{"id":11832,"date":"2025-11-16T08:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/2026-black-male-summit-fourth-annual\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:23:59","slug":"2026-black-male-summit-fourth-annual","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/2026-black-male-summit-fourth-annual\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Black Male Summit &#8211; Fourth Annual"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1830731896\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-108 \" id=\"em-event-1830731896\" data-view-id=\"1830731896\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img src='https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2026-Black-Male-Summit-Fourth-Annual.png' alt='2026 Black Male 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