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Mansion House on Martha's Vineyard - The Perfect Place for Summer

The VIneyard is delightful in June. Restaurants, beaches and shops are ready to welcome you. It is easy to get here. Write or Say "Solstice" on your reservation and enjoy a free upgrade upon your arrival.* Don't miss out! ...

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...

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."

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...

PR and social media experts shared stirring words of wisdom during the “Brands in Demand” Mixer & Live Discussion

As part of their ongoing Minority Leadership Series, which serves to empower and connect multicultural business professionals, Black PR Wire and Business Wire held a mixer and live discussion entitled “Brands in Demand,” recentl...

What Serena Williams And All Mothers of Color Need: New App That Aims to Battle Bias in Maternity Care to be Featured at Upcoming MIT Hackathon

The “Yelp for Health Equity Movement,” Irth Helps Consumers Get Doctor & Hospital Reviews From People Who Fit Their Socio-Demographic Profile (Black PR Wire) -- A new app concept, known as “the Yelp for the health...

“REST IN POWER: THE TRAYVON MARTIN STORY” DOCUMENTARY SERIES THIS JULY

(Black PR Wire) Paramount Network has teamed up with executive producer JAY-Z for a landmark television event, “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” based on the life and legacy of Trayvon Martin. The six-part non...

Inaugural Oakland Art Month Debuts in May 2018

Features Packed Calendar of Arts Events & Performances, Including 1st Annual Oakland Mural Festival (Oakland, CA) – Visit Oakland, the city’s official destination marketing organization, celebrates the Oakland creative...

Hyams Foundation Releases First-of-its-Kind Report on Racial Equity in Boston

New report gauges attitudes on race, policies, and quality of life among people of color (Black PR Wire) Boston – The Hyams Foundation has released Racial Inequities, Policy Solutions: Perceptions of Boston’s Communiti...

Jesus Christ Superstar features John Legend

(Black PR Wire) Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and 10-time Grammy Award winner John Legend has been cast as Jesus Christ in NBC’s special event “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” to be aired Easter Sunday, April 1.

Jason Taylor Foundation to Host Fourth Annual Louder Than A Bomb Florida Poetry Festival from March 26 - April 21, 2018

(Black PR Wire) For the fourth consecutive year, the Jason Taylor Foundation is giving the South Florida community the chance to witness the top youth poets in the state compete during a cutting edge event – the Lo...

Walmart continues its focus on African-American Women Owned Companies

Restauranteur Leah Abraham Shares her Recipe of Success of Hiring Locally and Giving Back (Black PR Wire) The second Quick Chat video in the three-part series Hidden Talent, sponsored by Walmart, highlights Restaurant Owner L...

FMU to Hold Dedication and Unveiling of “Sacred Woman” Sculpture

(Black PR Wire) -- Florida Memorial University will hold a dedication and unveiling ceremony of the sculpture “Sacred Woman”, Friday, March 16, 2018 at 6 p.m. in the Student Services Courtyard.

Actors Danny Glover and Delroy Lindo Join Inaugural From the Fire Summer Leadership Academy for Young Men of Color at Princeton University

(Black PR Wire) New York, New York — Leadership development, mentoring, and Rites of Passage are the focuses of the new From the Fire: Leadership Academy for Young Men on July 22-August 3, 2018. Operated by At the Well...

A TRIBE CALLED IDENTITY … FINDING YOUR WAKANDA

AfricanAncestry.com Educates on African Tribes as Part of its 15th Year Celebration in 2018 (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 21) – African Ancestry, Inc. (AfricanAncestry.com), the pioneers of genetic ancestry tracing for peo...

3 Presidents Who Shaped our Food System and the Role of African Americans in It

(Black PR Wire) Many of our past presidents were farmers or ranchers at some point in their lives, but a handful of them significantly changed how we grow our food and eat it. We can’t examine that history, however, wit...

The Home Depot Announces the 2018 Retool Your School Grant Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

The Home Depot’s Campus Improvement Program Will Award a Total of $360,000 in Campus Improvement Grants to Nine Deserving HBCUs (Black PR Wire) Atlanta, GA, January 29, 2018—The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improve...

Healthier Soul Food Cookbook Takes Fresh Approach to Traditional Recipes for "Go Red" Heart Health Month

Joint Project Between Transamerica Center for Health Studies and the Association of Black Women Physicians Promotes Healthier, Happy Traditional Eating (Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES – January 29, 2018 – The Healthier Tr...

“I’m Going to Disney World!’’ Teens Surprised Live on “Good Morning America’’ with Mentoring Trip to Disney Dreamers Academy

Teens from California, Texas, New Jersey and Virginia among 100 high school students selected from thousands across country to participate in coveted mentoring event at Disney in March; (Black PR Wire) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – &...

The Health Gap Launches New “Culture of Health” Campaign to Raise Awareness, Drive Engagement around Mission to Eliminate Health Disparities

Multi-media awareness campaign focuses on the Health Gap’s ongoing commitment to make Cincinnati a healthy place to live, work and play (Black PR Wire) CINCINNATI – The Center for Closing the Health Gap (Health Gap), a lead...