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Local youth perform at black history event
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Local youth perform at black history event

Dozens of children and youth groups performed during the Anniston Housing Authority’s third annual Black History Month program at the Carver Community Center Friday evening. The center’s gym was packed with more than 200 people who came to watch the performances. Source: Local youth perform at black history event - The Anniston Star: Entertainment
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Shop London Sends Popular Black Blogger Racist Email
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Shop London Sends Popular Black Blogger Racist Email

Bloggers are often called upon as influencers to help fashion, beauty, tech—pretty much all the industries—push whatever their latest product is because, well ... bloggers are cool. Bloggers always have their manicured fingers on the pulse of what's new, now and next. Popular black fashion, beauty and lifestyle blogger HeyGorjess (Jessica Franklin) posted a photo on Instagram of an email she received from a fashion company called Shop London. Franklin said the brand reached out, wanting to work with her and she kindly declined the partnership. The email she received as a response was shocking. Someone named Laura from Shop London said: "We are looking for a white audience. I think my assistant sent this email in error. Thank you." Two minutes later, Laura sent another message t...
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ABC Names First Black President – Channing Dungey Makes History
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ABC Names First Black President – Channing Dungey Makes History

​ ABC just made history. The network on Wednesday appointed Channing Dungey as its president, making her the first African-American president of a big four broadcast network (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox). She's also the only woman to currently hold the role (though not the first). Dungey replaces Paul Lee, who is resigning after a power struggle with the chairman of Disney-ABC Television Group, according to The New York Times. Lee was Dungey's boss. She steps into the new role after helping bring shows like Shonda Rimes' Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder as well as Quantico and American Crime to ABC. This isn't the first time ABC has made history in its executive suite. It became the first major broadcast network with a female president when in 1998 it named Patricia Fili-Krushel to the rol...
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RLJ Entertainment Recognizes Black History Month With Special TV Programming
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RLJ Entertainment Recognizes Black History Month With Special TV Programming

RLJ Entertainment’s Urban Movie Channel (UMC) is kicking off Black History Month with the premiere of several special films and programs. First, there was the Underground Railroad drama, The North Star, which was based on true events from the lives of two escaped slaves and premiered last week. The film chronicles the journey of Benjamin “Big Ben” Jones (played by Jeremiah Trotter, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles) and Moses Hopkins (played by Thomas C. Bartley Jr.), who escaped from a Virginia plantation and made their way to freedom in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, in 1849. The film also stars Lynn Whitfield, Clifton Powell, and Keith David. Source: RLJ Entertainment Recognizes Black History Month With Special TV Programming
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Black women vow to be a powerful voting force again this year
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Black women vow to be a powerful voting force again this year

Jamia Wilson is supremely proud of this fact: In 2008 and 2012, black women voted at a higher rate than any other group. Four years ago, 74 percent of eligible black women went to the polls — and 96 percent voted for President Obama. Some pollsters and pundits are betting against a three-peat of that level of turnout in this year’s election because Obama, whose historic campaign and presidency electrified black voters like never before, will not be on the ballot. Wilson and other black women active in politics are determined to prove them wrong. But they aren’t looking to the political candidates for inspiration. In interviews, they said the motivation to head to the ballot box will come from the energy generated by efforts to confront racism and other forms of economic and social inequa...
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Black History Makers of Tomorrow
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Black History Makers of Tomorrow

  Local McDonald’s owners will offer a total of $15,000 in scholarship opportunities to outstanding high school students in Kentuckiana again this year. The Black History Makers of Tomorrow scholarship program honors outstanding high school seniors, with at least one parent of African American or Black Caribbean descent, who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement, leadership, character and community service. The program will award 10 one-time $1,500 scholarships to college-bound Kentuckiana students in order to help further their education. Interested students can apply for a 2016 McDonald’s Black History Makers of Tomorrow scholarship online at http://bit.do/bhmot2016app. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 31. Contact Kirby Adams at kadams@courier-journal.com Black...
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‘It’s Because I’m Black, Isn’t It?’: Obama Misunderstands the Country, Not the Other Way Around
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‘It’s Because I’m Black, Isn’t It?’: Obama Misunderstands the Country, Not the Other Way Around

Race makes people crazy, but often not in the way you’d expect. A nation watched wide-eyed as Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC complained that the Star Wars franchise was racist because the major villain is “black.” Darth Vader is black in the sense that Johnny Cash or Ben Roethlisberger or certain figures from Arthurian legend are “black” — white guys in black outfits — so people kept waiting for Harris-Perry, “America’s foremost public intellectual,” to crack and let us know that she was joking. But she wasn’t joking.One cannot imagine what she’d make of that Adolf Hitler/Darth Vader episode of “Epic Rap Battles of History,” in which the Nazi dismisses the Sith and his off-brand Stormtroopers: “You leading an army of white men? Disgraceful.” And, of course, in the latest installment, The ...
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Attorney Zulu Ali Honored As One of the Top 100 Black Lawyers…
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Attorney Zulu Ali Honored As One of the Top 100 Black Lawyers…

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Zulu Ali of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali in Riverside, California was honored on November 24, 2015 as one of the top 100 black lawyers by the prestigious National Black Lawyers – Top 100, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in their field. Membership in this exclusive organization is by invitation only, and is limited to the top 100 attorneys in each state or region who have demonstrated excellence and have achieved outstanding results in their careers.The National Black Lawyers: Top 100 is a professional honorary organization composed of the Top 100 Black Lawyers from each state who serve individuals, families and businesses needing attorneys to represent them in the America...
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