OUTSPOKEN AUTHOR, COMMENTATOR AND ECONOMIST, DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX, KEYNOTE SPEAKER LITTLE ROCK, AR--- In celebration of Black History Month, The Ark...

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. - The John McLinn Ross Players (JMRP) present, as their annual play for young audiences, a lively stage adaptation of the award-winni...

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Senator Joyce Elliott to lead efforts promoting long-term investment in academic reform Little Rock, AR (Jan. 24, 2012) —The Black Male Achiev...

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LITTLE ROCK, AR – January 23, 2012 – Advantage Communications, Inc., Little Rock-based advertising, marketing and public relations agency,...

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Remediation rates for college and university students reached its second-lowest point since the Arkansas Department of Highe...

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Last week, Florida Governor Rick Scott called for the board of trustees of Florida A&M University to suspend President James Ammons until an inves...

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College-bound students with broadband internet access in the home can use the vast resources of the web efficiently to find the college that best suit...

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The North Little Rock Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is encouraging local pastors and their congre...

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LAS VEGAS (December 21, 2011) -- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced battery domest...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (December 21, 2011) -- A self-described Los Angeles entertainment entrepreneur is charged in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday ...

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Erica Lorraine Williams, assistant professor of anthropology at Spelman College in Atlanta, received the First Book Prize from the National Women&rsqu...

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Five Fall 2011 graduates from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) were named at the 9th Fall Commencement Exercis...

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(December 10, 2011) A story in the Hollywood Reporter says that executives at Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network think they can turnaround the fledgling cabl...

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BET Networks has inked a multi-platform talent agreement with award-winning journalist and television personality T.J. Holmes, BET announced Wednesday...

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(LITTLE ROCK) On Nov. 12, 2011, funding was approved for the first Arkansas Democratic Black Caucus Outreach Scholarship for students attending histor...

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Recipients from three of the state’s historically Black colleges and universities were recognized for their community service with a scholarship...

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Seventy percent of professional Black women are unmarried due to mass incarceration of Black men, according to Michelle Alexander, author of “Th...

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Rap legend Heavy D -- one of the most influential rappers of the '90s -- died earlier today ... TMZ has learned. Heavy D -- real name Dwight Arrin...

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Joe Frazier, one of the biggest sports icons of the 1960s and 70s,  passed away tonight from liver cancer at the age of 67. He was diagnosed less...

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Jurors in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor reached a verdict on their second day of deliberations M...

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Sharon Bialek alleged at a news conference today that Herman Cain reached under her skirt in 1997 as she sought help in finding a job. The Chicago-ar...

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Texas officials are searching vigorously for the serial rapist that has been stalking and assaulting middle-aged African American women who also happe...

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The Pi Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. of Little Rock, is proud to announce its National Achievement Week Program Banquet that will ...

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Philander Smith College announced today that its president of seven years, Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, will soon move on to take the helm of another priv...

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About WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN” From An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim comes WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN,” a provocative and cogent ...

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I was at work the day the buildings fell victim to hatred. I walked home with people covered in dust and dirt. I helped a man shake the debris from hi...

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The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce’s third annual Family Fun Fest will be held on Saturday, October 1st from 9:00am-4:00pm at Dickey-Step...

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While Hollywood doesn’t seem interested in balancing the lack of Black representation on the big screen, the Academy is happy to have us host th...

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The African-American jobless rate climbed from 15.9 to 16.7, which only strengthens the argument of Black lawmakers that there is a critical need to s...

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Arkansas Baptist College in partnership with the Delta Classic 4 Literacy (DC4L) will announce the official schedule of events for the 6th annual Clas...

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"Soul on Fire" the musical is scheduled to start touring the fall of 2011. This production features gospel and R & B recording artist Shirley Mur...

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LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe announced today that Arkansas has been awarded $1 million that will fund efforts to increase college completion. The...

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Little Rock, AR ‐Central Arkansas is just days away from an unprecedented week of exciting jazz performances featuring a stellar line‐up of natio...

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Little Rock, AR – Jazz fans anxious to get their fill of the much anticipated Porter’s Jazz Café, 315 Main Street in LITTLE Rock, w...

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The Lupus Foundation of America is dedicated to Bringing Down the Barriers that for decades have obstructed basic biomedical, clinical, epidemiologica...

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NORFOLK, Va. - Whitney LaGrone, a Spring 2011 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff graduate with a B.S. degree in Chemistry, has been accepted to the ...

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration and the American Red Cross have joined forces to intensify outreach efforts to educate the p...

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Washington, D.C. -The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announces that financial journalist Stacey Tisdale will be the recipient of its...

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Yarnell's Premium Ice Cream is ceasing operations, leaving 200 without jobs, the company announced Thursday morning. The Searcy-based ice cream maker...

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The 4th Annual Jazzy Jeans & Jewels fundraiser sponsored by The Links Inc., the Little Rock Chapter is poised to raise $10,000 for Philander Smith...

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Arkansas Commitment will host the inaugural Bowtie Bash reception on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center at 5...

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Cedric the Entertainer Kyles, one of the original Kings of Comedy along with his friends will come to the Robinson Auditorium on Saturday, June 18 at ...

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We cordially invite you to join us at the 2011 Novel T's Pine Bluff Summer Jazz Fest!    The Novel T's Pine Bluff Summer Jazz Fest is a ce...

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