(Akiit.com) Memphis, TN — Urban Radio Group LLC announces the launch of their new website and service Gospel Radio Spots (www.gospelradiospots.com). Gospel Radio Spots is a full-service voice-over production company dedicated to enhancing the brand image of churches and ministries through voice overs and audio production specifically targeting the Christian ...
(Akiit.com) New Integrated Platform Connects Accomplished Blacks Through Events, Print and Online.. Prominent business leaders, Black professionals and entrepreneurs convened in South Florida on Tuesday to witness the launch of ICABA, a new multimedia brand that seeks to identify, connect and activate accomplished Blacks around the world. During the launch ...
(Akiit.com) Albrightsville, PA – August has arrived, and in another week or two millions of college students will be heading towards their respective colleges. All have high expectations and aspirations of making good grades. Yet, many students will fail while others will barely make passing grades simply because they do ...
(Akiit.com) Washington D.C.-based Black Television News Channel (BTNC) announced Tuesday it has reached a multi-year carriage agreement with Comcast Cable for distribution in several of the MSO’s urban-based systems beginning in 2009. The network, created by former U.S. congressman J.C. Watts Jr., will launch in 2009 and will provide original ...
(Akiit.com) Frederick, MD Feb 11, 2008 — PublishAmerica is proud to present Fruits of Our Labor: America’s Prosperity on the Backs of Blacks by Fayton L. Washington of Damascus, Maryland. The trend in America since the birth of this nation has been its unforgiving obsession with segregation, prejudice, and inequality. ...
(Akiit.com) The history of blacks in business is an inspiring story of ingenuity and invention in the face of adversity… And our youth should know that long before slavery ended, black Americans were engaged in businesses of their own. Camden, New Jersey, Feb 3, 2008– Entrepreneurship is a concept that ...
(Akiit.com) The Karibu Books chain, based in the Washington, D.C., area and one of the few remaining retailers to specialize in black books, is closing after 15 years. “We sincerely thank each and every one of you for your patronage and support,” Karibu CEO Simba Sana wrote in an e-mail ...
Washington, DC (Akiit.com) – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s International President Barbara A. McKinzie, donated $1 million to Howard University for the purpose of preserving the Sorority’s legacy. The contribution represented the climax and culminating activity of four days of celebration that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the founding of AKA’s ...
(Akiit.com) On February 23, 2008 Afropresencia will host the first conference on “Healthcare in the Black Americas†at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York from 10-6:30 p.m. Topics will include, but are not limited to, the impact of health policy; mental ...
(Akiit.com) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16, 2008 — The d’Zert Club and the African Genesis Institute are sponsoring a free, all expense paid trip to Egypt, North Africa for 1,000 students nationwide ages 7-14 and 500 adult group leaders. These travelers will participate in the Annual Teen Summit 1000. The d’Zert Club ...
(Akiit.com) Susan L. Taylor, the longtime editor and driving force behind Essence, the magazine aimed at black women, is leaving the publication after 37 years to devote more time to an organization she founded to help troubled children. Ms. Taylor, 61, joined Essence in 1970, the year it was first ...
(Akiit.com) Washington DC — Determined to stop the entertainment industry from portraying negative images of black men and women, the “Enough is Enough!†Campaign will hold its first rally and demonstration at the Washington DC residence of Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO, Black Entertainment Television Networks. The demonstration will ...