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2007: Presidential Candidate Barack Obama Fires Up The ESSENCE Fest Crowd
Just 5 months after officially announcing his historic run for the presidency, then-Senator Barack Obama took the stage at ESSENCE Festival to address a crowd of supporters from the very community that would ultimately playe a huge role in helping him become the country’s first Black president.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
The night began with a few words from lovebirds in spirit and song Chante Moore & Kenny Lattimore.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
“It” girl Ciara high-octane performance gives N’awlins an adrenalin rush.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
Eddie Levert and Ms. Bridges, Ludacris’s mom, get cozy before her son’s performance.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
Ludacris moves the crowd.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
Actors Hill Harper and Victoria Rowell.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson and mainstage host Jonathan Slocumb.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
Warner Bros., VP of Black Music Mike Kyser, BET’s Toccara and Chaka Zulu, Ludacris’s manager and Disturbing Tha Peace Records cofounder and CEO.
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ESSENCE All-Access Thursday Night at the Louisiana Superdome at the ESSENCE Music Festival
Syndicated radio host Tom Joyner and fitness guru Donna Richardson Joyner are picture-perfect.
