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    Black Diamonds Scholarship Fund's 2016 Recipient, Joyalise Shelton

    September 1, 2016

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    Vernon R. Heard

    There is hope.  I breathe a deep sigh of relief as I click off from my conversation with the Black Diamonds Scholarship Fund scholarship winner Joyalise Shelton.  Joyalise is a grounded, intelligent, focused teenager.  Yep, teenager.  I am wholly impressed with this yo...

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    ENTREPRENEURS

    EXCLUSIVE INDUSTRIES: Point A To Point B Specialists

    August 31, 2016

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    Vernon R. Heard

    Business partners Ethan Young and Mike Hubbs have collaborated to create Exclusive Industries, LLC, aka EI, for short.  They have combined their collective years of experience as couriers and truck drivers, their business savvy and immersion in technology to create a b...

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    BLACK DIAMONDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED!!

    August 31, 2016

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    Vernon R. Heard

    L to R: Dr. April Parker, Reverend Rikki Ferrell, Jr., Vernon Heard and Joyalise's mom Veronica Hulitt

    I am VERY PLEASED to say that we culminated the fundraising for the Black Diamonds Scholarship Fund by presenting a $1,000 check to Veronica Hulitt, the mother of our...

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    EDITORIAL: Willful Ignorance

    August 30, 2016

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    Vernon R. Heard

    There is a lot of feigned ignorance about wrongdoing in relation to the trigger-happy cops shooting Black citizens.  I don’t mean the explainers who try to break down why it was OK for a cop to brutalize a citizen, or throw a girl across a room like a ragdoll.  I don’t...

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    MUSIC

    Daniel Crawford: Cool That's Hotter Than July

    November 1, 2014

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    Vernon R. Heard

    How many projects have you done thus far?

    There’s been 11 altogether.  Counting the mixtapes and tribute records along with my official releases, The Red Pill and The Awakening.

    Do you have a favorite project?  And why?

    I would say it’s The Awakening, the new album.  I th...

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    Artel Great: Change Is The New Black

    November 1, 2014

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    Vernon R. Heard

    Artel Great is an actor, poet, screenwriter, director, lecturer and technology innovator.  His film credits include The Soloist, Heavens Fall, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dahmer, Save The Last Dance and Light It Up among others.  Artel’s resume is quite extensive and...

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    NATALYN RANDLE: THIS BLACK BUSINESS WOMAN ROCKS!

    October 1, 2014

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    Vernon R. Heard

    "I want to help. I want to stay in the community and help our people."

    Natalyn Randle is an independent business woman in Los Angeles, CA.  She owns the home improvement company ‘Ease On Down The Road Home Improvement’.  She has been in business for 7 years.  After reti...

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    Third Eye Insights: The Dr. Umar Johnson interview

    October 1, 2014

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    Vernon R. Heard

    This is an interview I anticipated from the time the possibility appeared on the horizon.  I’ve viewed a number of Dr. Johnson’s speaking engagements online and was excited to capture his insight for Positive Black Images Magazine.  In my opinion, Dr. Johnson is a prof...

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    Ebony Rising: Author, Trice Hickman

    October 1, 2014

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    Vernon R. Heard

    Trice Hickman is a popular, award-winning author with 6 novels to her credit.  On top of this she is currently in the lab working on her next book.  I got a chance to talk with Trice (pronounced like twice with an R) when she came up for air from writing a few days ago...

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    Responsible Hip-Hop

    October 1, 2014

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    Vernon R. Heard

    There are significant black speakers and leaders in the community that are not getting their due.  I don’t necessarily mean Al Sharpton and the usual suspects.  I know there is probably someone in your community that is a local activist for civil rights like Alvin Syke...

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