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Roland Martin signs off from TV One show, ready for next chapter
SOTG News Service Longtime journalist and TV show host Roland Martin signed off as host of TV One’s “NewsOne Now” Thursday morning. Going through his usual pre-show routine, Martin reviewed greeted his panelists and opened…
Roland Martin and “NewsOne Now” to return in 2018 with new format
SOTG News Service Following the announcement that TV One was pulling the plug on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, radio jock Tom Joyner called for a boycott of the network. Joyner declared on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” “I’m calling…
‘Saturday Night Live’ now has its first Black head writer since … EVER
SOTG News Service Michael Che just broke a color barrier at “Saturday Night Live.” NBC announced Tuesday that Che was promoted to a head writer’s position, making him the first black person to have that title…
BET President Debra Lee steps down
SOTG News Service The longtime president of Black Entertainment Television Debra L. Lee is stepping down from that role on Jan. 1 and will serve as chairman and CEO of the network, Black Enterprise reported. Scott M. Mills, who has…
Norf Art Collective with Urban Housing Solutions and Google Fiber honor the late Rev. Bill Barnes with mural “Preserverance” in North Nashville
By SOTG News Service Nashville Mayor Megan Barry with Urban Housing Solutions (UHS) and Norf Art Collective recently dedicated a historic mural in North Nashville featuring Civil Rights leaders to the late Rev. Bill Barnes,…
NAACP new president, board chairman to visit North Nashville church on Nov. 6
North Nashville church, Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church, to serve as fourth stop on NAACP’s nationwide ‘Listening Tour’ on Monday at 6 p.m. SOTG News Service The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People…
Gospel superstars Richard Smallwood, Yolanda Adams headline NMAAM’s National Faith Initiative concert
By SOTG News Service The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) and Dr. Bobby Jones will host the inaugural National Faith Initiative workshop and concert, led by five Nashville pastors, this Saturday, Sept. 17. The…
Beyoncé, Oprah to headline Sept. 12 Harvey relief telethon organized by Bun-B
Telethon will air from Los Angeles with stages in New York and Nashville By SOTG News Service Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, and Blake Shelton will headline a one-hour telethon to benefit Hurricane Harvey victims that will…
College student creates mobile directory that prioritize diversity reads
By SOTG News Service As a kid, Kaya Thomas enjoyed reading. “No matter how old I was, what I was going through, how I felt in any moment, a book was always a means of escape,” she wrote…
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