January 13, 2023 05:00 PM Eastern Standard Time LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the King Day holiday, AHF and its affinity group The Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC) will host national multi-city activations from January 14-16th to commemorate the civil rights leader’s advocacy efforts and changemaking leadership. The…
WoodxWatta Festival Closed 2022 with Business Brunch Connecting Ghana, Jamaica; Opened 2023 With WoodxWatta Jamaican Bashment Party
2-Day Festival Featured Award-Winning Ghanaian Dancehall Artist Stonebwoy, Spotify Africa Manager Benewaah Boateng; founder of Surf Ghana, Sandy Alibo; COO of Republic Bank, Ray Klein, and more Featured here in Essence Magazine (Accra, Ghana, January 11) WoodxWatta, Ghana’s newest Afro-Caribbean festival, hosted its inaugural festival this Detty December in Accra, Ghana, which was featured in Essence Magazine.The two-day Afro-Caribbean…
GRAMMY® Award-Winning Artists Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne, and Music Executive Sylvia Rhone to Receive Global Impact Award at Recording Academy® Honors Presented By The Black Music Collective
The GRAMMY® Week Event Will Take Place at the Hollywood Palladium on Thurs, Feb. 2, 2023 January 11, 2023 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GRAMMY®Award-winning artists Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne, and music executive Sylvia Rhone will be honored during the Recording Academy® Honors Presented By The Black Music Collective event…
WATCH TRAILER: ‘House Party’ Only In Theaters January 13th
From New Line Cinema comes your VIP ticket into the hottest event of the year: “House Party,” the remix to the fan-favorite ’90s classic. Aspiring club promoters and best buds Damon (Tosin Cole) and Kevin (Jacob Latimore) are barely keeping things together. Out of money, down on their luck and about to lose the roofs…
Activists and scholars, Simpson, Morris, Cobb and Stewart, to be honored at 28th Annual For My People Luncheon at JSU
Jackson, Mississippi – The Margaret Walker Center presents the 28th Annual “For My People” Awards Luncheon on Friday, Jan. 13. at noon in the Jackson State University Student Center Ballroom. The ticketed event will honor Euvester Simpson, Tiyi Morris, and Angela Stewart for their contributions to African American history and culture. The ceremony will also…
Civil rights activist and journalist Charlie Cobb to keynote 55th Annual MLK Convocation at Jackson State University
The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University is pleased to announce Charlie Cobb, civil rights activist and journalist, will keynote the 55th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Convocation on Friday, Jan. 13 at 9 a.m. CST in the M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge Auditorium. Born in Washington, D.C., Cobb is a former field…
JSU Receives $4 Million in Community Project Funding to Establish Center for Supply Chain Management
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jackson State University (JSU) has been awarded $4 million in Community Project Funding to establish a Center for Supply Chain Management. The funding was included in the FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by Congress. President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D., says the innovative center will help diversify an industry that is poised to be…
JSU receives $25,000 endowment honoring memory of IHL board member
Jackson, Mississippi – Jackson State University is pleased to receive a $25,000 Karen Cummins Memorial Endowment in memory of the life of Cummins, a board member for the Institutions of Higher Learning, who passed away in 2017. Then Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant appointed Cummins to the state College Board in 2012. “Scholarships provide life-changing educational…
Jackson State University recognized for two top U.S. programs; top Mississippi institution by Intelligent.com
Higher education resource guide releases the best institutions for 2023 JACKSON, Mississippi – Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for program rankings and higher education planning, has included Jackson State University (JSU) to its list of the Best Colleges in Mississippi in 2023. The research identifies top schools in the state based on tuition fees, credit requirements,…
BY POPULAR DEMAND USHER ADDS THREE DATES TO HEADLINING LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY AT PARK MGM
Tickets for new shows on February 24 and 25 and March 1, 2023 go on sale Friday, Dec. 23 at 10 a.m. PT Tickets for previously announced performancesfrom March 2 through July 15, 2023 are on sale now LAS VEGAS (December 20, 2022) – After selling out all 25 of his 2022 shows at Dolby Live at…
Jackson State University’s ‘First FAFSA’ encourages students to complete FAFSA early
Jackson State University is launching “First FAFSA,” a campaign encouraging students to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) early to maximize the amount of financial assistance they will be able to receive. “The reason students should submit their FAFSAs early is that in the spirit of the old adage that ‘the early…
Jackson State University is No. 1 HBCU in Mississippi, according to latest ranking
Jackson State University is ranked the No. 1 HBCU in Mississippi, according to the academic research company UniversityHQ.org. JSU surpassed five state HBCUs based on ranking criteria that included accreditation, tuition rates, retention rates, graduation rates, degrees offered and more. With nearly 7,000 students, JSU is one of the most prominent HBCUs in the nation,…
Dr. Eli Joseph Redefines an Academic Comeback from a Rejected PhD Applicant to a Impactful Professor
(Black PR Wire) On Sunday, December 11, the New York University School of Professional Studies conducted a University Commencement ceremony for the Summer and Fall Class of 2022 graduates at the NYU Skirball Center. Dr. Eli Joseph, an instructor in the Business and Systems Department, attended the commencement ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of the…
KING COMBS PERFORMS #1 SINGLE ‘CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP’ DURING HALFTIME SHOW IN LA CLIPPERS’ DEFEAT OVER BOSTON CELTICS
December 13, 2022. New York, NY. Last Night, Los Angeles Clippers fans were treated to both a win over the Boston Celtics, and a King Combs halftime show performance. The night, which saw the dynamic duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in top form at the crypto arena, was capped by a performance from…
Jackson State University Generates Record Increase in Sponsored Research Funding for 2022 Fiscal Year
JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson State University (JSU)experienced a dramatic increase of 90.96 percent in sponsored research funding for the 2022 fiscal year, far outpacing the previous cycle. The growth aligns with the ‘Elevate’ theme of JSU’s Strategic Plan, which notes that the institution “will raise the level of research prominence by leveraging our ‘high research…
NEW NETWORK OF LOCAL STATIONS FORMED TO BROADCAST MAJOR HBCU SPORTS
PRC Communications will bring popular HBCU basketball into more homes (Black PR Wire) Houston – These days, the HBCU sports scene is getting a lot of attention from the sports-loving public, thanks largely to the spotlight being shone on these storied programs through Black sports legends coming back home to serve as coaches. Now, PRC…
Enter the Wu-Tang Clan: Legacy Book 36 Chambers. 36 Books. 36 Artifacts. This is the Art of Wu-Tang!
