Jamie Foxx, will.i.am at the “Hennessy V.S Inauguration Takeover”

The other night, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx kicked off the “Hennessy V.S Inauguration Takeover” at the swanky Park at 14th in Washington, D.C. The actor/singer tore the house down performing several songs from his catalog including “Unpredictable” and “Blame It”.  Jamie took over the event performing for over 2 hours and covering popular songs including “All Gold Everything” by Trinidad James and A$AP Rocky’s hit song “F*ckin’ Problems”. will.i.am was also in attendance as well as NY Giants superstar, Victor Cruz and radio personality, Big Tigger.

QUEEN OF BOUNCE BIG FREEDIA USHERS IN 2013 WITH NEW TOUR!

QUEEN OF BOUNCE BIG FREEDIA USHERS IN NEW YEAR WITH 2013 TOUR It’s a new year and NOLA based Big Freedia is excited to announce some exciting projects for 2013. First, on January 18, the Queen of Bounce will hit the road again on a national tour starting in Tampa, Florida and ending in San Diego, CA. See below for Big Freedia’s full tour. More, next week a documentary about Big Freedia, ‘Almost Famous,’ will premiere at the 2013 Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland. The festival will screen the full length film by RMM Media, on Sunday January 13, along with a performance by the Diva herself. Even more exciting, next week, Pitchfork TV will release a 30-minute mini-doc that will give fans a rare peak into Freedia’s life in New Orleans.

Wise Intelligent joins PE on the HIP HOP GODS TOUR!!!

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Wise Intelligent joins the HIP HOP GODS TOUR!!!

Chuck D proudly presents the first annual HipHopGods Tour, blasting off in Washington DC on November 29th.

The 12 date tour will feature Public Enemy, X-Clan, Monie Love, Schoolly D, Leaders Of The New School, Wise Intelligent from Poor Righteous Teachers, Son Of Bazerk & No Self Control, Awesome Dre, Davy DMX and DJ Johnny Juice holding it down as the official tour DJ.

The initial tour will be filmed for future documentary, and subsequent tours will follow in 2013. The 3 hour concert, hosted by Chuck D, will move like a 1960s James Brown revue or Dick Clark Star Caravan making the concert a true once in a lifetime event.

Official tour dates can be found below:

Vivica A. Fox sings Happy Birthday to her film son, Jonathan McDaniel, at the Spirit of Democracy Awards

ALL PHOTO CREDITS: C-it Visual  Participants pause for a photo with rapper, actor and technology advocate, Jonathan “Lil J” McDaniel, who received the Black Youth Vote Leadership Award during the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s 15 annual Spirit of Democracy Awards Gala. Pictured (L-R): Vivica A. Fox, actress and producer; Illai Kenney, NCBCP Black Youth Vote; Demetria McKinney, singer and actress; and McDaniel.  Vivica A. Fox, Demetria McKinney & Jonathan McDaniel  Light Up the Spirit of Democracy Awards Gala

Husband and Wife Died on Christmas Fighting for Civil Rights: They Deserve to be Honored

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by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World

Today on BlackAmericaWeb, Tonyaa Weathersbee writes about the lives of Harry and Harriette Moore, two heroes of the civil rights struggle.  You may not know about the Moore family because they were fighting for our freedom long before it was fashionable to do so.  Mr and Mrs. Moore were, according to historians, the only husband-wife team to die in our nation’s quest for racial equality.  They were killed in an explosion on Christmas day, 1951.

Harry Moore died instantly from the blast, and Harriette died just nine days later.  Both of these heroes deserve to be recognized.

The Moores are believed to be the first martyrs in the struggle for civil rights, but I don’t consider this to be the case.  The first martyrs in the struggle were the Africans who died on slave ships during the Middle Passage.  However, the fact that the Moore family confronted the white power structure in Florida about the ills of lynching makes it clear that their courage deserves a place in our nation’s history books.

6th Annual FORD Black College Quiz Show Hits the Road

The 6TH Annual Ford Black College Quiz Game Show Hits The Road, Bringing HBCU’s Finest Student Intellectual Athletes to Howard University Campus for Two Days of Fun and Competition.

PHOTO CAPTION: (l-r) Sherelle Stevens/Florida Memorial University; Peter Huges/Cheyney University; Game Show Host/Actor GregAlan Williams; Krysta Beck/Virgina State University; Joseph A. Franklin/Kentucky State University

Howard University Names New Chief Marketing Officer

CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN ADVERTISING AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES NEW CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

Washington, DC(BlackNews.com) — The Center for Excellence in Advertising (CEA) at Howard University has named LaTanya Junior as the Chief Marketing Officer. Junior is the ingenious author of “Creating Your Marketing Blueprint,” which was ranked among the top 100 workbooks for Jumper-starter Entrepreneurs by Forbes Magazine, and Thumbology: Defining Your Desired Direction Step by Step. Aside from writing books, Junior has helped to create dynamic and ground-breaking strategic plans for several companies, including True One Agency, Ogilvy & Mather, Stedman Graham & Partners, Grey Advertising and Young & Rubicam.

Too many Sunday Only Preachers

http://rawdawgb.blogspot.com/2011/10/too-many-sunday-only-preachers.html

By Torrance Stephens

As I observe the police crackdown of the Occupy movements from Atlanta to New York and from Oakland to Chicago, I am troubled. Namely for two reasons the first being how inept many of us African Americans are in supporting and understanding the axiological meaning of the protest and second, how fickle, taciturn and downright ill-informed we are as African Americans and a nation as a whole. This is made even more obvious as I listen to talk show host that seem to consistently abrogate logic for the sole purpose of manifesting partisan political support. Unfortunate also is the fact that many who lead these charges offer their myopic positions on the premise of objectivity yet fail to encourage the type of fully involved intellectual discussions that were the foundations of both the platforms of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

To the first point, I am amazed. It seems as if we as a culture, albeit not monolithic, purport ourselves in a monolithic disposition. Taking the support for our current President alone and his political party, it has been estimated that regardless of affect or effect, African Americans support both at an astonishing 95 percent clip. More astonishing is that the section of our community that used to engage in the politics of what was best for the people as opposed what was best for political accomplishment is no longer in existence. Instead they have returned back to the day prior to Dr. King and are more akin to the black ministers who engaged him to stop his protest and accept the status quo as opposed to stand on the side of right, liberty and justice.

Martin Luther King is Getting a Monument, Let’s Now Build Something for Malcolm

http://yourblackpolitics.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/martin-luther-king-is-getting-a-monument-lets-now-build-something-for-malcolm/

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World – Scholarship in Action

As we prepare for the unveiling of the Washington memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is important that we take a second to contextualize this extraordinary event. Dr. King deserves to be celebrated next to other great heroes of American history, and it is a proud testament to the growth and maturity of our nation that Dr. King has been honored in this way.