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The 2013 African American Literary Awards celebrates black authors in NYC

The 2013 African American Literary Awards once again gave black authors and publishers of African American content a platform to celebrate each other. Held on a breezy Manhattan night at Landmark On the Park in Central Park West, the show was hosted by motivational speaker/personality C.J. Miller and best-selling author Reshonda Tate-Billingsley.

Jay-Z to score ‘Gatsby’: 10 white movies with black soundtracks

Jay-Z is reportedly going to be working on the score for Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated film adaptation of “The Great Gatsby.” This is the latest in a long line of “white” movies that have “blacker” soundtracks than one might expect.

Top 5 black colleges that are state schools

Virginia State University Petersburg, Va. Year Founded: 1882 www.vsu.edu The school was the first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for African Americans in