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As the sun rose on Monday, July 7, at 6:30 a.m., in front of family and friends, Josephus Nowan and Miriam Solomon married at Stockton Park and spoke vows of trust. Josephus and Miriam meet […]

The Ritz Theatre and Museum presented “Remembering Freedom Summer,” a conversation with Charles E. Cobb, Jr. and Rodney L. Hurst. On the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, two […]

Rev. Al Sharpton was honored yesterday during the Essence Festival with the Icon Award. Rev. Sharpton was surprised in front of a packed house at the Superdome in New Orleans with the award acknowledging his […]

High school students nationwide can now apply at www.disneydreamersacademy.com to be among 100 selected to participate in the 2015 Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine, the innovative, outside-the-classroom, educational mentoring program at […]

Arlington, Va.—What occupation is so dangerous that it requires more than 1,000 hours of classroom instruction before a student is allowed to work? Neither EMTs nor firefighters undergo so much training—but thanks to a tangled […]