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Sep- 2019 -6 September
Positive energy, fanfare sweep through 10th annual Bronzelens Film Festival
ATLANTA VOICE — Kathleen Bertrand radiated red-carpet royalty just before the commencement of the 10th Bronzelens Awards Show program at the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta. Bertrand, the Bronzelens Film Festival…
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6 September
‘Talk About It Tuesday’ tackles 400 years of trials, triumphs
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Withers Collection teamed with the Memphis Branch of the Association for the The Withers Collection and the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society – Memphis Chapter…
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6 September
Republican Woman Runs for Mayor of Baltimore
THE AFRO — This week, Catalina Byrd, a long-time political commentator and former mayoral candidate formally declared she will make another run for Mayor of Baltimore in the Republican primary. “Baltimore…
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6 September
Bessemer’s Historic Lincoln Theatre Being Revitalized
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Built as a 400-seat “picture house” to show first-run movies for African American audiences, the historic Lincoln Theatre is the last undestroyed black theatre in Bessemer and one…
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6 September
9 Year Old Local Beauty Queen Going to Cali
THE AFRO — Nine-year-old Sha’Miyae Hinton-Knight made a simple request earlier this month. “…I would like to know how do I get my article in the AFRO American Newspaper?”
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6 September
Sen. Smitherman Awards $10K grant to DELTA Inc.
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Developmental Enhancement Life and Training Alliance Incorporated (DELTA Inc.) of Birmingham was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from Alabama State Senator Rodger Smitherman. The grant, given through…
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6 September
Inside the BMA’s Galleries and Exhibitions: Africa to the Americas
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA)—located at 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35203—has more than 27,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative pieces representing diverse…
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6 September
Hip Hop Artist 24 Hrs & Friends Unite at the Roxy
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Hip Hop artist, 24 Hrs stopped by The Roxy Theatre on Friday, August 23, and Twenty surely did not disappoint his audience. The Atlanta based rap artist…
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6 September
Reframing the History of Slavery in Angola and the U.S.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — If the U.S. has 35,000 museums, a writer asked in 2014, why is only one about slavery? And if the wealth of this country was built on…
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5 September
COMMENTARY: DeVos Hands For-Profit Colleges $11.1 Billion Over 10 Years
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Over the next decade, the Education Department projects an $11 billion cost-savings from denying loan forgiveness. But for student loan borrowers, denying $11 billion in loan forgiveness…
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