By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO The Guilford Room at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel was packed on Feb. 4 with enthusiastic book lovers reconvening in person for dining and discussion after a two-year absence to celebrate Enoch Pratt Library’s 35th annual Black History Month Booklovers’ Breakfast. More than 600 people, made up of
Fervent Gospel music minister, singer-songwriter, and worshiper, Stacy Egbo releases her much-anticipated single “The Lord is so Good” featuring Contemporary worship artist, Michael Stuckey. The groovy track is available now on all major music streaming platforms worldwide. Accompanied by a music video, “The Lord is so Good” is a declaration and testimony of God’s goodness
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story / Credit: @bridgerton *Netflix is expanding the world of “Bridgerton” with a new series about a young queen’s rise to power. The six-episode limited series “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story“ is set to premiere in May, hailing from creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes. As Urban Hollywood 411 reports, here
Beyonce – Getty *Beyoncé and Chris Brown were big winners on night one of the 54th NAACP Image Awards’ non-televised categories on Monday night. Queen Bey was named Outstanding Female Artist and Brown took home the award for Outstanding Male Artist, Urban Hollywood 411 reports. Bey also won Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for “Cuff It” and
Kevin Hart / Getty *Kevin Hart was set to make his stand-up comedy debut in Egypt but the show was allegedly canceled amid protest over his “Afrocentric” views. Hart’s Arab critics accuse him of distorting history by claiming Black people had a significant role in ancient Egypt or in the creation of western civilization. According
Peacock’s “Bel-Air” season 2 cast *Season 2 of the hit Peacock series “Bel-Air” arrives to the streamer this week, and we caught up with the series star to dish on what fans can expect! The drama is a reimagined version of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” that ran on NBC in the ’90s. In the
*Somebody’s serious about getting to the bottom of Malcolm X‘s death. That would be the family of the deceased militant civil rights activist and icon. On Tuesday it was announced that they would file a wrongful death lawsuit for $100 million alleging the CIA, FBI and the NYPD had a hand in his death. Present-day
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Marshall “Eddie” Conway, a former Black Panther Party member and prison reform advocate whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 44 years in jail, died Feb. 13 in Long Beach, Calif. after a short illness. Services for him are to be held Feb. 25 at Homewood Funeral
By Black PR Wire Hampton, Va. – Hampton University has again distinguished itself in establishing the Hampton University Repertory Theatre to provide professional theatre offerings for the University and Hampton Roads Community. “One of our goals is to present engaging, thought-provoking, professional theatre for the campus and community,” says Dr. Karen Turner Ward, artistic director for
By The Associated Press Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is donating $2.75 million to older homeowners in Atlanta to help ensure they’re able to stay in their homes. A few weeks ago, Perry reached out to Atlanta Mayor Andrew Dickens about providing assistance for those residents on fixed incomes who could lose their homes as