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Nikon Ambassador Matthew Jordan Smith Celebrates 37 Years in Photography with a Free Online Tribute Webinar to Gordon Parks and Aretha Franklin | PHOTOs

Fisher Jack - April 15, 2024

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28th Annual Black Writers On Tour + Business +Tech Expo

Weight

Incredible Weight-loss: 70-Yr-old Saves His Own Life – Tells Story in ‘Saving Grandpa Bill’

Awards

Broadcaster Esther Dillard Receives 2024 Prestigious Gracie Award Cementing Her Status Among Accomplished Women

Birthdays

Celebrity Photographer Matthew Jordan Smith Honors the Late Aretha Franklin with a New Coffee Table Book on What Would Have Been Her 82nd Birthday...

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TV One Film ‘The Secret She Kept’ Addresses Minority Mental Health

Based on Best Selling Author ReShonda Tate Billingsley's Book About A Family Coping With Mental Illness, Network's Original Movie Starring Kyla Pratt, Gavin Houston, Kellita...

Books

Kirkus Book Review Goes to Sci-Fi Author Max W. Miller

*Indie author, Max W. Miller receives a review worth sharing from the premier indie book reviewers, Kirkus Media. "Sadie Mae And Torene The Tornado" is...

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Black Woman to Become Next Iron-Man in Marvel Comics

*Marvel has revealed that a black woman will suit up as the comics' next Iron-Man, with the transition set to take place after Marvel...

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Marvel’s New Racist Villain Looks Just Like Donald Trump (Pics)

*Something's a bit familiar about the new Marvel character MODAAK. In the first Spider-Gwen comic book published on June 9th (offering a fresh take on the Spider-Man origin...

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Tavis Smiley: Prince ‘Locked Himself in his Bedroom for Days’ After Michael Jackson Died (Watch)

*Tavis Smiley was hanging with Prince shortly after the death of Michael Jackson and described the Purple One’s reaction while promoting his new book, “Before...

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Daddy & Daughter Release Book for Brooklyn, NYC Tourists

*Daddy and Daughter Publishing ~ Coney Island, Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanical gardens and BAM are a few family-friendly locations in Brooklyn, New York...

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‘We Are Charleston’ Commemorates 1st-year Anniversary of ‘The Emanuel Nine’

*While the media was busy airing the tragic news of the massacre of 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, -- hundreds...

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Lil Wayne’s Prison Memoir ‘Gone Til November’ Finally Due in October

*The memoir written by Lil Wayne during his prison stint six years ago finally has a release date. Publisher Penguin Random House announced Gone Til...

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Maya Angelou Doc ‘And Still I Rise’ Wins AFI Docs Audience Award (Watch a Clip)

*“Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” won the AFI Docs audience award for best feature, reports Variety. Directed by Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules,...

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‘Expired’: My Son Was Recently Killed Execution Style

* My only son, James Rhodes, Jr., 24 years old was, gunned down, “execution style” with a single gunshot to the head on May...

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Michael Jackson’s Final Moments Detailed in New Book ’83 Minutes’

*Michael Jackson's final moments on June 25, 2009 – and the months leading up to them – are detailed in a new book by...

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‘We are Charleston’ Account of Tragic Events Out Now

*"We Are Charleston" – an essential, multi-layered exploration of the tragic events experienced by South Carolina’s famed Mother Emanuel Church last summer – has...

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‘Kick-Ass’ Comic Book to Relaunch Around Black Female Superhero

*Comic book author Mark Millar is shaking things up with his Kick-Ass franchise. Previously, Kick-Ass followed a nerdy teen named Dave Lizewski who becomes a...

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Tavis Smiley Developing his Michael Jackson Book for TV with J.J. Abrams

*Journalist Tavis Smiley and filmmaker J.J. Abrams are teaming to develop Smiley’s new book, “Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael...

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