NNPA NEWSWIRE — Welcome to the NNPA 2023 National Leadership Awards Reception
The Celebrity Charity PoloXJazz will take place in Poolesville, Md. at the Congressional Polo Club on Sep. 23. The event will feature an all-Black polo team...
Murphy Fine Arts Center, named after longtime AFRO publisher Carl J. Murphy, first opened its doors in December 2001. (Photo courtesy of Morgan State University) By...
[fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=gYQ-djjKBZg” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gYQ-djjKBZg/maxresdefault.jpg”] Special guest Chris Martin, Automobile Public Relations, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Honda Hydrogen Fuel Cells, solid-state batteries and new products Prologue EV,...
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[fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=gwC7PV_lvGA” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gwC7PV_lvGA/maxresdefault.jpg”] The Selenite Grey Metallic 2024 Mercedes AMG EQE SUV exudes elegance. Inside, the black MB-Tex microfiber interiors with red stitching look like they...
By Joe W. Bowers Jr. and Edward Henderson California Black Media Two Black Americans are members of the class of California’s 2023 Hall of Fame inductees....
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of...
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Wr1iter, abrent@afro.com Maryland Public Television (MPT) is hosting their fourth annual HBCU week from Sept. 4 to Sept. 10. The week-long...
By Charles Blackwell Special to The Post Last week, The Post published Part 1 of a commentary on the effects of rap/hip-hop music on youth. Part...
By Zsana Hoskins, Special to the AFRO This summer, three students had the opportunity to experience different aspects of the entertainment industry at the NAACP Hollywood...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Located in the Woodlawn community, Red Clay Dance Company is Chicago’s premier professional Afro-contemporary dance company which tours nationally and internationally, sharing their...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Avant was born in North Carolina in 1931. He went on in the business to promote and manage Sarah Vaughan and discovered Bill...
Few places are more appropriate to celebrate Hip-hop than the Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum. The minute you enter the doors of this two-story Bronzeville walk-up...
Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th birthday all weekend, and you’re invited to join. This weekend is chock full of events and celebrations commemorating the genre’s golden...
One of Chicago’s most iconic parades is back to help kick off and celebrate the start of the 2023-2024 school year! On Saturday, August 12th, the...
This weekend is bittersweet. For the last time, we will have the Silver Room Sound System Block Party, the unapologetically Black celebration of love, music and...
Roman Banks once aspired to be “a serious actor,” in the vein of Will Smith’s Robert Neville in the 2007 film “I Am Legend.” But those...
Burst Into Books is a nonprofit offering literacy and resources for children six months to eighteen years old and providing representation by diverse authors, books &...
Read Part I of our interview with Will Downing here. If the music industry were like the NBA, Will Downing would be like Vince Carter or...
by Dwight Brown film critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire (*** = 3 stars) It doesn’t start with a big bang, but it ends with...
One of the signature events of the summer is here — the Chosen Few Picnic & Festival. As always, the largest House music festival is expected...
Will Downing, who has been creating his brand of sophisticated soul for nearly 40 years, is experiencing a year of firsts — and it has nothing...
The impactful Disney program introduces the teens to an array of new opportunities, such as sessions teaching valuable life tools, leadership skills, effective communication techniques and...
The awards show dedicated time to honoring the genre of hip-hop, which has officially been around for 50 years come Aug. 11. Artists, producers, museums, creative...