On November 9, 1993, the landscape of music changed forever when “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” was unleashed upon the world, unearthing landmine hits “Protect Ya Neck,” “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F*ck Wit”. On the cusp of the 30th year of that monumental release, Wu-Tang Clan shows their level of innovation yet again,…
Prayer and Promises: Sheriff fulfills mother’s wish, graduates from JSU with honors
Travis Patten is a man dedicated to getting things done for the people he loves and serves. The youngest and first Black sheriff elected for Adams County in Natchez, Mississippi; Patten is all about promises. On Friday, Dec. 9, the 43-year-old sheriff fulfilled another promise, graduating magna cum laude from Jackson State University with a Bachelor of…
JSU graduates belong in every room they enter, says commencement keynote and noted journalist Roland Martin
JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson State University’s Fall 2022 commencement was a celebration of the ultimate academic milestone for the more than 500 graduates inside the Lee E. Williams Athletic & Assembly Center on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. The keynote speaker was award-winning journalist Roland S. Martin, who is the host and managing editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered,…
‘TIS THE SEASON…SEVYN STREETER CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE RELEASE OF “THE CHRISTMAS SONG”
AVAILABLE NOW! Listen hereWatch video here (New York, NY – December 9, 2022) ‘Tis the season, and singer-songwriter Sevyn Streeter is in the spirit! Today, as an early Christmas gift to her fans, she releases her rendition of the holiday classic “The Christmas Song” via Groundwērk/MNRK Urban. Produced byRAMMY Award-winning producer Eric Hudson, Sevyn belts…
FOUR RAP LEGENDS…ONE SUPERGROUP MOUNT WESTMORE
SNOOP DOGG, ICE CUBE, E-40 & TOO $HORT COME TOGETHER TO RELEASE THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM, SNOOP CUBE, 40, $HORT AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS TODAY, DECEMBER 9TH LISTEN TO AND STREAM THE NEW ALBUM HERE (December 9th, 2022 – Mount Westmore, CA) – The legends of West Coast rap, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40, and…
JSU civil engineering major Joseph Thedford selected as national recipient of the Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream $10,000 scholarship
(Jackson, Miss) — Jackson State University freshman civil engineering major Joseph Thedford recently was selected out of more than 1,000 applications as one of 25 recipients of the $10,000 Bridging the Dream scholarship, sponsored by Sallie Mae in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. “As a recipient of the Bridging the Dream Scholarship for…
TUNE IN TO SEE MARIAH CAREY TAKE THE COLBERT QUESTIONERT ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT TONIGHT!
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Jackson State University students embrace opportunity to visit Mississippi Emergency Management Agency through Project FAST
(Jackson, Miss) — Jackson State University (JSU) students recently embraced an opportunity to tour the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) facilities through the Target Infusion Project: Females Advancing Science and Technology (Project FAST). Led by Dawn Bishop McLin, Ph.D., professor of psychology, seven students visited MEMA, where they learned about a possible career path in emergency management….
RJ Cyler, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Anna Diop, David Oyelowo, Alfre Woodard and Marianne Jean-Baptiste Join LaKeith Stanfield and Omar Sy in Legendary Pictures’ “The Book of Clarence”
Cameras Roll in Italy as BAFTA Winning Director Jeymes Samuel Brings an Epic Set in Biblical Times to the Big Screen with an All-Star Ensemble Cast Sony Pictures to release theatrically under new deal with Legendary December 05, 2022 07:53 PM Eastern Standard Time BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Filming has begun in Italy on Legendary Pictures’ “The…
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