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January 14, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. For decades, when it was discussed at all, the killing of hundreds of people in a prosperous black business district in 1921 was referred to as the Tulsa race riot. Under new standards developed by teachers for approaching…
December 31, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Kidrich Korok cries in the yard outside her house in Lekuangole, South Sudan, remembering her nine-year-old son Martin who she said starved to death in July. South Sudan is one of four countries with areas that could slip into famine, the United Nations has warned, along with Yemen, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria.(AP…
November 6, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: A man carrying a pot to fetch water walks past a banner featuring U.S. democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris in Thulasendrapuram village, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. The villagers on Tuesday held special prayers for Harris’ success in the U.S. elections at a Hindu temple…
August 12, 2020
The NAACP Arts, Culture & Entertainment Festival continues its exhibition of Black brilliance with the ACT-SO 42nd National Competition, Aug 12-15! ACTSO showcases talented African-American youth in STEM, humanities, business, and the arts! Join us now https://bit.ly/338zzk3
June 25, 2020
Photo: Mary W. Jackson/NASA WASHINGTON, June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research…
May 29, 2020
A group of business, professional, academic, civic and public-sector leaders from Northern and Southern Ghana, and across the U.S. recently convened by video conference, in the first, inter-continental organizational board meeting for The Collaboration for IT and Communications Excellence. The attendees affirmed the non-profit organization’s mission statement, which is, “To help Ghana’s students and entrepreneurs…
April 20, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama launched a series of online video readings for kids with the classic picture book “The Gruffalo,” which the former first lady called the story of a mouse who uses his “wit and imagination” to get the best of a fox and other would-be predators. “Mondays with Michelle Obama” is…
April 15, 2020
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables by setting fire to it. Wielding batons, they scattered a group of rural farmers who had traveled overnight, breaking restrictions on movement to bring the precious produce to one…
April 15, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Dr. James Derham rewindingblack.com Did you know that James Derham was the first African American man to formally practice medicine in the United States even though he never received his M.D. degree? Derham was born into slavery in Philadephia. Throughout his young life, he was owned by several doctors. One of his physician…
April 1, 2020
January 21, 2021
If the Philadelphia Eagles decide to go with a Black coach this time around, here are some...
January 21, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: Dr. Rachel Levine (Photo/WH) By Will Weissert ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Biden has tapped...
January 21, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: CBS shows Norah O’Donnell, host of the new “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” (Michele...
January 21, 2021
BPT COVID-19 has irrevocably altered the way that we do business. Some small businesses have floundered, while...
January 21, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: Sherri Shepherd (Photo: Joe Seer / Shutterstock) By Florence Anthony Quarantine Vacation Alert! Another week,...
January 21, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband...
