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The Industry Dot Biz: [caption id="attachment_170448" align="aligncenter" width="600"] WGN America's 'Underground' To Screen At The White House (PRNewsFoto/WGN America)[/caption]On Monday, February 22, WGN America's highly anticipated original series "Underground" will be screened at the White House, as part of the White House Office of Public Engagement's Black History Month event, "These Hallowed Grounds," highlighting landmarks and monuments around the country significant to the African American community, including stops on the Underground Railroad. Prior to the screening will be panel discussions with the "Underground" cast and creative team, including executive producer John Legend, creators and executive producers Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, executive producer Akiva Goldsman and director and executive producer Anthony Hemingway, and stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Christopher Meloni, Alano Miller, Jessica de Gouw and Amirah Vann. The panel event will be live streamed at WhiteHouse.gov/Live, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET.In an exploration of the pulse-pounding journey about the revolutionaries of the Underground Railroad, the "Underground" cast and creative team will discuss the inspiration behind the escape thriller, premiering Wednesday, March 9 (10 p.m. ET/PT) on WGN America and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Tribune Studios.Attendees at the White House event will include Senior Administration Officials and leadership from The Association for the Study of African American Life & History, the founders of Black History Month."Underground" follows a group of courageous men and women who use their ingenuity, power and perseverance to attempt the greatest escape in history and break free, despite the dire consequences that awaited them on the other side. The story follows a courageous blacksmith who covertly organizes a small group of his fellow slaves and pieces together a daring plan of escape across hundreds of miles to freedom. The odds of success are razor-thin for those who make it off the plantation, while the risks, dangers and obstacles multiply each step of the way.

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The Nation’s Largest Gathering of African-American Women Welcomes Tyra Banks, Misty Copeland, Patina Miller, Iyanla Vanzant & More to the Empowerment Experience Stage at the 2016 ESSENCE FestivalESSENCE Festival New Orleans announces its star-studded daytime lineup for the signature event’s ESSENCE Empowerment Experience Stage, taking place Fourth of July Weekend, July 1–3, 2016, at the Ernest N. [...]

[caption id="attachment_197800" align="alignnone" width="600"] photo credit; Culture Creators - June 22, 2018 Beverly Hills, California.[/caption]Epic Records president Sylvia Rhone was one of the honorees for the Culture Creators Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills this past weekend. The organization is specific to targeting and crediting the success of Black industry people and our work. KUDOS to Joi Brown and Darius Anthony Hines and Mathew Middleton for a much-needed organization like this.Rhone said during her acceptance speech for the Icon award: “Our one common goal is to protect the culture,” the label veteran declared. “And now more than ever, since our culture has gotten so popular and those people who have never been a part of the culture but see that they can make a lot of money [on it], we have to watch very closely. There’s a feeding frenzy and [these] people are the buyers not the believers.”Rhone was also honored in the TheIndustry.biz Women of Color in Media 2017 issue for the Icon award.See the entire story in Variety 

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KUDOS to these amazing Black Women in Radio for paving the way... It's always great to see urban radio announcers get the rare recognition for our contributions.On March 11,2016 the Georgia State Capitol Honored trailblazing black women in Atlanta radio: Carol Blackmon- First female Radio Personality @ 107.5, Former Personality V103, Michele Williams-First Female Radio [email protected], Sylvia (James) Mcafee-Former Radio Personality @104.1 & 107.5,  Regina Allen Slaughter-Former Program Director @1480 WYZE, Myrna Taylor Ransom-First Female Personality@V-103. [...]