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(BPRW) Health In Her HUE Announces $3 Million In Funding

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK - Health In Her HUE, the premier digital health platform aimed at reducing racial health disparities for Black women and women of color through technology, media and community today announced that the company has ra...

(BPRW) 2024 Urban One Honors Celebrates the BEST IN BLACK!

(Black PR Wire) When you hear “Best in Black,” think of the best of who we are… in music, television and film, sports, politics and every other realm that Black culture has touched and turned up a notch! The 6th...

(BPRW) Buffalo's Damar Hamlin Named Week 18 NFLPA Community MVP

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Damar Hamlin has been named this season’s Week 18 NFLPA Community MVP after he hosted his fourth annual holiday toy drive benefiting 750 kids in his home state of Pennsylvania. D...

(BPRW) U.S. Mint issues commemorative coins celebrating Harriet Tubman

(Black PR Wire) Admirers of Harriet Tubman and numismatists alike can now buy coins commemorating the famed abolitionist and human rights activist issued by the U.S. Mint. The agency is offering a $5 gold coin, a $1 silver dollar and a clad...

(BPRW) IIHF World Junior Championship Live Free: How to Watch USA vs. Sweden Online Streaming on Jan 5, Presented By Surprise Sports

(Black PR Wire) One of the most anticipated matchups of the tournament is the game between the USA and Sweden, which is set to take place on January 5, 2024, at 1:30 PM ET, and fans can watch USA vs. Sweden streams from here. IIHF World Jun...

(BPRW) Empowering Young Minds: "You're Pretty for a Black Girl" Continues to Ignite Conversations on Identity and Resilience

(Black PR Wire) Louisburg, North Carolina – Author Lynn Graham, a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, is thrilled to share the ongoing success of her empowering children's book, "You're Pretty for a Black Girl." The book...

(BPRW) Douglass Day 2024

(Black PR Wire) State College, PA & worldwide — Douglass Day is proud to announce a transcribe-a-thon in honor of the birthday of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). The transcribe-a-thon will bring together thousands of par...

(BPRW) REV. AL SHARPTON, NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK TO HOLD MLK DAY EVENTS IN WASINGTON, NYC AS NATION MARKS 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

(Black PR Wire) New York, NY – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will convene MLK Day celebrations on Monday, January 15 in Washington, D.C., New York City, and New Jersey to conti...

(BPRW) “THE SUPER BOWL SOULFUL CELEBRATION 25TH ANNIVERSARY” TO PREMIERE SATURDAY, FEB. 10 ON CBS

(Black PR Wire) CBS presents THE SUPER BOWL SOULFUL CELEBRATION 25TH ANNIVERSARY, (previously known as the “Super Bowl Gospel Celebration”), to air Saturday, Feb. 10 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Televisio...

(BPRW) Rap Snacks Announces Line-Up of Top Entertainers and CPG Leaders, Including Master P, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Derrick Hayes, Denise Woodard and Other Leaders for Disrupt Summit 2024

(Black PR Wire) FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Rap Snacks, the “Official Snack Brand of Hip Hop” and one of the fastest-growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands in the industry of food and beverage, is proud to announce its line...

(BPRW) Henry Ford Health, Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association Awarded $4.8 Million Grant

(Black PR Wire) Detroit, MI—Henry Ford Health and Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA) have been named joint recipients of an up to four-year, $4.8 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser...

(BPRW) Bullard Center at Texas Southern University Awarded $50 Million EPA Grant

(Black PR Wire) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justicee at Texas Southern University was selected as one of the eleven “Grantmak...

(BPRW) 2024 BLACK HISTORY THEME: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE ARTS

(Black PR Wire) African American art is infused with African, Caribbean, and the Black American lived experiences. In the fields of visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinar...

(BPRW) America's oldest and largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade to be held in Miami

(Black PR Wire) Recognized as the most influential figure in the U.S. Civil Rights movement, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored annually for his work as an advocate and leader for economic development and equal rights...

(BPRW) Frist Art Museum Presents Woodblocks, Prints, and Mixed-Media Works by LaToya M. Hobbs

(Black PR Wire) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Frist Art Museum presents Carving a New Tradition: The Art of LaToya M. Hobbs, an exhibition of recent woodblock prints and mixed-media portraits from the Arkansas-born, Baltimore-based...

(BPRW) Audrey M. Edmonson to Receive Rosemary M. Jones "Living Legend" Award in 2024 at the Women's Power Caucus

(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL - South Florida icon and community leader, Audrey M. Edmonson, is set to be honored with the Women's Power Caucus Quiet Storm "Living Legend" Award in 2024. Recognizing her exceptional contributions to ho...

(BPRW) Fisk University Hosts Groundbreaking Gymnastics Meet Celebrating Diversity and Excellence

(Black PR Wire) Nashville, TN – Mark your calendars for a historic occasion! The Fisk University Bulldogs, a pioneering Historically Black College and University (HBCU) gymnastics team, is poised to blaze a new trail once ag...

(BPRW) Black PR Wire's January Power Profiler: Fantasia Barrino

(Black PR Wire) Fantasia Barrino (born Fantasia Monique Barrino on June 30, 1984 in High Point, North Carolina) is an R&B singer-songwriter, actress and author. Fantasia began singing at the age of 5, citing Aretha Frankl...

(BPRW) January is International Creativity Month

(Black PR Wire) It’s International Creativity Month! This month-long celebration encourages us to take a fresh approach to problem-solving and renew confidence in our creative capabilities. In honor of International Creativity Mo...

(BPRW) Happy MLK Day!

(Black PR Wire) Happy MLK Day! January 15th is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – a day to honor the legacy of this visionary civil rights leader, and pay tribute to his remarkable life and contributions. MLK Day not only ma...