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By LP: Our hometowns can have a profound influence on our future and how the city shaped their professional careers. Jacksonville, FL, is the hometown of many famous celebrities from all sectors of the entertainment […]

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA), in partnership with the Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF) has established  the AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund. The fund was created on behalf of the nation’s oldest historically African-American sorority in an […]

By Christina Santi (January 29, 2019) #ebony The singer-songwriter is most known for working with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. Grammy Award-winning singer James Ingram passed away following his battle with brain cancer on Tuesday, according to TMZ. He was […]

By Christina Santi January 25, 2019 #ebonymagazine The exclusive partnership comes just in time to celebrate Black History Month. Zandra Cunningham, 18, has partnered with Target to sell her award-winning eponymous skincare line nationwide in celebration of Black […]

  by Dr. Conrad Worrill Our late, great ancestor, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once again reminds us of a major problem that we, as African people in America, are besieged […]

By Vernon A. Williams January 30, 2019 crusader Chicago Defender First, full transparency. Much like “Fly Jock” Tom Joyner (and probably most male Baby Boomers), I had a mad crush on soul singer Gladys Knight as she […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Former Tallahassee Mayor and Florida Gubernatorial Candidate, Andrew Gillum, didn’t break the kind of news that many publishers, editors and journalists may have wanted at the National […]

January 31, 2019 BlackPressUSA Black History, Commentary, Community, Education,Entertainment, Featured, Music, News, NNPA Newswire  By George Tillman, Special to The New Tri-State Defender Many years ago, I started a project to bring HIV and AIDS awareness to the Memphis community. In 1998, I coordinated […]