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(BPRW) THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND DIVISION OF FESTIVALS ANNOUNCES DATES FOR ST THOMAS CARNIVAL 2024
(Black PR Wire) St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — In collaboration with the Division of Festivals, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Tourism announces the official dates for the 2024 St. Thomas Carnival. Scheduled...
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(BPRW) Lanny Smoot to Be the First Disney Imagineer Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
(Black PR Wire) Lanny Smoot, a Disney Research Fellow and longtime member of Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He is the first Disney Imagineer to...
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(BPRW) Grammy-Award Winning Singer Patti Austin To Appear in Stage Workshop as Mary Cardwell Dawson (1894-1962), Founder of National Negro Opera Company
(Black PR Wire) Boston, MA - Grammy Award-winning R&B, pop, and jazz singer Patti Austin returns to Boston to mentor a young theatre group in a workshop production of “If the Walls Could Talk”, based on the life of Mary Card...
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(BPRW) The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Promotes Valerie Riles to Executive Vice President
(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announces the promotion of Valerie Riles to Executive Vice President. As a member of the Arsht Center’s senior executiv...
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(BPRW) Honoring the Life and Legacy of a Community Icon, Dr. Otis Alphonso Mason
(Black PR Wire) St. Augustine, FL -- Dr. Otis A. Mason, a beloved educator, veteran, and community leader, peacefully embraced the sunset of his life on January 9, 2024 in St. Augustine, Florida. He was 95.
Born and raised in St. Augustine'...
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(BPRW) Clear Channel Outdoor, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Share the Impact of Mentorship on Youth & Communities in National Mentoring Month Campaign
(Black PR Wire) New York, NY – Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), one of the world’s largest out of home (OOH) media providers, and Big Brothers Sisters of America (BBBSA), the preeminent one-to-one youth mentorin...
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(BPRW) The third annual Black History Month Reception welcomes Sen. Joyner
(Black PR Wire) TAMPA – The Tampa Bay History Center is proud to announce the third annual Black History Month Reception, an evening of inspiration, recognition, and cultural celebration, set to take place on Friday, Fe...
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(BPRW) MILWAUKEE FILM ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2024
(Black PR Wire) MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Film's sixth annual Black History Month celebration will showcase engaging and entertaining film screenings curated by its Black Lens program throughout February.
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(BPRW) Bloomberg Expands Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Trading Challenge In Its Second Year
(Black PR Wire) Bloomberg for Education and Bloomberg Human Resources have expanded the reach of this year’s Bloomberg and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Trading Challenge to new universities and shifted to...
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(BPRW) Thrivin’ in Color Podcast Celebrates International Creativity Month with Special Episode Featuring Fatima Jones
(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – January marks International Creativity Month, a monthlong observance to inspire innovation and celebrate creatives. When thinking about Black creatives, how can one not think about The Apollo and...
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(BPRW) “Hollywood We Have A Problem”
(Black PR Wire) “When (Hollywood) executives are looking for Black content, they’re either looking for Wakanda or Thug Life, with no in between. By ignoring the systemic racial inequities that plague the film and television busi...
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(BPRW) Health In Her HUE Announces $3 Million In Funding
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK - Health In Her HUE, the premier digital health platform aimed at reducing racial health disparities for Black women and women of color through technology, media and community today announced that the company has ra...
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(BPRW) Experience the Captivating Caribbean Journey of Summer Island by Deborah C. Mortimer and Ken Daley A Different Booklist Bookstore
(Black PR Wire) Allentown, PA - Caribbean American author Deborah C. Mortimer will appear at A Different Booklist Bookstore in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, February 24th, when she will present and read from her latest children’s book...
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(BPRW) 2024 Urban One Honors Celebrates the BEST IN BLACK!
(Black PR Wire) When you hear “Best in Black,” think of the best of who we are… in music, television and film, sports, politics and every other realm that Black culture has touched and turned up a notch!
The 6th...
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(BPRW) JCPenney’s Hope & Wonder Brand Celebrates Milestone in Community Giving
(Black PR Wire) PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- JCPenney, the shopping destination for America’s diverse, working families, proudly celebrates Hope & Wonder, its private brand designed in-house by the JCPenney Creative C...
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(BPRW) Buffalo's Damar Hamlin Named Week 18 NFLPA Community MVP
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Damar Hamlin has been named this season’s Week 18 NFLPA Community MVP after he hosted his fourth annual holiday toy drive benefiting 750 kids in his home state of Pennsylvania.
D...
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(BPRW) MANNY HALLEY PRODUCTIONS SETS BET+ PREMIERE DATE FOR “DUTCH II” Thursday January 18, 2024
(Black PR Wire) Los Angeles – Black Independent film company Manny Halley Productions, Imani Media Group and BET+ has set the premiere date for “Dutch ll- Angel’s Revenge” sequel to the crime-drama film “D...
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(BPRW) U.S. Mint issues commemorative coins celebrating Harriet Tubman
(Black PR Wire) Admirers of Harriet Tubman and numismatists alike can now buy coins commemorating the famed abolitionist and human rights activist issued by the U.S. Mint.
The agency is offering a $5 gold coin, a $1 silver dollar and a clad...
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(BPRW) Happy MLK Day!
(Black PR Wire) Happy MLK Day! January 15th is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – a day to honor the legacy of this visionary civil rights leader, and pay tribute to his remarkable life and contributions. MLK Day not only ma...
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(BPRW) Douglass Day 2024
(Black PR Wire) State College, PA & worldwide — Douglass Day is proud to announce a transcribe-a-thon in honor of the birthday of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895).
The transcribe-a-thon will bring together thousands of par...
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