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By Constance Garcia-Barrio Photos courtesy: Erikka Goslin from Taller Puertorriqueno Afro-Latinos and a number of African Americans filled the auditorium at Taller Puertorriqueno, located at 2600 N. 5th Street, last Saturday for the 28th Arturo A. Schomburg Symposium. This year’s event was titled “Repairing & Reparations: Healing from Racial Wounds.” The symposium bears the name…

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iHeartMedia Philadelphia’s 105.3 WDAS FM, Philly’s best R&B and throwbacks station, has announced this year’s award recipients for the eighth annual “Women of Excellence Luncheon Presented by Xfinity,” a celebration of local women and their achievements in the community, including Grammy award-winner Jody Watley. The luncheon will take place on April 13 from 11 a.m….

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Black adults spend 31.8% more time with TV each week than the general population; 43% of Black respondents across five countries want more representation of their identity group on TV. PRNEWSWIRENEW YORK — Among U.S. audiences, Black consumers spend over 81 hours per week with media — 31.8% more than the general population, according to…

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PRNEWSWIRE NEWPORT, R.I. — The Preservation Society of Newport County, in partnership with the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, will launch the exhibition “Gilded Age Newport in Color” at Rosecliff on March 15, taking visitors back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries when African heritage families were active members of a new type…

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By Russ BynumASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: Author Michael Thurmond speaks during an interview with Associated Press about his new book, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Stone Mountain, Ga. A new book by Thurmond entitled “James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia” focuses on Georgia’s white founding father’s failed attempt to ban slavery after starting Britain’s 13th American…

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On Tuesday, the City of Philadelphia and the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy (OACCE) opened a Black History Month exhibition at City Hall entitled “Philadelphia Black History: The People’s Stories.” On view through April 12, 2024, the exhibition features 44 local artists’ visual and written tributes to late Black Philadelphians. Artist: JIHAN…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine ABOVE PHOTO: Amy Hall Garner The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been one of the most renowned dance companies in the world for over 60 years. Legendary visionary Alvin Ailey founded the organization in 1958, bringing his dream of preserving and enriching the African American experience through American modern dance to…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Jeanelle Austin, director of the George Floyd Global Memorial, pauses during the installation of “Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix,” at Arizona State University Art Museum, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. For months after George Floyd was killed by police in May 2020, people from around the…

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By Jake CoyleASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots. Most were flying back from hunting trips and their…

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By Maria Sherman LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is back with two new country tracks — “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.” After a Verizon commercial starring Beyoncé aired during the Super Bowl ended with the superstar saying “They ready, drop the new music,” the question became — was she serious? Later, a cryptic Instagram video with country iconography…

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