Amazon Bestseller Book No. 1 In Ethic Demographic Studies "Our Stories: Our Voices Black Men Speak" Their Truth Featured on AM Metro NY Cover

New York, NY, Jul 12, 2020 -- Amazon Bestseller Book No. 1 In Ethic Demographic Studies Our Stories: Our Voices Black Men Speak Their Truth Featured On AM Metro NY Cover. The AM Metro New cover issue dated June 17, 2020 features story “Taking a Knee” and photo of Amazon Bestselling Author Kevin Byrd and photo of book cover of groundbreaking book Our Stories: Our Voices Black Men Speak Their Truth.

Am Metro New York 1.4 million readers in print and online Metro is New York’s most read and highest circulation free daily newspaper in New York. Every week, Metro reaches 1 in 5 adults living or working in Manhattan – a target audience of young, active professionals

Our Stories Our Voices: Black Men Speak Their Truth – People often say that black men do not talk. However, that is not the case with this book anthology. The thirteen co-authors in Our Stories, Our Voices: Black Men Speak Their Truth open up and share their trials and tribulations in this journey called life. They share stories of love, pain, weakness and strength and how each of their unique journeys helped to mold them into the men they are today. Their willingness to open up and share their hearts and in some cases writing words that have never been spoken to others is not only commendable, but will inspire deeper conversations within our communities.

Co-Author – Kevin Byrd is an internationally acclaimed actor, songwriter, performing artist, playwright, producer and motivational speaker.

Kevin has appeared in a number of films alongside noteworthy talents, such as Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mack. He appeared in Al Roker’s production Honor Deferred, on Law and Order, in Brooklyn Boys, and was featured in The Last Dayz, as well as in the Bollywood film When Kiran Meets Karen.

Much to his credit, Kevin has graced the covers of numerous publications including, but not limited to, AM Newspaper, King Magazine, The Epoch International Times, Vibe Magazine, Essence, Hush, Urban Buzz, Parlé, The Hempstead Times, Blackstar News, and Caribbean Life, as well as BET, to name a few.

In his role as President/CEO of the Brown Byrd Foundation, which specializes in cancer outreach and awareness, Kevin Byrd has gained international recognition from world leaders in the form of over 100 proclamations and honors for his prostate cancer initiative. These honors were offered by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, President Barack Obama, President George Bush, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, along with some 100 US Government officials, including New York Governor David A. Patterson and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Kevin Byrd’s upstate hometown of Utica, NY, has designated October 1st as Kevin Byrd Day.

Co-Author Phil Andrews – Phil Andrews is the current president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (LIAACC) – He is also the president-emeritus of the Black Public Relations Society-New York. He is also a two-term past president of the 100 Black Men of Long Island. He is a member of the United Black Men of Queens, Inc. and sits on the President’s Council of the Big Brothers and Sisters of Long Island.

Phil’s work has been featured in multi-platform publications, including Black Star News, The New York Beacon, Amsterdam News, Minority Business Review, New York Trend Newspaper, Southeast Queens, Scoop, The Village Press Online, Cision “Behind the Headlines, The Network Journal, and more. He has also appeared on WABC Here and Now and NBC’s Positively Black. He is also featured in the book 15 Years of Minority Business Development. He is the recipient of the 2019 Small Business Champion award from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s NY District Office. Throughout his career, he has received a host of citations from several notable political officials and has served on several boards. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, and attended Brooklyn Technical High School. He served for several years in the US Navy and Army Reserves, and he attended York College and John Jay College. He graduated from paralegal school and had a nearly twenty-year career in law enforcement. Phil Andrews’s goals involve encouraging as many promising young men as possible by compelling them to serve with the very best of their minds and talents

