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Awards season has always been about pageantry. But for nearly two decades, ESSENCE’s Black Women in Hollywood has been about infrastructure.
On Thursday, March 12, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, the 19th annual ceremony will once again gather some of the most formidable Black women working across film and television — not just to celebrate visibility,
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By Shelby Stewart ·Updated February 9, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
February is a month heavy with meaning. It’s Black History Month—a time of reflection and reckoning—but it’s also when the optimism of New Year’s resolutions either begins to solidify or quietly slips away. By now, many have already abandoned their goals (Quitter’s Day, after all, lands in early January), but this year, I approached things differently.
Instead of grand
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Courtesy Xavier University of Louisiana Archives By Tevon Blair ·Updated February 4, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The early 20th century marks the inception of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month, with Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic Historically Black College or University (HBCU), being a key contributor to the national holiday’s 100 year archive.
Just one year before the collective celebration of Black history, the
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ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images By Tevon Blair ·Updated January 28, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Top news stories this week include ICE-involved shooting, removal of slavery exhibits ahead of Black History Month, and Georgia Gullah-Geechee community securing county support to protect historic land.
Massive Winter Storm Leads To Travel Delays and Power Outages
More than 15,000 flights have been canceled and countless delays in response to the
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By Aja Johnson and Walter Kimbrough ·Updated January 27, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Aja Johnson is Senior Program Manager at the United Negro College Fund Institute for Capacity Building.Walter M. Kimbrough is Executive Vice President at the United Negro College Fund.
We often talk about sustainability in higher education as if it were a race measured in quarters, dashboards, and presidential contracts. But at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), sustainability
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Picture it. Sloane Stephens is immersed in her moment, comfortably sitting at match point on one of the biggest stages in sports: The 2017 US Open.
After her 15th ranked opponent, Madison Keys’ forehand falls short, Stephens’ fate is secured. She’s emerged from the ashes of injury and pushed past the odds to claim the US Open trophy.
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(Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) By Shelby Stewart ·Updated January 14, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Bravo’s Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip is back, this year, with the unanticipated return of “the tastiest peach in Atlanta,” Nene Leakes. The undisputed housewife, known for being a core reason for turning the Atlanta Housewives franchise into what we know it to be today, is making a return to the network. Leakes
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As unemployment rates continue to rise, the Trump Administration is set to resume wage garnishments for student loan borrowers in default as early as this month.
This decision would become the first time the federal government would enforce loan repayments since collections were paused in March 2020 as a
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By Tevon Blair ·Updated December 30, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Among all historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the longest-reigning choral director is celebrating fifty years of educating and training the vocal abilities of thousands of students through Dillard University’s music program.
Dr. S. Carver Davenport, associate professor of music and director of concert choir, began his tenure at the university in 1975. Since then, his teachings have helped