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Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Chided for ‘Divorced Father’ Comment

by WI Guest Author April 17, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** Vintage copies of Jet magazine are displayed in the offices of Johnson Publishing Company on June 9, 2014, in Chicago. The final print edition of the magazine hits newsstands this month. First published in 1951 and billed as 'The Weekly Negro News Magazine', Jet recently has been published every three weeks with a circulation of 700,000. Johnson Publishing will continue to publish a weekly online edition of Jet. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Black Experience, Lifestyle

Johnson Publishing Company Files for Bankruptcy

by WI Guest Author April 12, 2019October 31, 2020

Olivia Elder is the Cherry Blossom Princess representing South Carolina. (Carl Bouchard/NCSS)

Princesses of Color Change Face of Cherry Blossom Tradition

by Eve M. Ferguson April 11, 2019October 31, 2020

Hip-hop duo Keylow Black and Kenilworth Katrina won awards for Best Video and Best Group at the 2016 Titan Awards. (Courtesy photo)

Female Hip-Hop Duo Espouses Peace and Unity

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. April 10, 2019October 31, 2020

TV news personality Don Lemon (L) and newly engaged Tim Malone attend the Broadway opening night of 'Oklahoma' at Circle in the Square Theatre on April 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

CNN’s Don Lemon Announces Engagement

by WI Guest Author April 9, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and #MeToo movement founder Tarana J. Burke embrace at the fourth annual First Expressions Awards at the Newseum in D.C. on April 4. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

#MeToo Founder Honored at First Expressions Awards

by WI Guest Author April 5, 2019October 31, 2020

Black Violin (Courtesy of blackviolin.net)

D Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

Black Violin Breaking Stereotypes One Note at a Time

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

Courtesy of studiotheatre.org

D Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

Playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm Makes Directorial Debut

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

Lawrence Brownlee

D Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

Opera Star Lawrence Brownlee: Hard Work, Talent Outweigh Skin Color

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

The National Philharmonic, led by Maestro Piotr Gajewski, celebrates American jazz with "Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong" Saturday, March 30, 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore's Concert Hall. Byron Stripling will perform Armstrong's greatest hits, including his signature version of "When the Saints Go Marchin' In."

Trumpeter, Singer Byron Stripling Salutes Louis Armstrong

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor March 27, 2019October 31, 2020