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Book Review: The Defender- How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America

Review written by Linda B via Amazon Fascinating and beautifully written history of Black America as documented through the records...

Economics

Successful Black-Owned Day Trading Firm Shares Tips For Building Generational Wealth in 2019

Have you made a P.L.A.N. for 2019 to work towards building generational wealth? The Profit Room, a Black-owned day trading...

Community

[Audio] Senator Cory Booker’s First Interview After Announcing Candidacy for President of the United States

Senator Cory Booker, the former mayor of Newark who has projected an upbeat political presence at a deeply polarized time,...

Community

Civil Rights and Census Advocates Highlight Need to Keep the Citizenship Question Off the 2020 Census

The Leadership Conference Education Fund, with Ethnic Media Services, hosted a telephone press briefing on Wednesday, January 30, featuring the National...

Community

Two-Thirds of Americans Report Hate Incidents Have Intensified Since 2016

Nearly 40 percent of incident perpetrators invoked Trump or alt-right More than two-thirds of Americans say that hate incidents have...

Culture

‘AfroPoP’ is back! Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black) hosts as new season of doc series returns

Award-winning actress Danielle Brooks, star of Netflix’s blockbuster series Orange Is the New Black, has been named host of the...

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Event Highlights

Taraji P Henson Finally Gets Her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

If there is anyone that fights for their rights and gets not only what they want, but what they deserve,...

Fitness

A New Year, A New You

January 1 marks the official start of the new year and is our annual reminder to set resolutions, such as...

Economics

5 Ways to Get Financially Fit This New Year

In 2019, many Americans are planning for a “better me” in the year ahead. Gym memberships and diets are at...