The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America’s premier civil rights organization, has released its Civil Rights Federal Legislative Report Card for the first session of the 115th Congress (Jan. 3, 2017 – Dec. 22, 2017). […]
Leadership development, mentoring, and Rites of Passage are the focuses of the new From the Fire: Leadership Academy for Young Men on July 22-Aug. 3, 2018. Operated by At the Well Conferences, Inc.; a provider of events for teens since 2009. […]
Mt. Hermon AME Church put on a candlelight memorial for the seventeen victims, which also touched on the topic of ending gun violence. […]
Teen Talent, Musical Prodigy […]
PREP INSTITUTE COMES TO THE SUNSHINE STATE
During its annual public board meeting in New York City, the NAACP announced several key partnerships designed to expand the reach, impact, and effectiveness of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organizations. […]
The Fort Lauderdale/Broward NAACP hosted “An Evening with the Black Judges” event on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at New Hope Baptist Church. This event afforded the community an opportunity to learn more about the judges and judicial processes. […]
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Osric C. Manning graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. […]
Far too few people know where the genesis for Black History Month came from. Carter G. Woodson was the second African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard, after W.E.B. Du Bois. Known as the “Father of Black History,” Woodson dedicated his career to the field of African-American history and lobbied extensively to establish Black History Month as a nationwide institution […]
Future chemist Marie M. Daly was born on April 16, 1921, in Queens, New York. The pioneering scientist was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States, and her groundbreaking work helped clarify how the human body works. […]
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