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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) SBA’s Top Resource Partners to be Honored at National Small Business Week

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Small Business Administration is recognizing the 2017 National Small Business Week resource partner awardees for their achievements in advancing small business growth and development. A D...

(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) 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 produc...

(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) 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. From child prodigy to “Boog...

(BPRW) The Inaugural Coretta Scott King Birthday Social Justice Service is Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Howard University's Rankin Chapel

(Black PR Wire) Dr. Barbara Reynolds, civil rights activist, author of the new widely-acclaimed memoir, Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy, and mentee of the late Civil Rights icon Mrs. King, will host 3 FREE events during this inaug...

(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) 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) Boom Shock Fitness Gets Brides Fit For Their Wedding Day and Beyond

(Black PR Wire) -- Every year in the United States, more than 2 million couples get married, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. For some, it’s a special rite of passage and a chance to improve certain areas in lif...

(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...

(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...

(BPRW) B.E.T. Networks Welcomes DeWayne Crocker, Jr. on Ressurection Sunday!

(Black PR Wire) -- DeWayne Crocker, Jr's new debut single entitled “Never Give Up” is available on digital outlets everywhere. The original song also will be featured on BET’s highly anticipated new TV show, “Joyful...

(BPRW) Mother’s Day Social Media Contest – “Expressions of Impression”

(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL -- Over the years, mothers have shared their infinite wisdom to us – providing invaluable advice that has stuck with us during the test of time. Celebrating Mother’s Day is an ideal time to not on...

(BPRW) "QUEEN SUGAR" SEASON TWO DEBUTS WITH TWO-NIGHT PREMIERE EVENT TUESDAY, JUNE 20 AND WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 ON OWN

(Black PR Wire) Los Angeles, CA - "Queen Sugar," the critically acclaimed drama series from Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay ("13th," "Selma"), executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, retu...

(BPRW) MIKE CHANDLER NAMED WINNER 32ND ANNUAL STELLAR AWARDS

(Black PR Wire) Mike Chandler wins the coveted 32nd Annual Stellar Award for Gospel Announcer Of The Year as host of his nationally syndicated morning show, Mike Chandler & Friends. Chandler’s local radio station, WFMI-FM was also...

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...