September 2020 - Page 12 of 20 - Free Press of Jacksonville

The Oscars Make Inclusion a Requirement for Best Picture Consideration Beginning in 2024

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(The Oscars) By Brian Lowry, CNN Five years after the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag triggered controversy, the group behind the awards has made inclusion a requirement to be considered to win them. In what represents the most […]

Black Public Media to Award up to 150K to Creatives

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By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. Black Public Media (BPM) is now accepting applications for the 2021 cohort of its 360 Incubator+ program. Created in 2014 to help BPM identify quality and innovative content by Black […]

Saving Our Sisters: Suicide and the Black Community

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By Charlie Penn – RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE RISK IN A LOVED ONE CAN BE CRITICAL. THE FIRST LIFESAVING STEP IS GETTING THEM THE HELP THEY DESPERATELY NEED. SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SUICIDE […]

Bruce Williamson, 49, Former Temptations Singer, Dies After Contracting Coronavirus

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Bruce Williamson, a former lead singer with The Temptations, has died at age 49. Williamson, who joined the legendary group in 2006, died at a Las Vegas hospital Sunday night after a battle with the […]

Cliff Robinson, 53, Former NBA Star, Dies of Lymphoma

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Cliff Robinson, a revered NBA veteran who played for 18 seasons, died Saturday at his Portland, Oregon, home. He was 53. Robinson, affectionately known as “Uncle Cliffy,” died after a yearlong battle with lymphoma, his family […]

Black Farmers Group Calls for Boycott of John Deere Parts, Equipment

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By WI Web Staff – John Deere, the world’s leading manufacturer of farm equipment, takes pride in its corporate values of “integrity, quality, commitment, innovation,” but apparently cares little for equality and inclusiveness when it […]

Dwayne Johnson Reveals He and His Family Contracted COVID-19

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By Rollingout – Dwayne Johnson has revealed he and his family tested positive for coronavirus two-and-a-half weeks ago. The 48-year-old actor admitted it was a “real kick in the gut” to discover he, his wife Lauren, 35, and […]

Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield Join Cast of Jay-Z-Produced Western for Netflix

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Regina King and Lakeith Stanfield have joined the cast of Netflix western The Harder They Fall. Delroy Lindo and Zazie Beetz have also signed up for the movie, which will be produced by rapper Jay-Z and star Idris Elba and Jonathan Majors. The […]

19 Families Buy Nearly 97 Acres of Land in Georgia to Create a City Safe for Black People

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(CNN)“Welcome to Freedom!” exclaims real estate agent Ashley Scott as she surveys the nearly 97 acres of land that she and a group of 19 Black families purchased in August. “I’m hoping that it will […]

Wells Fargo Announces Gigi Dixon as New Head of External Relations

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Wells Fargo officials said Dixon has been instrumental in helping the company take a number of new actions around D&I, including; helping create a new diversity leader role reporting directly to the […]