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(BPRW) Delaware Courts Close in Honor of Juneteenth While Courts Remain Overwhelmingly White Despite Activist Demands

(Black PR Wire) WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, all Delaware state courts will be closed to honor the new federal holiday signed into law by President Biden, Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery. Meanwhile, Dela...

(BPRW) BET CELEBRATES FATHER'S DAY WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMMING DEDICATED TO ICONIC DADS IN POP CULTURE

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY -- In recognition of fathers everywhere, BET will celebrate family, togetherness, and the father figures in our lives who have made profound impressions. Beginning Sunday, June 20 at 9 AM ET/PT,&...

(BPRW) MLS and BPC Celebrate Freedom on Juneteenth with Limited-Edition Jerseys Auctioned to Benefit Black Communities

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK – Major League Soccer today announced plans to recognize Juneteenth – the effective end of slavery in the United States – with a series of initiatives that celebrate freedom. In collaboration with...

(BPRW) Procter & Gamble & Tribeca Studios Announce Widen the Screen Film Program Premiere at Tribeca Festival

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Procter & Gamble once again comes together with Tribeca Studios and its partners to give a platform to Black creators at Tribeca Festival as part of its Juneteenth program. This year, the...

(BPRW) SATURDAY MORNING LAUNCHES 8:46 FILM SERIES

(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES, CA/NEW YORK, NY – Creative collective SATURDAY MORNING is launching a platform to showcase up and coming Black film makers and storytellers and honor the legacy of George Floyd, through a partn...

(BPRW) Tampax Launches Flow It Forward Scholarship Program With UNCF to Support HBCU Students Pursuing Healthcare Careers

(Black PR Wire) CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Black women account for less than 3% of all U.S. doctors, even though Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population. While the reasons that contribute to this low percentage necessitate a...

(BPRW) NEW SENSE 2 CENTS APP BRINGS MONEY MANAGEMENT TO THE WHOLE FAMILY!

(Black PR Wire) SAVANNAH, GEORGIA—Managing money well is a science of careful calculation, forward-looking budgeting, and penny-wise prudence. Once a complicated, time-consuming process, modern technology has brought forth a revolutio...

(BPRW) A Father's Justice - Moving Past the Pain

(Black PR Wire) Trayvon Martin (17), Michael Brown Jr. (18) and Daunte Wright (20), three young men whose deaths shook the world and re-ignited the focus on racial injustice in America. Join us June 19th as we hear from the fathers of these...

(BPRW) THE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD HOUSE MUSEUM™ CREATES RECYCLING TREND

(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO, June 15, 2021 – The former home of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad at 4847 South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago Illinois turns 119 years old this year. Built, in 1902, the home is currently being ren...

(BPRW) Cravath Announces $6 Million Donation to Support Civil Rights, Legal Services and Education

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP today announced that it will donate a total of $6 million to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Equal Justice Initiative (“EJI”), EJI’s Le...

(BPRW) Learning Design Company ansrsource Partners with Angel Rich to Create Online Black History Courses for Schools and Companies to Make a Business Case for Closing the Wealth Gap

(Black PR Wire) Dallas, Texas – The growing and open discussions around the Black Wealth Gap, Black Wall Street, and overall racism as a public crisis have created new interest in learning about Black American history. ans...

(BPRW) National Merit Scholarship Corporation Renews Commitment to HBCUs with Donation to UNCF

(Black PR Wire) National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) and UNCF celebrated the success of the Achievement Capstone Program, a scholarship program that grants financial assistance to high-achieving, underrepresented co...

(BPRW) AMA releases plan dedicated to embedding racial justice and advancing health equity

(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO —The American Medical Association (AMA) today released an ambitious strategic plan to dismantle structural racism starting from within the organization, acknowledging that equity work requires recognition of pa...

(BPRW) Accelerate: New York aimed at tackling unemployment in the metropolitan area with new opportunities for underserved communities

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp., in collaboration with corporate, learning and community partners, announced the launch of Accelerate: New York. The program will provide a pathway from skilling to employment for c...

(BPRW) DIRECTOR MAYA TABLE NAMED TO ADWEEK’S CREATIVE 100 VISIONARY DIRECTORS 2021

(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA, GA., -- AdWeek announced that Maya Table, Director and Content Strategist, Sam Frank Productions, has been named to the AdWeek’s 2021 “Creative 100,” an annual designation that recognizes the...

(BPRW) YouTube Expands Black Voices Fund By Opening New Grant Applications This Month

Los Angeles, CA - Black stories and experiences are as diverse and complex as the people. But all too often, the portrayals we see are a portrait of a monolithic group. That's a problem Youtube wanted to address; Youtube hopes to use t...

(BPRW) Comcast Advances Economic Mobility and Racial Equity in Underserved Communities Through $10 Million Investment With Inclusiv

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Inclusiv and Comcast Corporation today announced that Comcast has committed to invest $10 million specifically aimed at building equity in credit unions led by and/or serving pe...

(BPRW) The Black Hollywood Education Resource Center is Proud to Announce the Documentary Film “Ferguson Rises”, Produced and Directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, Premiering During 2021 Tribeca Festival

(Black PR Wire) Join the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center in supporting the powerful documentary Ferguson Rises directed and produced by talented and powerful filmmaker Mobolaji Olambiwonnu. On Tuesday, June 15th at 6pm EST, Fergus...

(BPRW) Together We RISE, Marsh McLennan Launches a Fellowship Program for Black MBA Students

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, today announced the launch of RISE, a global MBA fellowship program...

(BPRW) Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware Stands with Reverend Al Sharpton and Pastor Blaine Hackett in Effort to Hold Delaware Bench and Bar Diversity Project Accountable to Goals

(Black PR Wire) WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware (CPBD) offered its support to the petition from civil rights leaders Reverend Al Sharpton and Pastor Blaine Hackett to meet with Delaware S...