Virginia Beach City Council gave a thumbs up to Pharrell Williams’ proposed festival at the Oceanfront during College Beach Weekend. Williams said his goal is to make the multi-venue experience the East Coast’s version of SXSW.
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The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South | Atlas Obscura
Enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds.
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‘Social Entrepreneur’ Uses Company to Give Back | The African American (AFRO)
“You don’t need immediate gratification because God will reward you down the road…”
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Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Celebrated in New Exhibit | Baltimore Magazine
Work by artist Ed Towles featured at The Frederick Douglass-Issac Myers Maritime Museum.
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DC Celebrates Nikki Giovanni as She Celebrates the Greatness of Black People | The African American (AFRO)
Dubbed “The Poet of the Black Revolution”, the legendary activist, poet and educator Nikki Giovanni received a warm welcome from the D.C. community as she shared excerpts from her new book, A Good Cry on October 26 at Busboys and Poets located on 450 K St N.W.
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How Plato Foresaw Facebook’s Folly | The New York Times
Technology promises to make easy things that, by their intrinsic nature, have to be hard.
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Meet the Only Black Woman in the U.S. Who Owns Her Own Bank | Black Business.Org
48-year old Kiko Davis is the majority stockholder of Detroit-based First Independence Bank, one of the top 10 largest Black-owned banks in the United States. This makes her the only Black woman in the country who owns a bank.
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The Abrams Machine Is Not Done Yet | The Atlantic
Democrat Stacey Abrams acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp would become Georgia’s governor, but she promised to continue her fight against voter suppression.
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Michelle Obama Says She And Barack Are ‘Finding Each Other Again’ In Post-White House Romance | Huffington Post
The former first lady opened up about her marriage.
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Support Buy From a Black Woman Awareness Day on November 19th | BlackNews.com
The month of November spotlights and supports the efforts of Black women entrepreneurs worldwide, culminating in a Black Friday Online Marketplace.
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