http://www.prnewswire.com/rss/multicultural/african-american-related-news.rss Press Releases from PR Newswire about African American en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:04:57 EDT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:07:00 EDT http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spanish-consulate-rejects-claims-of-spanish-blood-in-a-puerto-rican-woman-212021251.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spanish-consulate-rejects-claims-of-spanish-blood-in-a-puerto-rican-woman-212021251.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:07:00 EDT LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- On November 2012, Spain announced the descendants of the Sephardim could get their Spanish citizenship back after more than 500 years away from Spain. Puerto Ricans on the other hand are being left out of the loop, but one woman is...

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]]> PRNewswire en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-black-chamber-of-commerce-to-host-21st-annual-convention-in-palm-beach-with-celebrity-guest-appearances-and-fashion-showcase-debut-211998111.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-black-chamber-of-commerce-to-host-21st-annual-convention-in-palm-beach-with-celebrity-guest-appearances-and-fashion-showcase-debut-211998111.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-4th-annual-charity-event-for-angels-of-east-africa-led-by-machine-gun-preacher-sam-childers-will-be-held-saturday-june-22-2013-211944161.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-4th-annual-charity-event-for-angels-of-east-africa-led-by-machine-gun-preacher-sam-childers-will-be-held-saturday-june-22-2013-211944161.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:00:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ets-cdf-symposium-on-closing-opportunity-gaps-for-black-male-teens-to-succeed-in-high-school-211807991.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ets-cdf-symposium-on-closing-opportunity-gaps-for-black-male-teens-to-succeed-in-high-school-211807991.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:41:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fish--richardson-principal-tara-d-elliott-named-one-of-nations-best-advocates-211803121.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fish--richardson-principal-tara-d-elliott-named-one-of-nations-best-advocates-211803121.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-press-club-to-host-newsmaker-media-briefing-on-congressional-black-caucus-chair-the-state-of-african-american-women-211608671.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-press-club-to-host-newsmaker-media-briefing-on-congressional-black-caucus-chair-the-state-of-african-american-women-211608671.html Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:08:00 EDT WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Third-term Congresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio, the new chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, will address the state of black women in America at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Wednesday, June 19. (Logo:...

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]]> PRNewswire en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/antioch-university-seattle-student-named-to-newman-civic-fellows-class-of-2013-211438071.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/antioch-university-seattle-student-named-to-newman-civic-fellows-class-of-2013-211438071.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:16:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gavis-lanza-pildora-anticonceptiva-de-emergencia-my-way-one-stop-211407711.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gavis-lanza-pildora-anticonceptiva-de-emergencia-my-way-one-stop-211407711.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:13:00 EDT SOMERSET, Nueva Jersey, 13 de junio de 2013 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- GAVIS Pharmaceuticals, LLC, anunció hoy el lanzamiento de My Way™, Levonorgestrol 1.5 mg, la versión genérica del anticonceptivo de emergencia Plan B One Step® de Teva Pharmaceutical,...

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]]> PRNewswire es PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/african-first-ladies-and-other-women-in-senior-positions-honored-for-achievements-toward-the-millennium-development-goals-at-the-united-nations-211392831.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/african-first-ladies-and-other-women-in-senior-positions-honored-for-achievements-toward-the-millennium-development-goals-at-the-united-nations-211392831.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:49:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-stories-for-all-project-first-ever-market-solution-to-the-lack-of-diversity-in-kids-books-211388421.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-stories-for-all-project-first-ever-market-solution-to-the-lack-of-diversity-in-kids-books-211388421.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:25:00 EDT CHICAGO, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The lack of diversity in children's literature is a problem that affects all children, especially children from low-income families, who rarely see themselves, their families or their communities in the stories they read. (Logo:...

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]]> PRNewswire en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/frederick-douglass-statue-coming-to-us-capitol-211387921.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/frederick-douglass-statue-coming-to-us-capitol-211387921.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:22:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asians-fastest-growing-race-or-ethnic-group-in-2012-census-bureau-reports-211384641.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asians-fastest-growing-race-or-ethnic-group-in-2012-census-bureau-reports-211384641.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau announced Asians were the nation's fastest-growing race or ethnic group in 2012. Their population rose by 530,000, or 2.9 percent, in the preceding year, to 18.9 million, according to Census Bureau annual...

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]]> PRNewswire en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/los-asiaticos-son-el-grupo-racial-o-etnico-de-crecimiento-mas-rapido-en-2012-informa-la-oficina-del-censo-211384771.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/los-asiaticos-son-el-grupo-racial-o-etnico-de-crecimiento-mas-rapido-en-2012-informa-la-oficina-del-censo-211384771.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON, 13 de junio de 2013 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- La Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos anunció que los asiáticos fueron el grupo racial o étnico de más crecimiento en el país en 2012. Su población aumentó en 530,000, o 2.9 por...

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]]> PRNewswire es PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/firelight-media-pov-and-the-upper-manhattan-empowerment-zone-in-association-with-the-apollo-theater-present-harlem-premiere-of-homegoings-at-the-apollo-theater-friday-june-21-2013-211366911.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/firelight-media-pov-and-the-upper-manhattan-empowerment-zone-in-association-with-the-apollo-theater-present-harlem-premiere-of-homegoings-at-the-apollo-theater-friday-june-21-2013-211366911.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:00:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/local-students-learn-the-sports-science-connection-at-summer-science-institute-211299061.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/local-students-learn-the-sports-science-connection-at-summer-science-institute-211299061.html Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:34:00 EDT SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Local African-American elementary and middle school students will attend a Summer Science Institute to explore the science behind sports firsthand June 17-21 at Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) in Santa Clara.  TI is...

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]]> PRNewswire en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gavis-launches-my-way-one-step-emergency-contraceptive-pill-211291911.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gavis-launches-my-way-one-step-emergency-contraceptive-pill-211291911.html Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:47:00 EDT SOMERSET, N.J., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GAVIS Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced today that it has launched My Way™, Levonorgestrol 1.5 mg, the generic version of Teva Pharmaceutical's Plan B One Step® emergency contraceptive developed by Novel Laboratories, Inc. My...

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]]> PRNewswire en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/equatorial-guineas-first-lady-joins-african-women-leaders-in-honoring-their-commitment-towards-women-promotion-211191421.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/equatorial-guineas-first-lady-joins-african-women-leaders-in-honoring-their-commitment-towards-women-promotion-211191421.html Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:12:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-hud-report-on-housing-discrimination-demonstrates-persistence-of-housing-discrimination-but-may-understate-the-racial-bias-impacting-minority-families-across-the-country-211090081.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-hud-report-on-housing-discrimination-demonstrates-persistence-of-housing-discrimination-but-may-understate-the-racial-bias-impacting-minority-families-across-the-country-211090081.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:51:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/potomac-edison-honored-by-maryland-state-chamber-for-supporting-small-business-vendors-211061821.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/potomac-edison-honored-by-maryland-state-chamber-for-supporting-small-business-vendors-211061821.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:47:00 EDT en-US PR Newswire Association LLC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bet-networks-original-programming-dominates-with-the-top-four-sitcoms-on-television-among-african-americans-211054481.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bet-networks-original-programming-dominates-with-the-top-four-sitcoms-on-television-among-african-americans-211054481.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:08:00 EDT LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of a successful spring programming season, BET Networks announced today its development slate which includes four new unscripted pilots for next season.  The pilots join hit comedies like "The Game" and "Let's Stay...

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