Akiit.com (March 13, 2007) TV One and the Washington, DC Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation have announced that TV One has signed as an official media partner of the initiative to build a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the National Mall. As a media ...
Akiit.com (March 16, 2007) A campaign to educate and empower African-Americans to take control of their financial destiny and the rebirth of a publication nearly devastated by Hurricane Katrina took top honors in the 2007 DaimlerChrysler Financial Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award competition. The winners, Washington, D.C.-based The Washington Informer and ...
Akiit.com (March 16, 2007) The latest statistics released by Media Economics Group indicate that the 30 leading African-American magazines collectively experienced an increase in both ad pages and revenues for the month of February. Estimated total ad revenues were $38.5 million on 952.34 ad pages. Compared to February of 2006, ...
Akiit.com (March 19, 2007) Muse Communications has launched a viral campaign on behalf of client American Honda Motor, Co. to connect the Honda Civic with urban consumers. The agency’s “Swagger†campaign features trendsetting directors and African American comedians in both commercial and web-based content. Muse Communications is Honda’s 17-year African ...
Baltimore, MD (Akiit.com) – The Rev. Medgar L. Reid, a native Baltimorean, has served as a Maryland Governor appointee – Director of the Office of Community Initiatives. Since 1994, Rev. Reid has been an on-call staff Chaplain with the University of Maryland Medical System. Throughout his career, Reid has developed, ...
Richmond, VA (Akiit.com) – The Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) is pleased to bring you the UFSC Career Fair on Thursday, May 31, 2007 during the 33rd Annual National Conference on Financial Services, May 30– June 2, 2007 at the Richmond Omni Hotel, Richmond, VA. Additional information for the annual ...
(Akiit.com) The first annual Jackson Poetry Prize, a $50,000 award for poets of “exceptional talent” who have not received “major national acclaim,” has been given to Elizabeth Alexander, author of four books of verse. The prize was announced Friday by sponsor Poets & Writers Inc., “the nation’s largest nonprofit literary ...
As it stands, the Clermont Hotel is indistinguishable from other single-room-occupancy properties you see downtown. A little nicer than some, perhaps, due to a recent public/private renovation it received as part of a noise abatement program because of its proximity to Petco Park. What sets it apart, however, is its ...
Muse Communications has launched a viral campaign on behalf of client American Honda Motor, Co. that connects the Honda Civic with urban consumers. The agency’s “Swagger” campaign features trendsetting directors and African American comedians in both commercial and web-based content. Muse Communications is Honda’s 17-year African American agency of record. ...
5 years ago, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind law. This piece of legislation was intended to improve the public school system by increasing the penalties for schools that didn’t meet academic standards. Schools were required to test students in math and reading and were held ...
On March 31, 2007, the first full quarter of fundraising will end for the announced 2008 Presidential candidates. Considering that the first primary is little less than a year away, this will be the first significant test of the 2008 Presidential candidates. It is estimated by most election experts that ...
The public reaction to Bloody Sunday in Selma – where civil rights marchers faced clubs and dogs in a police riot – led directly to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. 42 years later, the anniversary of Bloody Sunday enjoyed national attention when the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack ...