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Join Stephanie Mills And MC Lyte At The BLACK ENTERPRISE Annual Golf And Tennis Challenge

July 2, 2016 villagechief 0

New York, NY – FedEx Express will join BLACK ENTERPRISE as host sponsor of the 23rd annual Black Enterprise Golf & Tennis Challenge in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Ultimate Getaway Challenge will take place Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1–4, at PGA National Resort & Spa. The yearly conclave draws hundreds of attendees, including some of […]

Entertainment

Ed Gordon Begins Production, Bounce TV’s First-Ever Primetime News Magazine Show to Debut Sept. 13

July 1, 2016 villagechief 0

Atlanta, GA – Bounce TV announced today that production has commenced on Ed Gordon, the network’s first entry into the primetime news magazine format, and the show’s premiere date has been scheduled for Tues. Sept. 13 at 10:00 p.m. (ET). Multiple award-winning and well-respected television journalist Ed Gordon will produce and host the series of […]

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Civil Rights Icon, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Will Be Honored During DNC Watch Party Celebrating the Black Vote

June 30, 2016 villagechief 0

Actress, Vivica A Fox, singer, Howard Hewett and several members of Congress to attend Philadelphia, PA – Organized labor, elected officials and Black leaders from across the country will come together to lift up champions of the Black vote and pay homage to a true icon in the civil rights movement, Rev. Dr. Joseph E […]

Commentary

New Momentum on Common Sense Gun Reform

June 30, 2016 villagechief 0

By Marc H. Morial, National Urban League – It has been more than three years since a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first-graders and six adults. Since that time, according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been over 900 mass shootings in our country, killing over 1,000 people and […]

Entertainment

How Jesse Williams Stole BET Awards With Speech on Racism

June 29, 2016 villagechief 0

By Katie Rogers, NYTimes.com – The BET Awards Sunday featured tributes to Prince and Muhammad Ali, and a performance by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. But this year, the actor Jesse Williams commanded the spotlight with an impassioned speech calling for an end to police killings, racial inequality and cultural appropriation. His was far from the […]

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Vivica A. Fox to Host 2016 DNC Watch Party Celebrating the Black Vote

June 28, 2016 villagechief 0

Philadelphia, PA – Actress, producer and businesswoman, Vivica A. Fox, will join chair of the Darby County PA Democratic Party, Richard Womack Jr, to host the DogonVillage.com’s 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) Watch Party complete with dinner, dancing, DJ, and live performance by Grammy winner, Howard Hewett, and soulful jazz vocalist, LaTosha Brown. Themed, Celebrating […]

Commentary

Saving Community Newspapers in the Age of Facebook

June 27, 2016 villagechief 0

By Denise Rolark-Barnes, Chairperson, NNPA and Benjamin F. Chavis President/CEO, NNPA – Hundreds of newspapers have disappeared in the last 15 years and readership is on the decline. No newspaper is immune from the migration of readership to online platforms, dwindling ad revenues, fragmented audiences and even reduced attention spans. Even national-recognized newspapers with celebrated […]

Entertainment

New Erykah Badu-Directed Video From The New Album of Miles Davis Recordings Reimagined by Robert Glasper – EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL

June 25, 2016 villagechief 0

New York, NY – Longtime friends, collaborators and Grammy-winning musicians Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper have teamed up again for the track & video for “Maiysha (So Long)”, from new album Everything’s Beautiful–the visionary exploration of Miles Davis’ music, featuring reimagined interpretations of his music produced by Glasper. The track’s lyrics were written by Badu, […]

Commentary

Barack Obama, the President of Black America?

June 25, 2016 villagechief 0

By Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times – ….”In his first two years in office, President Obama performed herculean deeds in rescuing the banks, restoring the economy, bailing out the automobile industry and getting his signature health care legislation passed. It was an astonishing record of success despite bitter right-wing resistance to his presidency and […]