Host, producer, analyst and author Stephen A. Smith has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2024 Joseph M Quinn Awardee for Lifetime Achievement.
The members of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) have awarded the organization’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award to Senator Steven Bradford.
The Association of Black Women Physicians, (ABWP) celebrates their Virtual 39th Annual Charity & Scholarship Benefit & Silent Auction, on Sunday October 18, 2020 @ 11 AM as they bring their illustrious program and heartfelt mission to a virtual platform with Media Sponsor, ABC 7 TV. Public invited to tune in: Facebook Live (Program Starting at 10:30 AM with a 30-minute countdown:
National Food and Beverage Foundation President Brent Rosen launched the petition, which says the cost of installation of a statue of Leah Chase would be paid for by the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.
In addition to ten tracks of new songs as well of remakes of pop/soul gems, “She’s Back” will be packaged with a bonus disc of Ms. Warwick’s 1998 album, “Dionne Sings Dionne,” which features her greatest hits, remastered for this package. “She’s Back” also includes duets with Kenny Lattimore (“What Color Is Love”), Musiq Soulchild (“Am I Dreaming?”) as well as Bone, Thugs & Harmony’s Krayzie Bone (“Déjà Vu”).
With one of pop music’s most profound voices performing during a ceremony that included a video tribute featuring tributes from a mayor, a congressman, a school superintendent and a university president, Tennessee Tribune Publisher Rosetta Miller Perry clearly was the star of the night.
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) wrapped its Mid-Winter Training Conference on Saturday, Jan. 26, in Orlando, Florida, where publishers, corporate partners and sponsors gathered to help move the publishing industry forward with increased sustainability for the Black Press of America. Included among NNPA partners and sponsors are GM; RAI Reynolds America; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Ford; Pfizer Rare Disease; Macy’s; Juul; Volkswagen; Lilly; Ascension; Compassion & Choices; Collaborative for Student Success; Nissan; Koch; API; AmeriHealth Caritas; AACR; and AABE. The conference theme, “Innovative Training and Global Expansion of the Black Press of America,” was highlighted throughout, particularly
If you could choose one artist to embody the African American experience of the 20th century, it would have to be the incomparable Miss Aretha Franklin.
Cedars-Sinai Blood Donor Services is awarding a lifetime achievement award to a man who has donated 200 platelets over the last 30 years. Actor Haskell Anderson III (Kickboxer) said his biggest honor was being “able to do this for people in need.” Anderson III received the award during a celebratory dinner Wednesday June 20, at Cedars.
The broadcast journalist has been selected by The National Association of Black Journalist to receive a prestigious award.
Mayor Eric Garcetti, the LA City Council, Board of Public Works Commissioner Mike Davis, and Our Authors Study Club will honor music icon and three-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Mathis as the city’s 2017 AAHM Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Pastor Shirley Caesar recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award during the “Allstate Gospel Superfest: A Holiday Special” in honor of her 60+ years career. “I am proud that the Allstate Gospel Superfest paid tribute to the first lady of gospel music, Pastor Shirley Caesar,” said Allstate representative Pastor Provey Powell, Jr. “The Book of Proverbs 18:16 reminds us that your gift will make room for you and Pastor Shirley’s talents and gifts have made room for her all around the world with a career expanding over six decades.” The event, which was dedicated to Caesar, featured several chart-topping gospel artists
On Friday January 16 the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center kicked off its 22nd annual African American Film Marketplace (AAFM) with an awards ceremony at the Harmony Gold Theatre honoring a host of talented filmmakers, including pioneering director Charles Burnett.