The Library of Congress will host the 2025 National Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the Washington Convention Center, festival organizers announced today.
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Seitu’s World: A Pensive Gaze At 60 Years Since The March On Washington
On Friday, August 25th, 2023, photojournalist Seitu Oronde was at the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington first discussed by Malcolm X, Bayan Rustin and A. Phillip Randoply in Harlem, NY.
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Watch “This Changes Everything” With Harlem Fave Tiffany Haddish, Lyft And The ACLU
Women make up more than half of the US, but men’s stories still dominate our movie screens. Clearly, gender equality in Hollywood has a long way to go.Continue reading
Stars And Harlem Fave Vanessa Williams In b Michael Perform At The July 4th On PBS
The spectacular Harlem fave Vanessa Williams star of film, television and the Broadway stage sang "America the Beautiful" in a beautifully designed dress b michael at the A Capitol Fourth in Washington DC on Sunday, July 4th, 2019, on PBS.Continue reading
Harlem Fave Mike Epps Talks About Only One Mike At BUILD
Comedian and actor Mike Epps is appropriately inappropriate in his no-holds-barred Netflix stand-up special, "Mike Epps: Only One Mike." Continue reading
The Global Community Comes Together To Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s Birth And More
This past weekend, Nelson Mandela’s four official legacy organizations, were joined by the global community to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mandela’s birth and the 25th anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic elections.Continue reading
Senate Measure Would Control How Social Media Companies Access User Data
Amid growing concern in Washington DC about the power of social media companies, the Senate may consider a bipartisan bill to severely limit how these companies gain access to users’ private information from Harlem to Harare.Continue reading
Washington DC: Leadership Change, Community Outreach And More For Sterling Motorcars
Thomas A. Moorehead, the first Black Dealer in the country of Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, and McLaren, has transitioned from President and CEO to Owner and Chairman of Sterling Motorcars.Continue reading
Akufo-Addo Declares 2019 As ‘Year Of Return For Diasporans’ From Harlem To Hollywood
President Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has officially proclaimed 2019 as the year all diasporan descendants of Africans who were captured and transported into the Americas as slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries return to Ghana.Continue reading
Harlem Rep. Espaillat Talks Congressional Staff Diversity (Spanish)
Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat released the following statement to address the need for more diversity and inclusion on congressional staff following a report released this week by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.Continue reading
Washington DC: TV One & The National Urban League Present ‘State of Black America’ Town Hall Coming
TV One and the National Urban League (NUL) discussed the present and future conditions facing black America on Tuesday evening at a Town Hall held at The Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Washington DC: Black Benefactors Dinner Series With Reggie Van Lee
Join Black Benefactors (BB) giving circle as we kick off our 2018 Dinner Series with Reggie Van Lee, philanthropist, arts advocate and retired Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton.Continue reading
Washington DC: Civil Rights Groups Call For Congressional Action On Fatal Police Shootings
The American Civil Liberties Union, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF), called on Congress today to take action in response to the national crisis of fatal police shootings.Continue reading
Join The March For Our Lives
On March 24, 2018, the kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today.Continue reading
Washington DC: Black Benefactors Honors An Icon, Peggy Cooper Cafritz
The Black Benefactors are saddened by the passing of Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a visionary in the arts, education and philanthropy, and co-founder of the storied Duke Ellington School of the Arts.Continue reading