{"id":11893,"date":"2025-11-17T10:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/79th-black-and-gold-scholarship-ball\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:25:36","slug":"79th-black-and-gold-scholarship-ball","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/79th-black-and-gold-scholarship-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"79th Black and Gold Scholarship Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-495567389\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-139 \" id=\"em-event-495567389\" data-view-id=\"495567389\">\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\/79th-Black-and-Gold-Scholarship-Ball.png' alt='79th Black and Gold Scholarship 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