Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios & National Assoc of African-American Owned Media Wins Federal Court Victories Against Comcast/Charter Communications, First Amendment Right to Discriminate Rejected

Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios (ES) and the National Association of African-American Owned Media (NAAAOM) – plaintiffs in federal lawsuits filed against Comcast and Charter Communications – are pleased to announce two decisions issued today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The lawsuits were filed against two of the largest cable television carriers in the country—$20 billion against Comcast and $10 billion against Charter—for violating the Civil Rights Act of…

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LEE | LAW: Denver Attorney, Linda Lee, Expands to 14 Colorado Offices in Aggressive Plan to Use Neighborhood Offices as Community Resource Centers for Family & Criminal Law

LEE | LAW: CNN-Affiliated Firm in Colorado Expands to 14 Neighborhood Offices to Serve as Community Resource Centers for Family & Criminal Law The Neighborhood Offices will be a way to remove the barrier between attorneys and the community, with resources, information, seminars and workshops designed to help people in the neighborhoods. -Linda Lee, Esq. Breaking barriers as both a woman and an African-American, Attorney Linda Lee's success in fighting for her clients has provided her with the…

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Nigeria: 4th Annual Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum Announced for 25th October 2018

5,000 Entrepreneurs to be welcomed in Nigeria for Africa's Largest Entrepreneurial Convening. Africa's leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropic organisation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has announced October 25, 2018, as the date for its 4thannual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum. Tony O. Elumelu, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Dr. Awele Elumelu, TEF Trustee surrounded by 2017 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs at the 2017 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum. (PRNewsfoto/The Tony Elumelu…

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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Announces The Eight Recipients Of The Homecoming Scholars Award For The 2018-2019 Academic Year Through Her BeyGOOD Initiative

$25,000 Scholarships Awarded To One Student From Xavier University, Wilberforce University, Tuskegee University And Bethune-Cookman University - All Historically Black Colleges And Universities (HBCUs)Four More Scholars From HBCUs Texas Southern University, Fisk University, Grambling State University And Morehouse College To Be Awarded $25,000 Each Through A Partnership With Google.orgScholars include a mass communications master's degree candidate from Grambling State University, a healthcare…

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