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The Executive Leadership Council Names Satonya Fair as Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer
The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) today announced the appointment of Satonya C. Fair JD as the organization’s Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO). […]
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McNair to be honored with Stony Brook’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Two-time Stony Brook University graduate and Tuskegee University president, Dr. Lily D. McNair, has been selected to receive the Stony Brook University Distinguished Alumni Award, and will be honored by its Alumni Association on May 18, 2019, in a private ceremony in northern New Jersey. McNair, who earned her master’s and doctoral degrees at Stony Brook in 1983 and 1987, respectively, is Tuskegee’s eighth president and the first woman to hold this position in the institution’s 137-year history. […]
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Tuskegee launches NEH grant with exhibit featuring Zora Neale Hurston-inspired quilts
On Thursday, March 14, Tuskegee University publicly launch its two-year National Endowment for the Humanities grant, “Literary Legacies of Macon County and Tuskegee Institute: Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph W. Ellison, and Albert Murray” with an exhibit of quilts inspired by famed African American author and Notasulga native Zora Neale Hurston. […]
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The Joint Center Applauds U.S. Senator Kamala Harris’s Appointment of Deanne Millison as Legislative Director
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies commended U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) for appointing Deanne Millison as her legislative director. Sen. Harris’s office announced the appointment earlier today. […]
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Civil Rights Advocates File Lawsuit to End Unconstitutional Jailing of Indigent Individuals in Washington County, OK
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Latham & Watkins LLP, and Bryan & Terrill, PLLC filed a lawsuit challenging unlawful and unconstitutional jailing of indigent individuals for nonpayment of court-imposed fines and fees without consideration of their ability to pay. The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief. […]
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NNPA Leadership and Other Prominent Black Voices Speak Out on College Exam Scandal
“The rich have one standard of education and everyone else has another standard,” Chavis added in the story written by Black Press journalist Barrington M. Salmon, who also interviewed other prominent African Americans including Virginia entertainment attorney Elva Mason and Former Florida A&M University Law Professor Cori Harvey. […]
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Why ‘New Chicago’ says ‘No’ to Memphis 3.O
Memphis 3.0. is a proposed land use and development plan envisioned as a 20-year road map? With several dozen North Memphis residents on hand for “a show of force,” the Memphis City Council on Tuesday put off its initial vote on the plan for two weeks, pending a community meeting. […]
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NNPA Celebrates Black Press Week in Washington
Celebrating 192 years of the Black Press, the NNPA Foundation and NNPA’s member publishers engaged in several workshops throughout the week that centered on this year’s theme: “Publishing, Power & Purpose.” […]
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Norton, Garza Receive NNPA Awards at Black Press Week Ceremony
“What an honor to receive this affirmation from what I refer to as the source,” said Norton, who has fought to help the Black Press receive advertising from the federal government, whose various agencies has spent nearly $5 billion on ads over the past decade but just 5 percent of those dollars spent with African American-owned media. […]