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(BPRW) 2025 PRODUCERS & ENGINEERS WING® GRAMMY® WEEK CELEBRATION TO HONOR FIVE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER JIMMY DOUGLASS

(Black PR Wire) SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — On Wed, Jan. 29, 2025, the Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® will honor producer, engineer, mixer, and five-time GRAMMY® winner Jimmy Do...

(BPRW) Spike Fellows Program(Season 3) Opens to AUC Juniors & Seniors

(Black PR Wire) Atlanta – Filmmaker Spike Lee and the Gersh Agency have announced the 3rd year of the Spike Fellows Program,Season 3, a fellowship to support undergraduate students at the Atlanta University Center Consortium, of...

(BPRW) Beyoncé to Perform at Halftime of Ravens-Texans During NFL Christmas Gameday Live on Netflix

(Black PR Wire)Your early Christmas wish has been granted as Beyoncé will perform during Netflix's first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday live on Netflix this December 25. The performance will take place during the second of Netflix’...

(BPRW) Howard Prioleau Makes History as First HBCU Student Selected in Google’s Ph.D. Fellowship

(Black PR Wire) When Howard Prioleau applied for the Google PhD Fellowship in Natural Language Processing, it felt like a natural step towards his journey of diving deeper into the world of computer science. Now, the Howard University...

(BPRW) Church's Texas Chicken® Announces OG Crunch Challenge to Celebrate Legendary Flavor and Give Back

(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Church's Texas Chicken®, one of the largest quick-service chicken restaurant chains in the world, introduces the OG Crunch Challenge, a nationwide competition celebrati...

(BPRW) Getty Invests an Additional $1.55 Million to Preserve Modern Architecture by Black Architects and Designers

(Black PR Wire) Recently, The Getty Foundation and the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (Action Fund), of the National Historic Trust for Preservation, announced a third $1.55 million round of funding in support of&n...

(BPRW) PHARRELL WILLIAMS’ BLACK AMBITION FINDS, FUNDS & FUELS FOUNDERS OF THE FUTURE – AWARDING ENTREPRENEURS $2.7 MILLION AT FOURTH ANNUAL DEMO DAY CELEBRATION

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK — Recently, Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition, the non-profit organization funding and fueling underrepresented Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs, awarded more than $2.7 million to 30 trailblazing fo...

(BPRW) Justice for Davonte Adams: A Call for Legal Recourse and Social Change

(Black PR Wire) Cobb County, GA – On November 19th at 11 AM, a press conference will be held in front of the Cobb Superior Courthouse to address the unjust legal proceedings against Davonte Adams. This event will be led by promin...

(BPRW) Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness Appoints Shanell Williams as New Executive Director

(Black PR Wire) The Board of Directors of Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness today announced the appointment of Shanell Williams as the organization’s next Executive Director, following a comprehensive national search. “Th...

(BPRW) Association of African American Museums Names Vedet Coleman-Robinson President & CEO

(Black PR Wire) Washington, D.C. — Vedet Coleman-Robinson, Ph.D., has been named president and CEO of the Association of African American Museums (AAAM). Coleman-Robinson was appointed executive director in March 2019. AAAM&...

(BPRW) JTCHF reaches the underserved and uninsured; and is committed to ensuring health care services and more

(Black PR Wire) When you give, it comes back to you. The Jessie Trice Community Health Foundation, Inc. (JTCHF), the funding arm of the Jessie Trice Community Health System, Inc. (JTCHS), has been giving of its time and quality health...

(BPRW) Soulful Christmas 2024 - A Holiday Celebration at AARLCC

(Black PR Wire) BROWARD COUNTY, FL - Soulful Christmas 2024, a community holiday celebration for all, is scheduled for 2 to 5:30PM on December 14 at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC)...

(BPRW) Fuze Fund Launches $30M Venture Capital Fund to Empower Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

(Black PR Wire) Raleigh, NC - Fuze Fund is thrilled to announce the launch of Fuze VentureGrowth Fund l, LP, a $30 million Reg-D 506(c) fund designed to bridge the equity gap in venture capital. Recently approved by the U S. Securities...

(BPRW) AARP Announces Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan as New CEO

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON – AARP, the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age, announced today that Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan w...

(BPRW) ASU's National Center Receives Art Preservation Grant

(Black PR Wire) A $25,000 grant from the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) has been awarded to the University's National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture (National Center). Alabama State...

(BPRW) NEW DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES “BEYOND THE GATES” TO PREMIERE MONDAY, FEB. 24, 2025 ON CBS

(Black PR Wire) CBS announced today that BEYOND THE GATES, the new daytime drama series and debut project from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, will premiere Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, and air weekdays (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00...

(BPRW) Martin Luther King Jr.’s and Coretta Scott King’s 100th Birthdays

(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA, GA. – The King Center is embarking on a five-year plan to celebrate the 100th birthdays of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 2029 and Mrs. Coretta Scott King in 2027. This forward-looking plan incl...

(BPRW) $5 million award from The Duke Endowment to boost Black Church Studies

(Black PR Wire) Duke University has received a $5 million award from The Duke Endowment to bolster the work of the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, one of the oldest offices of its kind among all U.S. theological...

(BPRW) Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: Enlistment in the Union Army

(Black PR Wire) Princeton, NJ. – Acclaimed author David J. Mason has released the second novel in his captivating “Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes Trilogy: Enlistment in the Union Army.” This historical fiction explores th...

(BPRW) A$AP Rocky Takes Over The PUMA NYC Flagship For His Latest Footwear and Apparel Drop

(Black PR Wire) Recently, A$AP Rocky took over the PUMA NYC Flagship to debut his latest motorsport-inspired collection of PUMA footwear, apparel, and accessories. This consumer event featured DJ performances by A$AP Rocky himself, A$AP Lou...