The Chicago Tribune reports that Urban Prep Academy for Young Men is announcing that all 107 seniors of the 2010 class were accepted into four year colleges across the nation. Urban Prep is Chicago’s only public all-male, all Black high school, and opened its doors in 2006. Urban Prep’s school day is significantly longer compared [...]
Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. are starring in the long awaited Red Tails, a major motion picture dramatizing the Tuskegee Airmen story. The highly anticipated film is progressing despite various twists during the script treatment and pre-production. Anthony Hemingway of CSI and The Wire fame is at the director’s helm, with George Lucas and [...]
Moguldom Media Group has announced the launch of The Atlanta Post, a new site dedicated to the rising market of online and affluent African Americans. Site content will also be driven by four local editions for Washington DC, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. Moguldom is most noted for sites such as Bossip.com and HipHopWired which [...]
DanteLee.com Blog: How To Get Black Radio Interviews. Black radio remains a powerhouse in entertainment and media even with all of the “new” technologies available. When you’re stuck in traffic or making your way to work in the morning, nothing beats taking a break from your iPod or MP3 player and tuning in to see [...]
Damond Nollan: NCCU Professor Increases Classroom Participation and Engagement with Twitter. A Historically Black University is using social networking to further academic learning in its English and Mass Communication Department. Kudos to an HBCU for being a technological pioneer in social networking academics! Related articles by Zemanta How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student [...]
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies unveiled its long awaited research findings on minority broadband adoption and use Thursday in Washington, D.C. via Higher Income Minorities Fastest Growing Segment of Web Users « Black Web 2.0.
Last week President Obama signed an executive order which renews the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. “It was because of these schools that America’s middle class was filled with black doctors and educators and judges and lawyers and engineers and entrepreneurs,” President Obama said at a White House ceremony to commemorate [...]
Small business owner Kristin Cooper is on a mission. After years spent earning a graduate degree and weathering this challenging recession, her Unique Kreations brand continues to set itself apart in the market of custom, handcrafted jewelry. In an age of Wal-Mart mass production and generic, run-of-the-mill accessories, this entrepreneur shares her insight on success [...]
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