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“The Kwanzaa principle of Nia means not only purpose but also “will” or “intent”. What is at stake is the determination to make sure that black people are recognized as a people with a will of their own- that they count as actors in history and not merely as objects (or pawns) of history. ” from Linguistic Dilemmas of Afrocentricity | The Diaspora Experience [Vocation]
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT! With a new CEO at the helm EBONY/JET may be back to iconic status. UPDATE: EBONY/JET will not be headquartered in its former home of Chicago. Digital launch is March 1st!
Next on FOX SOUL … Joy and Pleasure with Thea Monyeé
“we are sexual beings and with sexual energy and we have to be taught how to work with that energy and how to use it to hold ourselves up and walk through this world with full power” ~Thea Monyee’, Psychotherapist
Black Lives Images – Going Once, Twice, Sold!
It’s an end of an era as Johnson Publishing Company’s iconic photo archive collection is expected to go on the auction block. But if you head up to Boston’s Colby Museum, you may get a final glimpse of what could be the last time the …
Byline | EBONY Magazine
Check out my two feature articles in EBONY Sept 2018 Fashion Issue. I had the pleasure to speak with the indefatigable Emmy Award-nominated lead actress and TV show creator, Issa Rae. I write about her experience with the Peabody award-winning HBO series “Insecure” and how …
The Havard Gazette : Radcliffe acquires papers of activist Angela Davis
Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library has acquired the papers of famed activist Angela Davis. Angela Davis, iconic activist, scholar and leading advocate for prison abolition, has found a new home for her life’s work. In 2016, Kenvi Phillips, Ph.D. (US History) the newly installed Curator for Race …
BlackGirlTravel.com Founder says No Connection to Bravo’s to Rome For Love
According to the news release from BlackGirlTravel, Bravo (U.S. Television Network) newest program To Rome for Love, which premiered on January 7, 2018, at 9/8 c, borrows heavily from Black Girl Travel’s signature tour Bella Italia. Fleacé Weaver, who founded Black Girl Travel dot com …
Spotlight on Forgotten Black Women of Early Hollywood
In the first half of the 20th century, black women were largely relegated to playing mammy and jezebel roles. A new exhibition reveals how as early as 100 years ago, independent black filmmakers presented complex portrayals of women of color. Source: Forgotten Black Women of …
Technology Wunderkind Seeks to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Women, and black women, in particular, have an uphill battle for funding no matter how innovative and successful they are, especially when proving black women-led Tech startups can secure substantial financing. Angel Rich helped generate more than $6 billion for her former employer, Prudential, as …
All Black Media: Making Movies (and Moves) that Matter
Actress Garcelle Beauvais and producer Lisa L. Wilson have teamed up to form Beauvais Wilson Productions, a multi-media production company that will focus on making movies that matter. Source: Garcelle Beauvais, Lisa L. Wilson Form Multi-Media Production Company
Decades Before Oprah, Della Reese was the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show
Della Reese isn’t just a successful singer or actress. Her legacy is far more profound: Reese was the first black woman to host her own syndicated talk show in the United States. This historic fact, though, has been reduced to a footnote in her biography …
Commonplace Books of Sci-Fi Novelist Octavia E. Butler
Visionary Octavia E. Butler penned her success before she sold her first book. See how.