President Obama’s program issues Request for Proposals
My Brother’s Keeper mentors and mentees at one of the program’s events. PHOTO COURTESY OF OBAMA FOUNDATION CHICAGO – Before he left office, President Obama …
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Historic black church with W.E.B. Du Bois connection gets grant
W.E.B. Du Bois PHOTO COURTESY OF FAMOUS BIOGRAPHIES GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) – Preservationists for a 130-year-old black church with ties to civil rights pioneer …
Week in Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA SURVIVOR OF SCHOOL SHOOTING TO USE ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ MIAMI – One of the students who survived last month’s …
FAMUan becomes first African American, Palm Beach schools’ Superintendent
Donald Fennoy was recently selected as Palm Beach County’s first African American school superintendent. Fennoy, 41, a Florida A&M University alumnus, says the job wasn’t …
Brown University cancels Rosa Parks house display
Brown University announced the cancellation of a planned display. PHOTO COURTESY OF BROWN UNIVERSITY By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University …
Mississippi’s oldest black-owned business: Funeral home turns 123 years old
W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home PHOTO COURTESY OF WHJEFFERSONFUNERALHOME.COM By JOHN SURRATT The Vicksburg Post VICKSBURG, Miss. – Mississippi’s oldest blackowned business and oldest registered black …
Bethel McKenzie named Society of Professional Journalists executive director
TRAILBLAZER: Alison Bethel McKenzie has been selected to become the first African American executive director of the Society of Professional Journalists PHOTO COURTESY OF ALISON …
Workforce grant will train 1,500 and create 1,275 jobs
STOCK PHOTO Staff Report FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Two prominent Broward organizations are collaborating to provide workforce training and create jobs. Broward College and the …
2018 African American Achievers selected
Cornelia Dozier, Traci Lynn Burton, Germaine Smith-Baugh and Jacquelyn Haywood PHOTOS COURTESY OF JM FAMILY DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – One of the most prestigious award …
Belvoir gravesite could be slaves’ last resting place
STOCK PHOTO By E.B. FURGURSON III The Capital Gazette CROWNSVILLE, Md. (AP) – Two years ago archaeologists uncovered and examined unique stone slave quarters on …