Academy to Train 300 Black Women to Start a Business

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300 NATIONAL SLOTS OPEN FOR BLACK COLLEGE WOMEN TO BUILD LIFE-CHANGING BUSINESSES

Nationwide -- The Ladies of Elegance Charm Academy (@loeacademy), an innovative online charm school for current and aspiring minority business women, has expanded its digital doors toward college students for the opportunity to create, launch, and manage their own income-generating enterprises for 2020.

The Glow Get-Her School, as the Academy affectionately calls its membership program, is the first of its kind to provide ongoing hands-on coaching, video training, business-building & productivity worksheets as well as daily accountability tasks throughout the students' entrepreneurial journey.

"This is the world's first online program that is built from and for black women aimed at leveling up our confidence as well as our coins," stated the founder, Nani Israel. "The Millennial and Generation Z women that I've coached over the last 8 years learn how to build businesses from idea to implementation while becoming the very best versions of themselves. They learn how to self-motivate, how to have a commanding yet welcoming presence in their actions & speech, and how to conquer their own self doubt to build businesses that feed their families and their souls at the same time."

Black Women's Sorority Celebrates 100 Years

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ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED MARKS CENTENNIAL WEEK WITH COMMEMORATION, CELEBRATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Last week, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, the esteemed African American women's service organization celebrated its Centennial with celebrity guest speakers, a fashion show, community service project at Martha's Table, an Empowerment Summit, and a Black Tie Gala.

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, reached its 100th year of service on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Seven years of planning came to fruition for one of the country's largest African American women's organizations.

Valerie Hollingsworth Baker, Zeta's International Centennial President, kicked off the week with a design collaboration with St. John's exclusive line of Zeta-inspired apparel. Other activities throughout the week featured:

• Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser
• Attorney and Zeta member Anita Hill
• Former Congresswoman and Zeta member Donna Edwards
• Award-winning journalist April Ryan,
• Singer Chaka Khan,
• Actress Vivica A. Fox
• Actor Lamman Rucker
• R&B artist and native Washingtonian Raheem DeVaughn
• R&B artist and Zeta member Syleena Johnson
• The Chuck Brown Band and...
• The Zeta International Choir.

International Centennial President Hollingsworth Baker and four other past Zeta's International Presidents, Dr Jylla Moore Tearte, Barbara Carpenter, Sheryl Underwood and Mary Breaux Wright, spent each day of the week setting a new standard of greatness and impact for the organization. The events celebrating and honoring the blossoming what Zeta's five brave women founders started one-hundred years ago were remarkable.

HBCU Grad Creates Hip-Hop Anthem About HBCUs

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HBCU GRAD CREATES A HIP-HOP ANTHEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HBCUS

Sacramento, CA -- As a higher education professional, author, motivational speaker and artist, Tara Lynn Crawford is not a stranger to hard work. In fact, the Sacramento native is very familiar with identifying with and overcoming the typical adversities that African Americans are subjected too.

Prior to graduating college, earning a near six figure salary, or mentoring hundreds of college students, Tara was navigating through what some would consider a myriad of unknown and unthinkable adversities. Adversities such as attempting to navigate through the depths of the foster care system. After emancipating in 2013, the scholar attended Alabama A&M University and had a very fulfilled college career.

Dr. Charles L. Singleton Discusses His New Book On Saving The Next Generation With Education "Read Between Lines!"

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AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH EDUCATION EXPERT  DR. CHARLES SINGLETON ON HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW BOOK "READ BETWEEN the LINES"

The insightful and provocative new book "READ BETWEEN the LINES," by prolific author Dr. Charles L. Singleton, Purple Heart Awardee, the Atlanta VA Health Care System (VAHCS) Research Volunteer of The Year Award Recipient for 2019-2020, is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other fine bookstores.  These are Singleton's Provocative Essays for Saving Our Children and Their Precious Lives. 

