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This ESSENCE Staff Member Pulled Off The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Proposal

For some, the confirmation that you’ve found love feels like warmth. For others, it may come as a spark. For Eboni Boneé Coleman, 34, and Christina Noel Matthews, 41, it was peace. The kind that ...
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Guest Column: This Black woman and her besties have fallen out of love with the Essence Festival

I was an Essence Festival fan for decades. Along with my beloved pack of girlfriends, I first attended in the early 2000s and we all fell in love with the annual event. That’s why I’m so disillusioned ...
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Black Love Over The Years At The ESSENCE Festival Of Culture

(Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) The ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ presented by Coca-Cola® will take place July 4-7. For more information and updates on the festival, visit our website and follow us ...
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Will Sutton: I love Essence Fest but it needs to adapt. So do we. I have ideas.

The Essence Festival of Culture has a bright future — in New Orleans, Louisiana. It might not seem that way with some of the sharp criticism, menacing vitriol and painful ugliness in recent days. I've ...