two musical forces together to collaborate on a hot single? Well in the case of emerging pop/R&B artist A.M.X. and heir to the Debarge throne, Bobby DeBarge Jr. – the answer is “One and Only (Deluxe Edition).” Written and produced by A.M.X. and performed by Bobby DeBarge, […]
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Headlines

Activists use education to overcome new voting laws

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by Deborah Barfield Berry, Gannett Washington Bureau (USA Today) – At Jackson State University and Tougaloo College in Mississippi, students are setting up voter registration tables at football games and at Friday “hot spots” where classmates gather for music and fun. “Everybody comes out and we get students registered,” said Brian Wilks, president of the […]
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Headlines

Voter ID laws provoking black women, who had highest turnout in 2008, to turn out voters

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Suzanne Gamboa, AP (The Washington Post) — Deidra Reese isn’t waiting for people to come to her to find out whether they are registered to vote.  With iPad in hand, Reese is going to community centers, homes and churches in nine Ohio cities, looking up registrations to make sure voters have proper ID and […]
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Entertainment

Hair Stylist to the Stars, Dr. Boogie Says “Hold It” with New All Natural Product Line

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Hollywood, CA – Celebrity hair stylist Dr. Boogie is well known for getting his “mane” business on. With a reputation for teasing the tresses of Hollywood’s finest, including Vivica Fox, Debbie Allen, Kym Whitley and even VH1’s “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta’s” own Mimi Faust, the hair doctor is now offering his branded prescription to […]
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