1:30 PM / Wednesday March 20, 2019
January 30, 2010
The men and women who founded and built the NAACP saved nearly everything, establishing arguably the most important documentary record on civil rights struggles in America. That record comprises the largest archival collection in the Library of Congress.
January 25, 2010
Dr. Martin Luther King was a moral giant and cherished hero of the world— a tireless champion of the poor and oppressed against the powerful. He understood the inescapable mutability of our fates and entreated the nation to embrace peace, justice and equality. He called on us to love humanity and one another and to fight for a just society.
January 25, 2010
Four-year-old Jordan Savage played Rosa Parks and Maleek Chirico, 5, played the bus driver in the Drueding Center/Project Rainbow’s production of “The Story of the Bus” during the Center’s Martin Luther King Day of Service opening ceremony. Drueding Center/Project Rainbow provides transitional housing and comprehensive support services including early childhood education, tutoring, life skills and counseling for mothers and children in South Kensington to develop two generations of self-reliant adults.
January 24, 2010
Eleven School District of Philadelphia students were among the 16 first-prize winners In the recent Young Voices Mlonologue Festival, which attracted more than 400 entries. The festival was sponsored by Philadelphia Young Playwrights.
January 6, 2010
blackamericaweb.com
The year in news started with a capital H – for Hope. Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th president and its first black president. Nearly 2 million people braved frigid temperatures on the National Mall, the U.S. Capitol grounds and along the parade route leading to the White House on Inauguration Day…
March 15, 2019
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March 18, 2019
By David Bauer NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic National Committee chief Donna Brazile, who was fired...
March 15, 2019
The Men’s Ministry of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Twin Oaks, will host a free conference for...
March 15, 2019
All Signs: This week on Wednesday, we have the Vernal Equinox. In Latin, “vernalis” means “spring” and...
