The most beautiful & honest representation of Black women in the history of print. Engaging US in higher thought. 100% Black-owned. ✊🏾 build@crwnmag.com
ALT Portrait of Tracee Ellis Ross on the cover of CRWNMAG. She is wearing a fabulous cowrie she’ll patterned jumpsuit with a matching trench coat. She is pictured in front of a North African style bazaar fruit stand.
As we witness in real time the pressing need for diverse platforms to elevate and authentically tell our stories, Black Owned Media Weekend 2024 is more important than ever.
Join us this June in Detroit for our 3rd annual conference.
Register here: blackownedmediaweekend.org/
On this day in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born.
Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa cells) and became one of the most important tools in medicine. They became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, vitro fertilization & more
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BOMESI is currently recruiting for round 2 of our accelerator where we give out $25k to each accepted company training resources etc. deadline is July 16 accelerator.blackownedmedia.…
Welcome to #BlackFutureNewsstand, @thisisumber! Umber magazine highlights Black people, Indigenous people, Latinx and people of color from around the world, with the full palette of their experiences.
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The advertising industry spends over $300 billion each year with media publishers.
#BlackOwnedMedia companies compete for a fraction of 1% of that spend. 🧵
Not programs, promises or studies, just — money. Companies like @ProcterGamble and executives like Marc S. Pritchard have publicly acknowledged these racist practices in #advertising and have yet to move the needle for #blackownedmedia companies.