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Mayor Ras Baraka, Denise Rolark Barnes, and Tommy Ford to Address the 34th Annual Conference of the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida

Orlando, FL – Newark, NJ Mayor Ras Baraka, chair of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and publisher of the Washington Informer, Denise Rolark Barnes, and actor, Tommy Ford are among the featured speakers for the 34th Annual Conference of the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida (DBCF). The conference will take place April 1-3, 2016, […]

Radio One and Black & Brown People Vote Join Forces toLaunch #OneVote, a Multi-Media Campaign to Educate and Engage Black America and Millennial Voters

Silver Spring, MD – Radio One, the largest African-American owned and targeted multi-media company in the country partners with Black and Brown People Vote (BBPV), a civic engagement and participation project, focused on amplifying the voice and the votes of communities of color. Together, they launched ONE Vote, a multi-media campaign on all Radio One […]

Urban Movie Channel Presents #LUCKY NUMBER, a Comedy Starring Wu-Tang Legend”Method Man”

Los Angeles, CA – Just in time for March Madness, RLJ Entertainment’s Urban Movie Channel (UMC) presents the laugh-out-loud buddy comedy, #Lucky Number, premiering on March 18, 2016. In the film, an aspiring New York City sportscaster’s life is on the slow track, until he gets the old cell number of major basketball star “The […]

As New Allegations Emerge Against Katt Williams his Former Assistant, Brooks Colyar, Expresses Concern for the Troubled Comedian

I truly hope Katt Williams does not end up dealing with a bunch of women “jumping on the bandwagon” against him as many celebrities have experienced. The New York Daily News is reporting that an aspiring actress, Jamila Majesty, filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming that two years ago Williams orchestrated “a bloody five-on-one assault involving […]

Statement on President Obama’s Selection of the Honorable Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court By Melanie L. Campbell, Convener of Black Women’s Roundtable

Washington, DC – We are pleased that President Obama has fulfilled his Constitutional responsibility by nominating The Honorable Merrick Brian Garland as his choice to fill vacancy left by the untimely passing of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. We believe that Judge Garland is eminently qualified and has served the judiciary with honor and distinction. […]

Where is Today’s Madame CJ Walker?

By Julianne Malveaux – Women entrepreneurs have a powerful role model when they consider Madame CJ Walker. One of our nation’s first female self-made millionaires, her story of combining herbs to develop and manufacture a hair pomade, of empowering tens of thousands of women as sales agents for her products, and of establishing a beauty […]