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via TheChristianPost: Christian rapper Dee-1 and gospel star Tasha Cobbs Leonard took the opportunity to spread the love of God at this year’s “Black Girls Rock!” celebration. “Black Girls Rock!” is an annual award show that honors women of color in various industries, including entertainment, medicine, business, education and entrepreneurship. The award show was created […]

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via: BlackAmericaWeb: Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has been added to the list of honorees at BET’s 2017 Black Girls Rock Awards. BET said the congresswoman will earn the Social Humanitarian Award for “being a fearless and outspoken advocate for under-served population.” The event, hosted by Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson, takes place Saturday at the New […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb.com Scheduled to be taped in early August, BET is capping off the summer by bringing back its fan-favorite awards show Black Girls Rock!. The awards, which celebrates the contributions of black women in the fields of music, entertainment, medicine, entrepreneurship and visionary aspects, is now in its 9th year and this year’s ceremony promises to […]

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Singer Rihanna and Shonda Rhimes, creator of ABC’s hit shows “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder,” were among the honorees at BET’s annual women’s empowerment awards show, “Black Girls Rock” on Friday. Held inside the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey, the awards show, hosted by “Blackish” star […]

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Rihanna will receive the Rock Star Award at this year’s Black Girls Rock! Awards on BET Networks. This year’s ceremony will be taped April 1 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey. BET will premiere the special on April 5 (8 p.m. ET). Rihanna’s ‘Work’ Rules Hot 100 for Fourth Week […]

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First Lady Michelle Obama expressed the importance of an education, encouraged self-worth and cheered on the strength and beauty of black women at the fifth anniversary of Black Girls Rock! This year marked the first-time Mrs. Obama attended the event, which paid tribute to women of color, who’ve made a huge impact in art,  community service, philanthropy, and sports. […]

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      The Black Girls Rock! annual awards show broadcast this past Sunday on BET was phenomenal not only for its stellar list of honorees, but also for its incredible performances. Patti LaBelle received a statuette from the organization — which mentors young women of color — for her decades of accomplishments as a singer, author and […]

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  It was ladies’ night as BET taped its annual Black Girls Rock! special at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Saturday. Hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King, the star-studded evening celebrated the positive images of women of color. See all these moments and more when Black Girls Rock! airs on […]

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Queen Latifah outside the Trump Hotel Soho Hotel in New York, New York on August 25, 2013. *Patti Labelle and Queen Latifah will be among those honored as part of the Black Girls Rock! awards show on BET. Founded by Beverly Bond, Black Girls Rock! is a nonprofit organization that mentors young black girls and works to fight […]

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For one night only the nuisance of a traffic jam on the Bronx’s Grand Concourse was not the result of a Yankees game and could be forgiven for a good cause: Black Girls Rock. On Saturday, the glitterati sauntered across the red carpet and filled the borough’s landmark venue New York Loews Paradise Theater to […]

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Alicia Keys and Dionne Warwick will be honored as black women who “rock” on BET. The “Black Girls Rock!” special, which honors the accomplishments of black women, returns to the network on Nov. 4; the actual ceremony will be held Oct. 13 in the Bronx, N.Y., with actresses Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King returning […]

Music’s biggest voices saluted black women in business, politics, entertainment, sports, and community service at BET’s second annual “Black Girls Rock!” event, honoring Angela Davis, Shirley Caesar, Taraji P. Henson, Tatyana Ali, and more.