Black History Month: A Time For Courage and Truth
After the new administration’s first Black History Month event included a general reference to 19th century lion Frederick Douglass as
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The Home Depot Kicks Off It’s 2017 ReTool Your School Grant Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
In Its Eighth Consecutive Year, the World’s Largest Home Improvement Specialty Retailer Will Award Deserving HBCUs $360,000 in Campus Improvement
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SBA Launches a $1.2 Million Aspire Challenge
Program to Help Previously Incarcerated Citizens WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced the Aspire Challenge, a prize competition of
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Diversity as the Disruptor: How U.S. Demographics are Changing Business Dynamics
New York, NY – January 23, 2017 – Last week, more than 50 speakers of diverse cultural background, representing four dozen major corporations, prominent business
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“ESSENCE BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS & GALA” PRIMETIME SPECIAL TO AIR ON OWN SUNDAY, MARCH 5
Star-Studded 10TH Anniversary Event Celebrates Hollywood’s “Next Generation,” Janelle Monáe, Issa Rae, Aja Naomi King and Yara Shahidi Los Angeles –
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Michelle Obama is giving 20th Century Fox’s new film Hidden Figures two thumbs up.
As part of the “Hidden Figures in Space Exploration” summit, Thursday afternoon the movie’s director Ted Melfi, producer Mimi Valdes, and
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Obama White House hosts its final My Brother’s Keeper National Summit
The day marked the first #IamMBK Day of Action By Kelley D. Evans / The Undeteated 12/06/2016 On Wednesday, the
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The First Black Woman in Space is Also a Successful Entrepreneur
You might say, ‘The sky is the limit’ when it comes to Dr. Mae C. Jemison. Not only was she
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Black-Owned Restaurant Facing Boycott After Catering a Trump Event
Chef Don Studvent, a Black business owner in Detroit, Michigan, is under fire for catering an event for Donald Trump’s
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‘Birth of a Nation” Flops at the Box Office Opening Weekend
Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ opened in theaters this weekend and it was expected to bring in $10
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