Our Stories: Black Men Speak Their Truth – Full list of authors – WHEN THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU – TRUST GOD! by Kevin Byrd, TALK ABOUT IT! by Michael James, WAKE UP! by Bernard McArthur, BETTER DAYS AHEAD by Malcolm Boyd, SUCCESS PRINCIPLES by Jason Murray, THE MAN BEHIND THE THREE-PIECE SUIT by Richard A. Celestin, Esq., AN ODE TO AUNT PERZELLA by Dr. Terry Grant, ABUNDANT LIFE AFTER A HEART ATTACK by Rev. Dr. Phil Craig, STAGE 5 by Milton Shelton Jr., THE MAKING OF A CHAMPION by Phil Andrews, DIVINE CONNECTION by Lee Scott Coleman, MY RECIPES FOR LIFE by Shawn D. Farnum, MY LIFE’S JOURNEY TO TRUTH by Dr. Samuel Gilmore

To purchase your copies today visit
http://www.ourstoriesourvoices.com/kevin-lamar-byrd/ or
http://www.ourstoriesourvoices.com/phil-andrews/

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Most brands live and die by email marketing, which for the most part builds extremely finite consumer relationship bonding. Acquiring 4,000+ users with-in the first 5 days of launching, “YFRS (Ya Favorite Rap Singer)” aka “Rap$inger” has innovated Fan Relationship Management (FRM) using Twilio (Programmable SMS Text) and Cashapp.

Los Angeles, CA - USA | July 07, 2020 -- Rap$inger has taken the time to create what seems like his own social media platform of sorts, which closely resembles “YouTube" functioning as a social media arcade. Rap$inger says, “People have always tried to separate my tech side, from my musically creative side like they are 2 separate people. I believe in today's climate, being tech savvy, financially literate, and musically inclined are 3 necessary tools to successfully become a music mogul”. As engagement is key to any brands survival and monetary success, Rap$inger seems to be speeding in a strategic direction.

How Does It Work?
Users earn points on https://yfrsofficial.com by: Voting on Posts, Leaving Comments, Direct Messaging, Customizing their Profiles, etc. Once points are acquired they have the ability to turn those points in for cash prizes which are “AirDropped” directly from “Rap$inger” using Cashapp. More details available here: https://yfrsofficial.com/rules/

Why Are You Doing This?
“I remember how big it was when YouTube changed the monetization game by pre-rolling ads over user created music videos, when seemingly unreachable tv broadcast platforms like BET, MTV, VH1 etc. were the main outlets to massive awareness for musical brands. I’m disrupting the artist to fan communication relationship with my newly launched platform (https://YFRSOfficial.com) by allowing fans engagement to have online real estate value, the same way artists have value on streaming platforms”.

Whats Next?
Rap$inger says his immediate goal is reaching 10,000 Users and maintaining high content engagement rates. He plans to continue debuting his new marketing capabilities, scaling his audience by promoting exclusive music content, collaborating with brand sponsors, and creating native ad space to increase market value for his new platform.

IG: YFRSOfficial

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Lynx - An EPIC sci-fi action adventure by Awakened Comics

Brooklyn, NY – July 6, 2020 – Lynx is an EPIC action adventure series from Awakened Entertainment. The creator, Elkin Ordenana is a coder by trade, comic fan at heart. He launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring some change to the comic industry.  For many years the major comic companies (Marvel, DC, Darkhorse, Image) have dominated story-telling, heroes, and role models for all of us. Elkin would like to contribute new stories, heroes, and diversity to the industry. 

The contributions to be collected in this campaign will allow him to focus on the story-telling for Lynx while simultaneously building up the ability to branch out unique content currently in development such as "The Fair One", and "TimeX2".

He is looking for $5,000 funding for the completion of Lynx issues 5-8 and is offering digital and printed versions of the comic, as well as some special metal artwork for top tier contributors. The funds will be solely attributed to the comic, if the campaign doesn't reach the goal, Kickstarter will return all money to backers.

About Awakened Entertainment

Awakened Entertainment is a new comicbook company reminiscent of the resurgence of innovative comics by Image Comics in the 90's.  We are a passionate group of artists heavily influenced by comic books, science fiction, films, and more.