This amazing book is a "Must Read" for parents, educators, and all others, who are interested in saving humanity.  Every 9 seconds of the school day a high school student drops out of school.  --- Moments in America, Children's Defense Fund

"How TODAY'S SOCIETY affects the education of America's young people will determine the course of human history for generations to come.  One of the most important goals of education is to instruct and to educate young people in becoming responsible citizens."
---Dr. Charles Singleton---  

CEO DR. KOFI SMITH SOARS TO SUCCESS AT ATLANTA AIRLINES TERMINAL COMPANY

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CEO DR. KOFI SMITH BRINGS HIGH-FLYING RESULTS TO ATLANTA AIRLINES TERMINAL COMPANY

ATLANTA, Feb. 2020 -- If 2020 is the year of seeing clearly, Dr. Kofi Smith’s vision for the Atlanta Airlines Terminal Company (AATC), which operates Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, is brighter than ever. After nearly a decade with AATC, Dr. Smith has delivered notable results when it comes to employment, client and employee satisfaction, technology, energy savings and more.

Dr. Smith joined the company at age 35, the youngest person to accept this role, and has since grown the AATC by 118 percent, enhancing local employment efforts, while it has consistently been recognized as one of the city’s Top 20 “Best Places to Work” for medium-sized companies by the “Atlanta Business Chronicle.” That same publication also recognized Dr. Smith with its Most Admired CEO Award in 2018.

With a focus on sustainability, AATC has created the most significant energy savings – a whopping $9.4 million – for the 7.2-million-square-foot facility in just three years, far exceeding previous company efforts. In addition, the Atlanta Airlines Terminal Company was the largest recipient of Georgia Power energy efficiency rebates for fiscal 2018, at about $971,500.

Checkout How Inspiring Author Mary Taylor Overcame Jim Crow And Is Debuting A Provocative Collection of Short Stories

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INSPIRING AUTHOR RELEASES HER DEBUT COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ENTITLED "BOOK OF LETTERS"

Nationwide -- Octogenarian, Mary Jestina Taylor announces the release of her debut collection of short stories, Book of Letters. It is a literary archive of historical, sociological, psychological, and cultural data mined from the lives of early to mid-twentieth century Americans of African descent.

It, in the tradition of Richard Wright's Black Boy, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings or Jacob Lawrence's The Migration Series, offers a captivating glimpse into the early twentieth century rural southern United States. Mary Jestina Taylor, an eye witness and active participant in the Great Migration, shares her evolving perspective of American history, culture, and life in the twentieth century.

Book of Letters evolved as a result of Taylor's status as an elder. She desires to share her wisdom and life experiences with the next generation whom she believes "can empower themselves by understanding the roots of their history and culture."

Black Cultural Events Expands Online Calendar to Northern California

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BLACK CULTURAL EVENTS EXPANDS ONLINE CALENDAR TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Nationwide -- BCE Media Inc., parent company of online events calendar BlackCulturalEvents.com and led by CEO Pamela Ashe-Thomas, has announced the expansion of the web site into the Northern California Bay Area to accommodate their growth, and leverage the Bay Area's long standing African American community.

"The decision to expand our presence into the Bay Area was a logical step in our business growth strategy," said Pamela Ashe-Thomas, CEO, and co-founder of BCE Media Inc. "Promoting Black cultural events and Black businesses is the main reason our site exists and we want to cover as wide an area as possible. We have seen exponential growth in our reach in Southern California, and the Bay Area, and Oakland in particular, has a rich history of Black cultural events that we want to recognize."

BlackCulturalEvents.com is an online cultural events calendar and newsletter (Black Cultural Events Weekly) with listings of Black businesses, restaurants, cultural institutions, art centers and landmarks that offers a gateway to the rich cultural life of the Black community.

