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Congressman John Lewis dies at the age of 80

Roz Edward - July 18, 2020

ATLANTA, GA — Seventeen-term Georgia Congressman John Lewis, often referred to as "a living saint," died Friday night following a valiant battle with pancreatic...

Pickard Family Gives Morehouse Students $2-Million Gift for Excellence and Entrepreneurship

Site Editor - September 25, 2019

By Georgette C. R. Johnson Pay It Forward. It has its own hashtag, movement and popular campaign but for Detroit businessman, philanthropist, author and co-owner...

Real Times Media Extends Content Licensing Partnership With ProQuest

Tanisha Leonard - August 20, 2019

Expanded partnership makes Real Times Media the largest black-owned media company to merchandise its archives in such fashion Real Times Media (RTM) has announced that...

Democrats Battle Over Future of Party Takes Center Stage in First Detroit Debate

Eli Day - July 31, 2019

2020 election pulled that much closer with CNN’s first of two Democratic presidential debates held in the city of Detroit on Tuesday. Much of...

Philanthropist Who Paid Off Morehouse College Student Loan Debt Launches Paid Internship Program

ADW News - June 7, 2019

Robert F. Smith, the billionaire investor who erased the student debt of Morehouse College’s Class of 2019, has launched an internship program for ethnically...

Mary Winston Becomes the First Black Woman to Lead a Fortune 500 Company Since Ursula Burns

ADW News - May 28, 2019

By NewsOne Staff Black women are making power moves in the realm of business. Mary Winston was recently appointed to serve as Bed, Bath &...

3 ‘real’ reasons why Tamar Braxton was fired from ‘The Real’

tshropshire7878 - May 27, 2016

Some disturbing, but not surprising, news is billowing out from the set of "The Real" like smoke from an extinguished fire. The "fire" was the...