The creator, Elkin Ordenana, has 10 solid years of experience in the technology and interactive media industry working for organizations such as Columbia University, The New York Stock Exchange, CitySoft Inc., The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and The New York Times, in the capacities of Senior Project Manager, Project Manager, IT Analyst, Developer, and Sales Manager. Recently, Elkin has embarked on a crusade to contribute unique and diverse stories to the comic book industry.

To LEARN MORE to help BACK this project, please visit: 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whoarethelynx/who-are-the-lynx-an-epic-sci-fi-martial-arts-action-advent?ref=85twre 

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Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA, Jul 01, 2020 -- Andrew Jones Auctions’ upcoming Design for the Home and Garden Auction on Sunday, July 26th, will feature over 250 lots of important fine art, design, antiques and accessories from collections across the country and throughout California. This will be an online-only auction, with no live bidding. Phone and absentee bids will be taken.

The sale will be led by property from the collection of Mary and Lou Silver of Indian Wells, California. Highlights include important fine art, sculpture, micro mosaics, antiques, art glass, design and even a Steinway grand piano. Also included is property from a Northern California estate featuring antiques, fine silver and clocks, as well as the Estate of Ruth Harvey of Bel Air.

“It is exciting to have the opportunity to offer such a varied and well-rounded collection as that of Mary and Lou Silver,” said Andrew Jones, the president and CEO of Andrew Jones Auctions. “They both had great eyes for quality and style. The other properties that fill out the auction are quite complementary in caliber.” Auctions’

The Mary and Lou Silver collection encompasses a number of different genres with standout works of art, including a spectacular oil on canvas Still life with flowers and fruit painted by a master of color and composition, Nicolai Fechin, circa 1925 (est. $70,000-$100,000). Another fine work is a gouache on paper abstract composition by Serge Poliakoff (est. 30,000-$50,000).

The collection also offers pieces by Rosa Bonheur, John George Brown, George Fuller, Ernest Lawson, Reginald Marsh, Louis Charles Moeller, Jane Peterson and Helen Maria Turner. Fine art from other sources include Lita Albuquerque, Marc Aldine, Frank Beanland and Leopold Schmutzler, as well as an Edward Hopper etching titled Evening Wind (1921) from a Beverly Hills collector. Also up for bid will be five pieces by Bernard Lorjou, and a monumental floral still life painting by the noted Austrian artist Sebastian Wegmayr from the estate of Ruth Harvey.

Sculpture runs the gamut from French masters like Edgar Degas (Tête, étude pour le portrait de Madame S. [Mathilde Salle], est. $15,000-$20,000), Louis-Ernest’s Barrias’ Nature Revealing Herself Before Science, Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet, Jean-Léon Gérôme, François-Raoul Larche, Emmanuel Villanis and Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié’s’ Gloria Victus (est. $10,000-$15,000). Also sold will be three Robert Graham frieze figures and a selection of animalier bronzes after Antoine Louis Bayre, Isadore Bonheur, Hippolyte Joseph Cuvelier, Pierre-Jules Mêne and Leonid Vladimirovich Pozen.

Art glass from the Silver collection includes a Dale Chihuly blown and applied glass Venetian vase, 1996 (est. $8,000-$12,000) and two works by Murano Maestro Lino Tagliapietra – Riverstone, 1998 and Bilbao, 2002, as well as a Marc Lalique Cactus table and other Lalique pieces such as Cygne tête droite and Cygne tête penchée and Masque de Femme. Four larger scale pieces by Dino Rosin, two pieces by Tiffany Studios and an impressive vase by Steven Rolfe Powell are also included.

The Silvers developed a love of the intricacies and subtleties of the art of Italian micro mosaics and their collection includes a spectacular panel of a peasant woman in a country landscape from the workshop of Michelangelo Barberi (1787-1867), Rome (est. $10,000-$15,000), traditional Grand Tour subjects like Roman ruins including a table top centering St. Peter's Square (est. $20,000-$30,000), as well as two pieces formerly in the collection of Gianni Versace, including a lovely floral still life with birds.