First Black President Appointed at American Board of Trial Advocates

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AMERICAN BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCATES APPOINTS FIRST EVER AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Charleston, SC -- Luther J. Battiste, III has been installed as National President of the American Board of Trial Advocates at the organization's National Board Meeting at the Hotel Bennett. Mr. Battiste, a founding shareholder of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., took the oath of office from retired Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal of the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Mr. Battiste is the first African-American to serve as National President. He also made history in 1983 by becoming one of the first two African-Americans elected to Columbia City Council since Reconstruction.

He served 15 years as a member of the Columbia City Council, including two terms as Mayor Pro Tempore. In 1998, the City of Columbia dedicated to Luther J. Battiste, III the Monument and Plaza in honor of his dedicated service as a public servant.

Checkout The Provocative New Book "How Blacks Can Unite As One"

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DANIEL L. JONES' NEW BOOK "HOW BLACKS CAN UNITE AS ONE" IS A RIVETING NARRATIVE THAT CONVEYS THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY AMONG ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR

Recent release "How Blacks Can Unite as One" from Covenant Books author Daniel L. Jones is a compelling account filled with reverberating perspectives on uniting against bigotry and negativity against the Black people.

Nationwide -- Daniel L. Jones, a dedicated writer and author from Bronx, New York, has completed his new book, How Blacks Can Unite as One: an impassioned account that evokes virtues of resilience, hope, optimism, and camaraderie for all, regardless of culture and race.

Daniel writes, "This is a must-needed book for my race. Trying to break down the walls of hate toward one another. Time to unite as one. My book has a lot of facts that had been forgotten. It seems as if we as blacks should know how to unite, but some are still ignorant to it. This is just a reminder of what we came from and what we should have forward to look to. Because we are strong people but we have a lot of negativity among us that stops a lot of things."

See Why Kobe Bryant's Brilliant Star Will Radiate FOREVER!

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THE KOBE BRYANT STAR: WHY ITS BRILLANCE WILL RADIATE FOREVER!

Picture Courtesy Keith Allison

Exclusive OP-ED By Tolson Banner

The “hush” always descends upon us unannounced. Like the King of Pop. Like the Queen 

of Soul. Just like Prince. It transforms time into a quivering moment and shakes us.

This is where the unthinkable becomes the real-life tragedy. Our feelings tremble as we attempt to come to grips with the fragility of life.

In this space we slow down our speed for living to heartbeat to heartbeat. We gasp for air. The recurring news confirm what we had prayed and hoped to be untrue: Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA. (Names of the other deceased passengers were not released at press time).

A Vietnam War Purple Heart Awardee And Bestselling Author Writes About Saving Our Children

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A Vietnam Soldier And Bestselling Author Writes About Saving Our Children, I’m Ready To Talk

Dr. Charles L. Singleton is a Vietnam Era Veteran (1969-1971) and Purple Heart Awardee.  Currently, Dr. Singleton is a clinical and wellness consultant at the Atlanta VA Center for Visual & Neurocognitive Rehabilitation (CVNR). This prolific author is the Atlanta VA Health Care System (VAHCS) Research Volunteer of The Year Award Recipient for 2019-2020.

Moreover, he is a member of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association (AVVBA), and the Georgia Writers Association (GWA).  Football: Singleton is an Alston High School (AHS) Athletic Hall of Fame 2000 Honoree, Summerville, SC, and Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) Sports Hall of Fame Inductee 1999, Elizabeth City, NC.  Moreover, Singleton is the recipient of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) Presidential Citation (1996).

Dr. Charles L. Singleton, Editor and Publisher of The Family Journal, USA & Overseas, has published various articles and stories on Facebook, Twitter, and in educational journals, magazines and newspapers, including: Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project at Young Harris College, GA; The Summerville SC Sentinel News and Summerville Journal Scene; Coolkids Magazine, The Champion Newspaper and CrossRoadsNews, Decatur, GA; USA Today; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), and the Atlanta VA Medical Center (AVAMC) of Excellence for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation (CVNR) Clinical Newsletter, Emory University.