Atlanta – Rachelle Ferrell will headline the Clark Atlanta University (CAU) Guild’s 19th annual Jazz Under the Stars Benefit Concert Saturday, May 5, at 7 p.m. on the Harkness Hall Quadrangle on CAU’s campus, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W. 30314. Hosted by the CAU Guild with UPS as the presenting sponsor, the concert will […]
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Vivica A. Fox to Host Spirit of Democracy Awards Gala Honoring Men Committed to Empowering Underserved Communities
Washington, DC – Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition), today announced the recipients of the prestigious 2012 Spirit of Democracy Awards which will be presented during the 15th annual Spirit of Democracy Awards Gala hosted by actress and producer, Vivica A. Fox (Set It […]
Black Women’s Roundtable National Women of Power Summit Amplifies the Voices of Women and Girls
Washington, DC – The slaying of Trayvon Martin and other innocent teens was foremost on the hearts and minds of nearly 400 Black women from across the country that assembled recently in Washington, DC for the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) inaugural National Women of Power Summit, three days of down-to-earth discussions aiming to “Amplifying the […]
Gripping Urban Drama “A Family On Edge” Wraps Filming in Atlanta
Atlanta, GA – Principal photography wrapped yesterday in Atlanta on A Family On Edge, directed by Bruce Locke, with the assistance of director of photography Hakim Robinson. The urban drama filmed in various locations throughout the Atlanta area for the past month and stars Sean White (MICHAEL), Jules Nobles (RISA) and Gabriel Davis (GABRIEL). There’s […]
JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON – Slain teen’s girlfriend heard altercation
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY – A Florida grand jury will investigate the controversial shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a Florida gated community. Bernjamin Crump, a lawyer for the Martin family, says a 16-year-old girlfriend in Miami was on the phone with Trayvon at the time of the altercation […]
President Obama Calls For More Higher Ed Funding As Republicans Defend Him Against Attacks
(Huffington Post) – President Obama got support from an unlikely ally against GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s “snob” comment — namely, Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, a former House Speaker and presidential candidate, said Obama was “perfectly reasonable” asserting that all Americans should get some form of higher education beyond high school. Santorum, a former Senator, sparked […]
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Obama Campaign Picks Stefanie Brown To Lead Black Voter Outreach
(by Trymaine Lee, BlackVoices/Huffington Post) – The Obama campaign has hired a longtime NAACP operative to head its African American voter outreach going into the 2012 presidential election. Stefanie Brown, the national field director for the NAACP, will join team Obama’s Operation Vote in February. The program is geared toward outreach to key Democratic constituency […]
US elections 2012: tensions over race likely to suppress black vote
On the eve of its GOP primary, South Carolina’s deep racial divide has been brought into focus by Republican rhetoric that many feel is intent on dividing the poor by race… For others it is the hostile treatment of Barack Obama by the Republican party in Congress, which some critics see as beyond the usual […]