English antiques and decorative arts will be led by a selection from a Northern California estate that includes a fine late 18th century George III gilt bronze and jasperware mounted fall front secretary in the manner of Thomas Sheraton, a Regency mahogany cellarette in the manner of Thomas Hope, and two early tall case clocks: a walnut example by Joseph Knibb apprentice Brounker Watts, and a floral marquetry example by Christopher Gould (est. $8,000-$12,000). A graceful early George III mahogany open armchair in the manner of Paul Sanders (est. $2,000-$3,000) is included in the estate of Ruth Harvey.

Also from the Northern California estate is a selection of early British Britannia and sterling silver, including a collection of tumbler cups from London makers, as well as provincial silversmiths, a Charles II porringer, candlesticks, coffee pots, tankards and other table wares. Fine silver from the estate of Ruth Harvey features a pair of substantial Regency tea trays by Paul Storr (est. $5,000-$7,000 each) and a Storr silver tea urn originally owned by Richard Alexander Oswald of Oswald Hall, Ayrshire, Scotland (est. $6,000-$8,000). The silver offerings also include pieces by the Georg Jensen Silversmithy and a striking pair of Viennese silver-gilt figural six-light candelabra (est. $4,000-$6,000).

European decorative arts will showcase clocks and timepieces from the estate of Ruth Harvey, including a Swiss silver mounted mother-of-pearl timepiece (est. $1,000-$1,500), and from a Northern California estate a sculptural Louis XVI figural mantel clock by Jean Baptiste Dutertre (est. $6,000-$8,000) and an allegorical Empire example by Angevin, Paris (est. $4,000-$6,000).

The same source also has a Thomire gilt bronze tazza (est. $2,500-$3,500) and a pair of Louis XVI grey painted fauteuils, circa 1785, by menuisier Nicolas Delaisement (est. $4,000-$6,000). Mary and Lou Silver acquired a stunning Émile Gallé marquetry Japoniste étagère (est. $4,000-$6,000) as well as a gilt bronze mounted mahogany side cabinet by Cueunieres (est. $2,500-$3,500), a gilt bronze mounted mahogany bureau plat (est. $4,000-$6,000) a pair of wonderful Louis XV style gilt bronze chandeliers and broad selections of period lighting and fine carpets.

Additional highlights include two vintage Louis Vuitton travel trunks that belonged to Oscar winning director Orson Welles and his wife, Contessa di Gerfalco, Paola Mori from the estate of Orson Welles (est. $4,000-$6,000 each) and garden appointments as impressive as a pair of French bronze mounted iron jardinieres by the Val d’Osne foundry, vintage Catalina tile bird panels and a number of lots of patio furniture by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan, as well as marble sculpture and a 19th century Rouge Royal marble fountain.

The auction will start promptly at 11 am Pacific time. Internet bidding will be facilitated by www.AndrewJonesAuctions.com, www.LiveAuctioneers.com and www.Invaluable.com.

The next major auction after this will be titled Important and Fine Jewelry, scheduled for Thursdays, September 10th. Highlights include more of the collection of Mary and Lou Silver, featuring large stone diamonds, pieces by Buccellati, Bulgari, Frascarolo, David Yurman, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels and more, plus clocks and timepieces by Cartier, Le Coultre, Patek Philippe and others.

To learn more about Andrew Jones Auctions and the July 26th and September 10th auctions, visit www.AndrewJonesAuctionas.com.

About Andrew Jones Auctions:
Opened summer 2018 in downtown Los Angeles, Andrew Jones Auctions is a full-service fine art and antiques auction house specializing in the liquidation of estates and collections featuring fine art, antiques and collectibles. The firm understands market trends and has foresight for the 21st century. The staff has a wealth of knowledge with international experience, having worked for many years at major international auction houses in America and Europe, sourcing property from across North America. The sales are fun, diverse and eclectic, featuring items dating from antiquity to the 21st century. Andrew Jones Auctions is always accepting quality consignments for future auctions. To inquire about consigning a single piece, an estate or a collection, you can call them at 213-748-8008; or, you can send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To learn more about Andrew Jones Auctions, visit www.AndrewJonesAuctionas.com.

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