[…] a perennial menace to society, or terror threat. The white privilege pass he and men like him get remain firmly in their pocket to our deadly peril. Earl Ofari Hutchinson Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is the author of Make a Democratic Blue Wave More than Talk (Amazon) He […]
[…] Washington D.C. She sounded every bit like her illustrious grandfather when he spoke in the same city to a like rally of tens of thousands fifty years earlier. She brought the house down when she implored the crowd to fight for a “gun free world.” The young King’s plea deliberately wrapped in words from […]
[…] Ansy Dolce, 29, Holly Springs, GA Carlos Jackson, 43, Lithia Springs, GA Briana Sykes, 19, Flint, MI Jeff Melvin, 20, Salem, AL De’Shon Hill, 39, Luray, VA Earl Fitzgerald Hunter, 40, Greenville, SC Fred Holder, 28, Norwalk, CA Albert Wayne Finnie Jr., 22, College Station, TX Tristan Trevino, 24, Corpus Christi, TX Jerome Barber, […]
[…] C. Campbell, Jr., Chair, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Cynthia D. DiBartolo, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, Tigress Financial Partners LLC and Chairperson, Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, Earl G. (Butch) Graves, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, Black Enterprise, Alfred C. Liggins, Chief Executive Officer and President, Radio One, Inc./TV One, LLC, The Honorable Charles B. […]
[…] woman. Her parents apparently took the truth of her ancestry to their grave. Byrd, whose birth name was Jeanette Beagle, was one of 10 children born to Earl and Daisy Beagle in 1942. But she became a ward of the state after her father walked out on her mother; and her mother died after […]
[…] re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart, one of them has now become the late rapper’s highest charting Hot 100 single of his career. The gravely-voiced emcee, born Earl Simmons, died April 9 in White Plains, New York, after suffering a heart attack on April 2. He was 50. His bangers “Party Up (Up in […]
[…] and learn more about our history. EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Hold on to your dreams of a better life and stay committed to striving to realize it.” – Earl G. Graves, Sr. EUR BIRTHDAYS Aug. 25: Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter is 83. Singer Walter Williams of The O’Jays is 73. Actor Blair Underwood is 52. […]
[…] personal connection to three Black icons and what impact each of them had on her career. Those larger-than-life figures ranged from the founder of Black Enterprise magazine, Earl Graves, Sr., to the legendary Susan L. Taylor, Essence magazine editor-in-chief, emeritus, to hammering Hank Aaron, who was BMW’s first Black dealer. Furthermore, the journalistic media […]
[…] Ed Gordon, Emmy-winning broadcaster, and author of Conversation in Black: On Power, Politics and Leadership Jennifer Jones Austin, Esq., CEO and Executive Director, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Earl “Butch” Graves, Jr., President and CEO, Black Enterprise The full report is available at www.StateOfBlackAmerica.org. The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic […]
[…] Harvey Oswald was later identified as the sole assassin. Despite all the witness testimony, the single-shot theory was the conclusion reached by the investigative committee led by Earl Warren (the Warren Commission). Because of all the conspiracy theories that had surfaced, America began losing its confidence in our most sacred governmental institutions and has […]
[…] between 2021 and 2024, and with black, Hispanic, Asian American and Pacific Islander, LGTBQ and woman-owned media up to 10 percent over that stretch. And a month earlier, General Motors announced a five-point action plan to alter how it deals with “diverse-owned and diverse-targeted media,” including bringing its ad spending with those companies up […]
[…] player Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman, who bought Ebony Media last year, Roland Martin, Todd Brown, founder of Urban Edge Networks, Don Jackson, founder of Central City Productions, and Earl ‘Butch’ Graves, president and CEO of Black Enterprise. EURweb previously reported that Allen fired off letters of intent to major ad brands in which he warned […]
[…] legal action. Sunday’s ad is signed by Allen, Cube, Bridgeman, Roland Martin, Todd Brown, founder of Urban Edge Networks, Don Jackson, founder of Central City Productions, and Earl ‘Butch’ Graves, president and CEO of Black Enterprise. READ MONTH: Byron Allen Slams GM CEO Mary Barra for Being ‘Racist’ Toward Black Media Moguls General Motors responded […]
[…] effective immediately. The ad is signed by Allen, Cube, Bridgeman, Roland Martin, Todd Brown, founder of Urban Edge Networks, Don Jackson, founder of Central City Productions, and Earl ‘Butch’ Graves, president and CEO of Black Enterprise. General Motors responded to the group’s allegations of racism in a statement: “General Motors aspires to be the […]
