They say, “a picture is worth a thousand words”, right. Throughout our nation’s history, capturing events and telling a story via a lens has been critical. From the Civil Rights Movement to our current day Black Lives Matter Movement, photography…
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EBONY hosts a Two-Day Juneteenth summit to ensure future Black generations live in a different America.
Corporations, activists, celebrities, and politicians mobilize a galvanized community into moving forward. Community leaders, celebrities, and athletes will use the 154th anniversary of Juneteenth to spearhead action around how to make real changes and open the doors to the American…
Read MoreFormerly Incarcerated, Marcus Bullock, tells his Story of Prisoner to Tech Entrepreneur
“I’m a former inmate who became a tech CEO,” says Marcus Bullock, 38, who prefers the term “returning citizens” in reference to the formerly incarcerated, for whom for his Flikshop app, launched in 2012, makes it possible to receive picture…
Read MoreLiterary Legacy Is One Way Rev. Jesse Jackson Plans to Keep Hope Alive
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. has been fighting for justice since he was a teenager in his native Greenville, South Carolina. It’s one thing he knows how to do extraordinarily well, and nothing will stand in his way—not even Parkinson’s…
Read MoreFrom W.E.B. Du Bois to Cornel West: Civic Leaders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-American men, was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Initially serving as a support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice on campus,…
Read MoreThe World’s Big Sleep Out, a Call for an End to Global Homelessness, to Take Place December 7
On Saturday, December 7, the world will unite to help fight homelessness with what is thought to be one of the largest charitable fundraising campaigns in a generation. Across 50 major cities worldwide—including Los Angeles, Chicago, New Delhi, Hong Kong and Madrid—in backyards,…
Read MoreTo ‘Man Up’ Also Means to Stand Against Domestic Violence
It is usually gradual, beginning with kindness, flattery, gentleness—actions calculated to endear and establish trust. It will be subtle at first, demanding to know where you are, what you’re doing and who you’re with at all times. Every situation will…
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