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‘Black and Blue’ Shoots to Thrill
By Mark Burger for Yes! Weekly – At first glance, Black and Blue appears to be a standard-issue urban shoot-’em-up,...
By Mark Burger for Yes! Weekly – At first glance, Black and Blue appears to be a standard-issue urban shoot-’em-up,...
NEW ORLEANS–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, ESSENCE Communications Inc., the leading media, technology and commerce company serving Black women, announced an...
(by Taylor Mims for Billboard) – Former First Lady Michelle Obama has been announced as a headliner for the 25th...
(IndieWire.com) – This is the latest installment of “Breaking Black,” a weekly column focused on emerging black talent. Young filmmakers...
(By Staff Writers at BlackPressUSA) – In a groundbreaking business move that will likely shape the landscape of local radio...
(by Rejane Frederick & Heidi Schultheis for Truthout.org) – Today, a child born to a low-income family and raised in...
(by Missy Wilkinson for Curbed) – First, the good news: New Orleans’ entrepreneurship rate is 68 percent higher than the...
(by Janet McConnaughey for Black Voice News) – The project, officially launched on Thursday, is affiliated with New Orleans’ tricentennial...
(By Caroline Gonzalez for NewOrleansSaints.com) – What if I told you a team made up of former high school and collegiate...
Yes, something else culturally enriching was going on in the city during the recent, whirlwind ESSENCE Festival weekend. It was...