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       But here’s the truth: your circumstances set the stage, but your choices write the script. As Jay-Z wisely put it, “I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.” This lyric reminds us that we have the power to shape our own destiny through the choices we make.

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 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National Leadership Awards and Reception.

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      The film Hidden Figures brought the unsung stories of Black women NASA pioneers to the forefront, and now they are finally receiving the credit and recognition that they long deserved. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden and the late Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan have been nominated for Congressional Gold Medals, KTVA reported.

       On Thursday, August 16, 2018, her majesty “The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin left this plane, but the world was blessed to experience and enjoy her talent and genius.  Graced with the glimpse of the divine, the world and America stopped and paid its tributes to one of America’s greatest national treasures.

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