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(BPRW) National Eat at a Black Coffee Shop Day
(Black PR Wire) Chicago - After the recent Starbucks incident involving the arrest of two Black men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, most Black people had one of two responses: either boycott Starbucks or open our own coffee shops.
National E...
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(BPRW) Education Design Lab Formalizes Career Pathways Partnership with UNCF (United Negro College Fund)
(Black PR Wire) Washington, DC -- The Education Design Lab announces a three-year engagement with UNCF's Career Pathways Initiative (CPI). African-American unemployment rates remain almost twice as high as unemployment rates for whites. Fro...
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(BPRW) Legendary Leader of FMU Retires
(Black PR Wire) Miami Gardens, FL -- After thirty-four years of service to Florida Memorial University, the elegant Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts was the perfect setting for Dr. Barbara Edwards retirement celebration.
Dr. Barbara...
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(BPRW) Think “J.Hilburn” for Father’s Day This Year
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY -- It’s a no brainer that the retail market has been going through drastic changes over the past 10 years. Stores are competing with the continuous growth in online sales. One of the biggest factors...
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American Black Film Festival (ABFF®)
Be a part of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF®) experience. From June 13 through 17, 2018, join our community of artists, executives and industry tastemakers who gather each year in Miami Beach to showcase emerging talent, celebra...
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(BPRW) NEW SEASON OF 'CLAWS' PREMIERES SUNDAY, JUNE 10 AT 9/8c ON TNT
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY -- Claws follows the rise of five treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisans of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures. At the center of this divers...
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(BPRW) ‘Sounds of Little Haiti’ Celebrates Haitian Flag Day
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI, Fla. — May 18 is Haitian Flag Day, and Sounds of Little Haiti will be flying the blue and red all night. Haitian Flag Day celebrates the culture and recreates the magic of Haiti for Haitian people...
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Cayman Airways & HCP Media unveil Grace & Trai Byers Celebrity Cover
Grace and Trai co-star on the hit FOX show, "Empire," are featured on the cover of Cayman Airways Skies magazine. "As a girl raised in Bodden Town, I couldn't have imagined getting married anywhere else."
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(BPRW) 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Annual Conference Returning to South Florida
(Black PR Wire) -- Atlanta, GA – 100 Annual Conference, the world’s leading conference and exhibition focused on mentoring, educating and empowering youth and leaders from the African American community is set to convene in Sout...
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(BPRW) More comedians headed toward Norfolk for festival
(Black PR Wire) -- Five more comedians have been added to the list of entertainers coming to Norfolk for this summer’s 11th annual Great American Comedy Festival — and two of them will be familiar names.
Comedians Erin Jackso...
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(BPRW) Proud graduates of FMU's Class of 2018 are committed to making a difference
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI GARDENS -- The class of 2017-2018 at Florida Memorial University, with over 300 students, family and friends, filled the Wellness Center, to capacity at 2000 seats, early Saturday morning.
Florida Memorial Univer...
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(BPRW) OWN UNVEILS EXTENDED TRAILERS OF 'QUEEN SUGAR' & NEW ORIGINAL ROMANTIC DRAMA 'LOVE IS_'
(Black PR Wire) Los Angeles - OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network revealed today extended trailers of its returning drama series "Queen Sugar," from award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay and its new romantic drama series "Love Is__" fr...
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(BPRW) Haircare Expert ORS™ Updates its Iconic Olive Oil Collection with a Fresh New Look and Enhanced Products
(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Namaste Laboratories, makers of ORS™ hair care, the Original Root Stimulator™, continues to roll-out its Olive Oil collection refresh featuring updated packaging and enhanced formula...
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(BPRW) Urban Healthcare Initiative Program Named Finalist in NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Award
EAST ORANGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) (Black PR Wire) - The Urban Healthcare Initiative Program (UHIP) is proud to announce it has been named a finalist in the NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Awards in the Education Hero category.
“This is a bi...
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National Black Child Development Week is May 14 - 18
SILVER SPRING, MD – With one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time at the forefront – the preschool-to-prison pipeline among young Black students -- the NBCDI, Inc., will host its annual National Black Child Developmen...
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(BPRW) CAYMAN AIRWAYS AND HCP MEDIA UNVEIL GRACE AND TRAI BYERS CELEBRITY COVER ON THE MAY/JUNE ISSUE OF CAYMAN AIRWAYS SKIES, THE AIRLINE'S AWARD-WINNING IN-FLIGHT MAGAZINE
(Black PR Wire) CAYMAN ISLANDS - Cayman Airways and HCP Media have unveiled Caymanian star Grace Byers (née Gealey) and her husband Trai Byers as the cover stars of the upcoming May/June Weddings issue of Cayman Airways Skies magazin...
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(BPRW) NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT WEEK KICKS OFF MAY 14 – 18 TO FOSTER MORE EQUITY AND ACTION AROUND CRITICAL ISSUES FACING BLACK CHILDREN
(Black PR Wire) SILVER SPRING, MD – With one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time at the forefront – the preschool-to-prison pipeline among young Black students -- the NBCDI, Inc., will host its annual National Black...
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(BPRW) May is... National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
(Black PR Wire) National Physical Fitness and Sports Month is a great time to spread the word about the benefits of getting active.Regular physical activity is good for everyone’s health. People of all ages and body types can be physi...
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(BPRW) ‘Black-ish’ Renewed For Season 5 By ABC
(Black PR Wire) ABC has renewed its popular family comedy Black-ish for a fifth season.
The pickup was never in question — Black-ish is one of ABC’s strongest and most acclaimed comedies, and it comes from sister studio A...
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(BPRW) Chance the Rapper, Chadwick Boseman are among impressive list of HBCU graduation speakers
(Black PR Wire) Graduations at America’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are underway, with most of them running from this weekend through the end of May.
The headliner is Howard University graduate Chadwick Bosem...
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