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Dr. Candace King is an Emmy Award winning journalist and scholar of African American Studies, Women's Studies, and Surveillance Studies. Dr. King has over a decade of communications training and experience, assuming sole responsibility of producing original news content on deadline for both broadcast and digital-first platforms including NBC News, NBCBLK, ESSENCE Magazine and The Nation.
Dr. King received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She specializes in media representations of Black women, with a specific emphasis on Black women’s varied responses to state surveillance. Dr. King’s research has been featured in conferences around the world including The Netherlands, Nigeria, and South Africa. Dr. King is media host and digital contributor of Her Network, a global inspirational and lifestyle platform for women founded by Nkem Onwudiwe, where she has ·led and facilitated conversations with African businesswomen traversing topics on beauty, business, and music. Currently, she teaches two courses which she has developed for Boston College that explore race, gender, and violence.
Anita Adetoye, Dr. Beatrice Nwalie, Ifedayo Agoro discuss building credible Beauty Businesses. The Session was Moderated by Candace King. #HerSummit, an initiative of Her Network, brings together young leaders, female entrepreneurs, and professional women from various industries.
Bunmi Adeniba, Pearl Uzokwe and Temilola Adepetun share their perspectives and examine the impact that female leaders can have on their organizations and how female leaders can build spaces for women to thrive. #HerSummit, an initiative of Her Network, brings together young leaders, female entrepreneurs, and professional women from various industries.
Campus-safety officials gave Venkayla Haynes a rape whistle during her freshman orientation at Spelman College in August 2013. These safety personnel at the historically black women's college assured the entering students that the sound of one blow of the whistle could be heard from anywhere on campus, fending off potential assailants and prompting a swift response from police.
At the start of the twentieth century, the pre-eminent black sociologist, W.E.B. DuBois, identified the color line as America's great problem. While the color line is increasingly variegated beyond black and white, and more openly discussed than ever before as more racial and ethnic groups call A...
In the new coming of age film "Kicks," all 15-year-old Brandon (Jahking Guillory) wants is a little bit of #respect put on his name. A small-built and timid wallflower, Brandon is the butt of many jokes among his peers. Girls won't even look in his direction.
Black Lives Matter activists are continuing their push for platform and policy on the 2016 presidential campaign agenda. But while the BLM movement is positioning itself to be one of the biggest game changers in the electoral cycle, the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee will still stick to their formal debate schedule.
A year ago, a small, predominantly black city was preparing to declare war over an 18-year-old's death at the hands of white cop. Today - after police have killed more unarmed people and more names have have trended on Twitter - Michael Brown's death continues to hit home for black youth in St.
At 32 years old, MK Asante is already easily recognized in the literary world as a masterful storyteller. But with his recent work, " Buck," the best-selling author and professor is aiming to take his craft of storytelling to a new level - from the page to the stage.
As civil rights foot soldiers like Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., returned to Selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," they carried a message for young people with them as well: There is unfinished business. Fifty years ago, peaceful protesters attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge were met with the clubs, rods and horses' hooves of white Alabamian State Troopers.