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(BPRW) 2017 AAMBC AWARDS WILL HONOR ACCLAIMED POET NIKKI GIOVANNI

BLUE KIMBLE AND COMEDIAN ACTOR COCOA BROWN WILL CO-HOST AWARD SHOW HIGHLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS IN LITERATURE (Black PR Wire) (Atlanta, GA) The ninth annual AAMBC Literary Awards will be held in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, June 1...

Boyce Watkins, Leading Voice on African American Economic Empowerment, Brings His Entire Digital Media Network and Facebook Pages to Maven

(Black PR Wire) SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Boyce Watkins, the highly acclaimed author and scholar focused on economic empowerment and education in the African American community, is re-launching his digital empire of more than 50 propert...

(BPRW) Smithsonian’s National Museum Of African American History And Culture Opens “More Than A Picture”

Selection Of Photographs From Collection Is Museum’s First Special Exhibition (Black PR Wire) More than 150 photographs and related objects will be on display in the exhibition “More Than a Picture: Selections From the Photograp...

(BPRW) April Ryan Named 2017 NABJ Journalist of the Year

(Black PR Wire) Washington, D.C. -- April Ryan has been selected as the 2017 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). The annual award recognizes a black journalist who has a distinguished body of work...

(BPRW) National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) Announces 2017 NULYP Honors Award Winners

NEW YORK – National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) recognizes 10 outstanding young professionals who exemplify the National Urban League mission through their professional and personal contributions to community and service....

(BPRW) ‘GROWN ZONE’ POWER COUPLE ZARA D. GREEN AND ALFRED EDMOND JR. ESCALATE CAMPAIGN AGAINST STUPIDITY IN THE NAME OF LOVE

Relationship educators offer their book Loving In The Grown Zone as a “lovers manual”on avoiding “relationship wrecks” in the pursuit of healthy romantic partnerships. Verona, NJ, May 1, 2017 –Citing consequenc...

(BPRW) NAMIC Leadership Seminar set for July 12-14 2017 in Philadelphia, PA

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY -- We are excited to announce the second of three 2017 NAMIC Leadership seminars, is scheduled to take place July 12 – 14, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA. This highly interactive three-day learning experie...

(BPRW) Right Connection Convention 2017 is set for May 2 – 4 in Miami

(Black PR Wire) MIAMI, FL -- Join the friends and church family of Jesus People Ministries Church International for the Right Connection Convention. The three day conference, set for May 2, 3 and 4, 2017, will be a dynamic and impactful tim...

Beyoncé launches Formation Scholarship

(Black PR Wire) (Beyonce.com) - To add to the celebration of the one-year anniversary of LEMONADE, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announces the establishment of Formation Scholars awards for the 2017-2018 academic year, to encourage and supp...

(BPRW) Remembering History and Black Public Health Champions during National Minority Health Month

(Black PR Wire) In April of 1915, Booker T. Washington proposed “National Negro Health Week," recognizing that "without health and long life, all else fails.” His idea gradually evolved into observing the month of April as Natio...

(BPRW) Moonlight Creators Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin Mccraney Honored in Hometown Miami

(Black PR Wire) MIAMI -- Hundreds attended the celebration event honoring Liberty City’s own, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, creators of the award-winning film Moonlight, and the movie’s cast, crew and producers at the...

(BPRW) Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK -- Music, besides being a source of entertainment, is also a container of social commentary, a reflection on a culture, and can be a healing force and a force behind social change. As part of ADIFF's Music and Soci...

(BPRW) AHF To Screen Hurricane Relief Doc Matthew at Silicon Beach Film Festival on April 24th at 6PM

(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In the days following October 2016’s Hurricane Matthew that left hundreds of thousands of Haitians homeless and without food, clothing, electricity and water, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (...

(BPRW) LIFE IS BUTT A DREAM ON CENTRIC’S NEWEST DOCU-SERIES “WE ARE THE JONESES” PREMIERING SATURDAY, APRIL 22 AT 10 P.M. ET/PT

ERIES CHRONICLES THE INSPIRATIONAL LIVES OF PROMINENT COSMETIC SURGEON DR. MICHAEL JONES AND WIFE CATHLEEN TRIGG-JONES EXTRAORDINARY STORIES INCLUDE GROUNDBREAKING PROCEDURES for ETHNIC PATIENTS, PROPELLING EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO BE THEIR BEST...

(BPRW) Season Premiere of "Super Soul Sunday" with Pastor John Gray airing Sunday, April 16 on OWN

(Black PR Wire) Los Angeles, CA - Oprah Winfrey sits down with Pastor John Gray, the first African-American Associate Pastor at Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch Lakewood, on an all-new episode of "Super Soul Su...

Free Gospel Concert set for April 23rd with renowned Gospel Artist, Pastor Avery Jones & Spirit of Life, and a host of choirs for “Unity in the Community”

(Black PR Wire) In support of its Rites of Passage Program, Community Reconstruction Housing, Inc. will host a Gospel Concert. Themed to bring forth “Unity in the Community: Choirs in Concert for a Cause,” the star-studded...

(BPRW) Take A Free Test that Could Possibly Save Your Life

The American Heart Association wants you to check your blood pressure (Black PR Wire) As part of #CheckIt, the American Heart Association (AHA) – the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascul...

(BPRW) Nina Parker, Karen Civil, Don Benjamin, Amber Rose, Sibley, Kent Jones, Cordell Broadus, Jacquees and More Join Know Your Status Tour

The AHF Youth Task Force kicks off first HBCU college tour to promote sexual health awareness and STD prevention (Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced today the launch of the Know Your...

(BPRW) NABJ Launches Black Male Media Project to #InspireBlackMen

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is launching a new program to help change the lives and images of black men in the news and in society. The NABJ Black Male Media Project is a nationwi...

(BPRW) Sonshine Communications produces “Sistas Speak”

(Black PR Wire) Sistas Organizing to Survive (S.O.S.), a grassroots movement supported by the Florida Department of Health, and Sonshine Communications have teamed up to develop a documentary video on the lives of Black women who are infect...