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Dreamer Academy Foundation and iPower Richmond presents the Dreamers Scholarship! Win $1,000 scholarship courtesy of the Dreamers Academy Foundation for college! Write a 250 word essay and tell us about your dreams after college! To qualify you must be an up and coming freshman attending an HBCU. Winner must attend the 7th annual Prep for […]

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GRAMMY® Award-winning Gospel artist Tamela Mann and NAACP Image® Award-winning Comedian David Mann will appear on the Tamron Hall Show on Wednesday, October 12th. Tamela will give a breathtaking performance of her current single “Finished” followed by an intimate interview with the powerhouse couple.  They will speak to a variety of topics including: Tamela’s casting […]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty(Black PR Wire) Retirement Clearinghouse, (RCH), an RLJ Company, Fidelity Investments, Vanguard, and Alight Solutions announced that they have collaborated to create a consortium of workplace retirement plan recordkeepers, Portability Services Network, LLC, to accelerate the nationwide adoption of auto portability to help America’s under-served and under-saved workers improve their […]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) announced today that it honored the Honorable Ambassador Andrew Young, Jr. with the prestigious 2022 Global Game Changer Award during its 2022 ELC Recognition Gala on Thursday, October 6, 2022. The event is set to take place at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. at […]

Nashville, TN (September 30, 2022) – Chart-topping recording star, actress and entrepreneur Kierra Sheard, releases her new single and music video for “Miracles” feat. Pastor Mike Jr. (Karew Entertainment/RCA Inspiration). Available now, “Miracles” is the first single from her upcoming album set to release in 2023. Her new album will mark Kierra’s seventh studio album, […]

DETROIT, MI) October 3, 2022 — Seven-time Stellar Award winner and 2x Grammy-nominated recording artist, VaShawn Mitchell, will be conducting a live recording for his newest album, “Chapter X” at Sound Board at Motor City Casino Hotel on Monday, October 31 at 7pm. This album embarks on the journey of “newness” with a new sound and energy that his fans are going to […]

(NEW YORK, NY) – September 30 – Hip Hop’s biggest night, “BET Hip Hop Awards” 2022, will premiere its annual broadcast on Tuesday, October 4th at 9PM ET/PT on BET. Taped from Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, GA, on Friday, September 30, the annual celebration brings together the hottest names in hip hop to pay homage to the […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fisk University, one of the nation’s elite private historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), has experienced a remarkable enrollment increase over the past four years. In 2017, the total student body was 630 students and this fall, Fisk exceeded 1,050 students with an incoming class of just under 400 students. These students […]

Nashville, TN —  Legendary artist and music mogul Ben Tankard has a resume that includes fifteen gold and six platinum-selling albums, multiple #1 Billboard Smooth Jazz Radio singles, seventeen Stellar Awards, and a Stellar Music Hall of Fame induction.  He has numerous Dove, Grammy®, Soul Train, and NAACP Image Award nominations.  Tankard is an author, a reality […]

The legendary CeCe Winans’ first full-length live recording, Believe For It (Pure Springs Gospel / Fair Trade Services) is getting ready to follow up this chart topping project with a tour! That’s right Winans has just announced her first national tour in over a decade. Sponsored by Compassion International, the tour will stop in 21 cities beginning […]