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Brave Soul Collective a Washington, DC-based multi-disciplinary arts, education, and HIV/AIDs outreach organization, returns with an all virtual celebration and reunion retrospective event to celebrate its 15 year anniversary. Brave Soul Collective works to illuminate the lives of LGBTQIA people of color through the performing and healing arts, aiming to stop the spread […]

HIV/AIDs Outreach Organization Brave Soul Collective Celebrates 15 Years in ...

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The Urban One Honors is an annual award/celebration show filled with Black excellence, music, and achievement. This year’s theme is honoring ‘Women Leading the Change’ and will highlight the extraordinary contributions of women in business, media, health, politics, and community outreach, who are leading impactful change within the Black community. Grammy-Award-winning […]

The 2021 Urban One Honors will Premiere in May, Jazmine ...

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Rapper-actor Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards for his role in Power Book II: Ghost. Shifting from music to acting is no easy task, but Smith has been able to do it while still pushing his pen over the […]

Method Man Shares Differences with Preparing for the Music Studio ...

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The 52nd NAACP Image Awards concluded Saturday night, celebrating Black Excellence for an entire week. After a week of virtual ceremonies, the live event took place and did not disappoint. Winners throughout the week include Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Beyoncé, Method Man, Mary J. Blige, Stephen Curry, and more. Check out […]

Chadwick Boseman, Issa Rae, Eddie Murphy & More Win at ...

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The NAACP announced that NBA superstar, business entrepreneur, and philanthropist, LeBron James, will receive the prestigious President’s Award during the 52nd NAACP Image Awards. Additionally, Anthony Anderson, who holds the record for the most wins in the NAACP Image Award category of Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series with six wins, will […]

LeBron James Receives NAACP President’s Award, Anthony Anderson Returns As ...

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Ahead of the yearly NAACP Image Awards, the NAACP has announced NBA superstar Stephen Curry and The Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) will both receive the Jackie Robinson Sports Awards. Additionally, Misty Copeland will be honored with the prestigious Spingarn Medal, while Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony will receive the Activist of the Year award. The NAACP […]

THE WNBPA and Stephen Curry to Receive Jackie Robinson Sports ...

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The annual URBAN ONE HONORS heralds the exemplary accomplishments of African-American women in this year’s tribute show premiering on Sunday, May 16, 2021, at 9 p.m. ET/8C, simulcasting for the first time on the sister network CLEO TV.  Grammy-Award-winning gospel artist, author, and syndicated radio personality Erica Campbell and award-winning journalist, author, and news anchor Roland Martin will host the event. […]

Erica Campbell & Roland Martin to Host URBAN ONE HONORS

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TV One‘s return of UNSUNG kicks off a night of back-to-back premieres of auto-biographical content joining the previously announced premiere of UNCENSORED, Sunday, March 21, starting at 9 p.m. ET/8C. The six-time NAACP Image Award-winning series UNSUNG, narrated by actor Gary Anthony Williams, returns with nine new tantalizing episodes. UNSUNG, one of the network’s longest-running series’, highlights the careers and explores the […]

TV One’s ‘UNSUNG’ Returns with Morris Day, Hezekiah Walker, Sylenna ...

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Jalil Wright, AKA Runituprawww, is an artist, producer, artist developer, and website designer. A creative in various ways. He played trombone, piano, xylophone, drums, a little bit of trumpet, and violin growing up. This added to his love of music as he’s currently in the process of making his own label called […]

A Conversation with Black Creative Jalil Wright: Artist, Producer, and ...

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TV One announces the spring lineup of its original, critically-acclaimed auto-biographical series UNCENSORED, with all-new episodes premiering on Sunday, March 21 at 10 p.m. ET/9C. UNCENSORED, explores the lives of your favorite personalities as they provide first-hand accounts of their success, and obstacles they’ve faced throughout their careers. This season profiles Teddy Riley, Marsha Ambrosius, Donnie McClurkin, Kem, […]

TV One’s ‘UNCENSORED’ Returns with Teddy Riley, Remy Ma, Donnie ...

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New BET Digital docu-series Rebels With A Cause, executive produced and created by Emmy Award winner P. Frank Williams, profiles courageous, game-changing, out-of-the-box activists. Debuting a new episode each Wednesday, the four-week special kicks-off with Love & Hip Hop: New York star and savvy music exec Yandy Smith-Harris. While Smith-Harris achieved notoriety as a […]

Yandy Smith-Harris Discusses Police Reform & Activism in New BET ...

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The full-list of nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were announced today in a special virtual event on NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram channel hosted by Tony-award winning actress and singer Anika Noni-Rose, actress and singer Chloe Bailey, actress Erika Alexander, actor, dancer, and choreographer Nicco Annan, and actor and singer TC Carson. With the rise in […]

See the Full List of Nominees for the 52nd NAACP ...

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The National Museum of African American Music has been in the works for almost two decades. Located in Nashville, Tennesse, NMAAM will be a staple for the culture, and in its community, with a goal “to educate the world, preserve the legacy, and celebrate the central role African Americans play in […]

The National Museum of African American Music Is Open

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