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Arts & Culture 365 |
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Wal-Mart Partners With Tavis Smiley To Launch Exhibit
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is proud to announce it will serve as the title sponsor of Tavis Smiley's "America I AM: The African American Imprint" traveling museum exhibition. This unique traveling exhibit will feature a collection of historically signific...
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Designer Chosen For Black History Museum
The long-awaited National Museum of African American History and Culture took an important step forward yesterday with the selection of an architectural and design team.
The Smithsonian, which is overseeing the $500 million project on the Mall, ...
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Senate Approves Anti-Tobacco Bill
Capping a half-century battle with the tobacco industry, the Senate overwhelmingly approved landmark legislation Thursday that would for the first time give the government far-reaching power to regulate the manufacturing and marketing of cigarettes a...
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Bronner Bros. Show Highlights Natural Hair
There were plenty of Crayola-colored wigs and long, silky extensions displayed at the 64th annual Bronner Bros. International Hair Show, which drew more than 60,000 stylists, hair enthusiasts and exhibitors who work with black hair this past weekend....
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Book Club 365 |
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Spoken Word |
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Book That Speaks Directly To America's Troubled Black Males
By: P. Rice
iUniverse, Inc., the leading provider of publishing technology solutions for authors, has released a new book entitled Shaasha Barta, The Book of the 41 Virtues, seen by many as an innovation that may well usher in a new way of reaching America's Black male population which has been under served by the traditional book industry.
The author, who goes by the pen name of Tika, worked as a counse...
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New Book Speaks on AIDS in the African American Community
By: B. Baxter
Author Gil Robertson has written a book that tackles a taboo subject in the African American community...HIV/AIDS. On World AIDS Day, Robertson plans to release, "Not in My Family'.
"Not in My Family" is a compilation of essays from well known and lesser known celebrities exploring how HIV/AIDS has reshaped lifestyles and attitudes within the African American community. "Not in My Family" wi...
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First Major African-American Art Auction Totals $2.3 Million
By: Lindsay Pollack
A print portfolio by Jacob Lawrence that included an image of famed abolitionist John Brown dangling from a hangman's noose fetched $156,000 and received a round of applause yesterday afternoon as the top lot at a landmark auction of African-American artworks.
A standing-room-only crowd of over 200 mostly black art enthusiasts packed the New York salesroom at Swann Galleries as auction record...
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Vocalist Stephanie Jordan Is Featured In WoMan
By: Pam Rice
CAPITA Foundation for the Arts debuts its signature performance, WoMan, Saturday, March 3, 2007, at 8:00 p.m., at Fletcher Hall, Carolina Theatre of Durham. This annual community-based performance is a collaboration of local dance talent and musical performances by renowned international jazz artists. WoMan features New Orleans' first family of jazz, the Jordan Family --Stephanie Jordan on vocals...
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