Archive for February, 2008

EXHIBITORS WANTED

EXHIBITORS WANTED FOR THE 2008 AFRICAN AMERICAN PAVILION @ BOOKEXPO AMERICA, LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER, LOS ANGELES, CA, MAY 29 - JUNE 1, 2008

Adrienne Ingrum featrued in black and white blouse in background. Tony Rose facing 2004 prominent and celebrated African American Publishers. Niani Colom in gray suit up front. Photo courtesy of Amber Communications Group Inc.

Photo by Heather Covington

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ARETHA FRANKLIN, THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF SOUL, IS CATHY HUGHES’ SPECIAL GUEST ON AN ALL-NEW TV ONE ON ONE, PREMIERING SUNDAY, MARCH 2 AT 10 PM ET

ARETHA FRANKLIN, THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF SOUL, IS CATHY HUGHES’ SPECIAL GUEST ON AN ALL-NEW TV ONE ON ONE, PREMIERING SUNDAY, MARCH 2 AT 10 PM ET

– The Soul, Pop, Gospel Icon Talks About Her Extraordinary Career, Plays Piano for Hughes and is Joined by Her Favorite Soap Opera Actor, Eric Braeden –

Aretha Franklin is host Cathy Hughes’ special guest on TV One on One, March 2 at 10 PM ET.

The women are joined by Eric Braeden from The Young and the Restless, Ms. Franklin’s favorite soap opera star.

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LEARNING ABOUT GOD THROUGH LESSONS OF THE PAST

LEARNING ABOUT GOD THROUGH LESSONS OF THE PAST

Civil Rights Heroes are Front and Center in New Multi-Cultural Resource, "Walk It Out: Together in the Way of Jesus"

Nashville, TN (BlackNews.com) - In a day when too many young people believe that Martin Luther King, Jr. "freed the slaves," Abingdon Press presents Walk It Out: Together in the Way of Jesus to introduce participants to some of the pillars of the Civil Rights movement and to demonstrate how God uses people to promote the beloved community of Jesus Christ, then and now.

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SONG YET SUNG BY JAMES MCBRIDE

SONG YET SUNG BY JAMES MCBRIDE

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Author - James McBride

New York, NY (BlackNews.com) - James McBride’S 1996 memoir, The Color of Water was a bona fide literary phenomenon. His brilliantly reviewed account of growing up the son of a white mother and a black father and of his mother’s previously hidden life spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list, was published in more than twenty countries.

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REACH Media appoints Barry Cooper as Vice President Interactive

REACH Media appoints Barry Cooper as Vice President Interactive  

(February 27, 2008) Officials at REACH Media have confirmed that Barry Cooper, founder of the pioneering Web site, BlackVoices.com, has been hired as the company’s Vice President of Interactive. The story was first reported by Richard Prince’s Journal-isms column.

Cooper, who is currently the online managing editor at the Virginian-Pilot, will oversee BlackAmericaWeb.com. The site, best known for its creator, radio superstar Tom Joyner, attracts 30,000 unique visitors daily.

REACH Media’s primary shareholder is Radio One, and presumably Cooper will have some role in the larger firm’s interactive plans in the future.

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