Oprah sells majority of OWN for $36 million to Discovery On Tuesday, Oprah Winfrey sold most of her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) shares to Discovery Inc. for more than $36 million in stock.
According to Bloomberg, the deal increases Discovery’s sta ...
Posted Wednesday, December 30th 2020 at 11:13AM
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Crystal Hayslett sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist
Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss how she emerge from a wardrobe stylist to actress on Tyler Perry's BET's "SISTAS." ...
Posted Thursday, December 24th 2020 at 1:01PM
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A Coppin State University (CSU) graduate has been tapped to advise a U.S. racial healing leadership group.
Dr. Lopez Matthews, Jr., Ph.D., has been appointed a senior adviser to the leadership group of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformatio ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2020 at 3:54PM
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For Immediate Release From Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
Table of Contents:
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Volunteer In Your Community
ED TRUST NEWS: The Importance Of Grow Your Own Programs To Recruit
Teachers Of Color By Ruby ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2020 at 1:26PM
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Taylour Paige who portrays "Dussie Mae" in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss working with the an all star cast including the late Chadwick Boseman with whom she sha ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2020 at 1:10AM
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Grammy award winning Jermaine Dupri sits down for an in depth conversation with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant. ...
Posted Saturday, December 19th 2020 at 3:11AM
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News Conference included demonstration of drone delivery system of Varigard product. The sanitizer compliments Draganfly’s ASU technology and social distancing units installed earlier; ALL part of the University’s COVID-19 safety protocol.
Alabam ...
Posted Thursday, December 17th 2020 at 10:04PM
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If you’re ready to send pitch emails to the press – or you already do and the answer is always No, if you get a reply at all – then you’ll love this interview with my guest and friend Janell Hazelwood, who’s been in the field for almost 20 years as a journalist, editor, and media strategist.
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Posted Thursday, December 17th 2020 at 1:44PM
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BET announces the premiere of popular film/tv producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood's MegaMind new, original romantic comedy Christmas film, Holiday Heartbreak, released today on BET and BET HER with LisaRaye McCoy (Single Ladies, Ballers), AJ Johnson (H ...
Posted Wednesday, December 16th 2020 at 3:33PM
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For Immediate Release From White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative!
School Ambassador Fellowship
The Department is seeking outstanding teachers, principals, counselors, psychologists, librarians, and other school-based professionals intera ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 3:20PM
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For Immediate Release From WHIEEAA!
CALL FOR PEER REVIEWERS
Effective Educator Development Division
School Ambassador Fellowship FY21 Cycle
The U.S. Department of Education (Department), Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Ef ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 2:22PM
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For Immediate Release From Virgin Airlines ~ His Royal Majesty General Richard Branson!
Eight Social Enterprises Giving Ex-Offenders A Second Chance
I’ve long argued that anyone who has struggled in life deserves a second chance to get ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 1:02PM
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An Alcornite made history in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Christy Sykes, who earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s degree in workforce education leadership from Alcorn State University, became the Claiborne County Detention ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2020 at 7:51PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM EMERSON COLLECTIVE ~ HIS ROYAL MAJESTY GENERAL ARNE DUNCAN!
About Emerson Collective
Emerson Collective is a social change organization that deploys a wide range of tools — from impact investing to philanthropy ...
Posted Saturday, December 12th 2020 at 2:14PM
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For Immediate Release From International Dyslexia Association!
IDA Announces New Free Digital Library!
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) has launched the premier Dyslexia Digital Library at www.dyslexialibrary.org to ser ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2020 at 2:15PM
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Alcorn State University President Felecia M. Nave, Ph.D., was invited by House Agriculture Committee Chair Stacey E. Plaskett to testify and answer questions in a virtual public hearing before the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Rese ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2020 at 2:14PM
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For Immediate Release From Autism Research Institute!
Autumn and the holiday season brings its joys – and potential challenges – for people with autism. Costumes, candy, disrupted routines, travel, house guests and new foods and experiences abou ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2020 at 12:41PM
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For Immediate Release From The Carter Center ~ HIS ROYAL MAJESTY GENERAL JIMMY CARTER!
ATLANTA (Dec. 9, 2020) — The Carter Center has selected 13 cities around the world to participate in its first Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, a gro ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2020 at 11:28AM
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Today, JPMorgan Chase announced it has selected Delaware State University for a two-year, $1 million investment to participate in its Advancing Black Pathways (ABP) initiative.
ABP builds on the firm’s existing efforts to help black Americans ach ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2020 at 1:45PM
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For Immediate Release From SAMHSA!
Training and Technical Assistance Related to COVID-19 MHTTC Resources Responding to COVID-19: highlight products and resources that can be useful when coping with the effects of widespread public health c ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2020 at 12:30PM
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For Immediate Release From Shavei Israel ~ Royal Monarch Apostle Michael Freund!
SHAVEI ISRAEL REACHES OUT
to “lost” and “hidden” Jews around the world. From Poland to Peru, and Barcelona to Brazil, Shavei Israel aims to help descendants of ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2020 at 11:06AM
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Students who attend the nation’s first, private historically black college (HBCU) will expand their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, because of a $500,000 gift from Dominion Energy. The Virginia based power and energy c ...
Posted Wednesday, December 9th 2020 at 9:00PM
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by Alberto Morales
The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) in collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is proud to announce the release ‘Modeling Inclusion: HBCUs and LGBTQ+ Support,’ a research brief examining t ...
Posted Wednesday, December 9th 2020 at 7:21PM
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