In this new position, Jones will lead a cross-functional team of creatives and marketers to expand David C Cook’s global influence through Integrity Music and David C Cook’s publishing and curriculum arm. The post Jason B. Jones Promoted to Vice President, Creative for Integrity Music and David C. Cook appeared first on The Gospel Music
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Several months ago, I co-wrote an op-ed with my long-term friend and national media colleague, Jim Winston. Our commentary emphasized why “Diversifying American Media Ownership Must Become a National Priority.” Now after the results of the high turnout of communities of color and young voters in the recent midterm
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Wells Fargo has teamed up with the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development (CNHED) and Howard University Radio to unveil pop-up shops at small businesses in Washington, D.C.’s Wards 5, 7 and 8. The collaboration will use a pay-it-forward model, in which
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Baltimore-based construction company Whiting-Turner, on Dec. 15 will begin groundbreaking on Mondawmin Mall’s Target, which has been vacant since 2018. CEO and President Tim Regan, who is privately funding the project, will also announce the name of the soon-to-be active community town center.
By AFRO Staff On Dec. 3 Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Baltimore made a trip to the Annapolis Navy Marine Corps Stadium in search of history. A victory would put them in an elite category of teams that have earned 12 state football championships. Only one other school has accomplished that feat and another victory
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer, mscatliffe@afro.com It has been just about a year since Wanda Bibbins declared it was her last autumn season in the Baltimore suburbs. Bibbins, 54, is ready to leave the four seasons experienced in the Maryland area for the promises of year-round sunshine offered in sunny Florida. Ever since
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO When Travis Hunter, the top high school recruit in the class of 2022, committed to the Jackson State Tigers last year, Deion Sanders knew the decision would shock the college football world. The decision would undoubtedly enhance the fortunes for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) football. Sanders
*Today, the U.S. Postal Service announced seven new stamp subjects for 2023. This group, along with the stamps announced in October, is a partial list, with more to be revealed in the weeks and months ahead. All stamp designs are preliminary and subject to change. This stamp celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights
*(CNN) — Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of one of the most prominent feminist magazines, has died, according to a funeral home in Georgia and her longtime colleague and friend Gloria Steinem. Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, died at the age of 84 on December 1 in Tampa, Florida, according to Sconiers Funeral Home. Hughes
*Get your snacks and libations and settle in for some spicy Social Heat. It seems like “BMF” star Lil Meech, government name Demetrius Flenory Jr., is taking his role on the hit show a bit too far. The actor was taken into custody when security at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport found a weapon in