Priceless photo of enslaved Selina Gray who was the head housekeeper for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. She is credited with defending Arlington House during the Civil War and thereby saving treasured heirlooms belonging to George Washington.
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Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 7:16PM
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Solomon G. Brown (1829-1906)
He was a poet, lecturer, and scientific technician, became the first African American employee at the Smithsonian Institution. He also played a significant role in the implementation of the first electric telegraph and ...
Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 7:13PM
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The School of the Month Program is the signature program of the Foundation. Annually, the Foundation selects 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities with which to partner. During the partnership, we raise funds in support of student scholarsh ...
Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 3:52PM
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Please enjoy this week's LOPnewsmag featuring The Obama Foudation, The Biden Foundation (Get your tickets EARLY!!!), Ed Trust News From CEO/President Dr. John B. King, Maryland Development Disability Council (MdDDC) - Calling All Advocates-To-Be, Cat ...
Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 3:46PM
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All World - A look at some of the most multi talented Black athletes in American history. These guys weren't just All Stars. They were All World! Including rare footage you have never seen before. True Story !
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Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 2:42PM
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Couple donates graduation regalia
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Cardel Louis-Jacques and fiancée Shanicia Hanson
Shanicia Hanson was about to move in November 2016 when she discovered graduation regalia from her undergraduate days at the University of Maryland Ea ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 11:12AM
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The fourth PAC was organized in 1927 in New York by the Women's International Circle of Peace and Foreign Relations, a black women's club in New York led by Minnie Pickens, Addie W. Hunton, and Nina Du Bois, W.E.B.'s first wife. The Congress gathered 208 delegates from the United States and ten fore ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 6:47AM
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Elizabeth Carter Brooks’
Was an educator, architect and social activist.
After graduating from New Bedford High School, she entered the Swain Free School of Design and received a classical education in architecture and design, which served h ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 6:45AM
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Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1953 until his death in 1968. Coretta Scott King helped lead the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. King was an active advocate for African-Amer ...
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by Paulette McLean Johnson, director of Library Services, Oakwood University
The Eva B. Dykes Library hosted the national traveling exhibit entitled OPENING DOORS: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ACADEMIC SURGEONS from March 12 to April 13, 2018.
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Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 6:26PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
Please join me for my Community Forum on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 10 AM to discuss important national issues followed by a Q&A session.
I hope you are able to attend this event that is open to the public. I also encour ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 3:33PM
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Hello friend,
We have some exciting news for you. For the first time ever, we're opening up the opportunity for the general public to join us for College Signing Day (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CollegeSigningDay?src=hash&utm_source=Reach+H ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 1:05PM
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This week, U.S. Senators are signing on to letters to Senate leadership in support of their 2019 budget priorities. NAMI’s priorities are the subject of several of these letters.
Today, we need your help to support housing programs. ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 12:15PM
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This week, U.S. Senators are signing on to letters to Senate leadership in support of their 2019 budget priorities. NAMI’s priorities are the subject of several of these letters.
Today, we need your help to support housing programs. ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 12:15PM
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This week, U.S. Senators are signing on to letters to Senate leadership in support of their 2019 budget priorities. NAMI’s priorities are the subject of several of these letters.
Today, we need your help to support housing programs.
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Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 12:15PM
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The Negro Motorist Green Book (The Negro Motorist Green-Book or titled The Negro Travelers' Green Book) was an annual guidebook for African-American roadtrippers, commonly referred to simply as the Green Book. It was originated and published by New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 19 ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 10:26AM
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Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin told Alabama State University students on Monday that their “time is now” to make their mark on the world. Woodfin was the guest speaker for ASU’s Thomas C. Steward Distinguished Lecture Series.
“I first wa ...
Posted Tuesday, April 17th 2018 at 4:52PM
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Political analyst, attorney and activist to address new graduates
Political analyst, attorney and activist Bakari Sellers will serve as the keynote speaker for Shaw University’s 2018 Spring Commencement exercises, to be held Saturday, May 12 ...
Posted Tuesday, April 17th 2018 at 4:33PM
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Wetumpka resident Arianna Elizabeth Thompson will reign as Miss ASU 2018-2019
The royal line of succession is in place and a new Miss Alabama State University and her court were chosen at a grand pageant last Friday, which was held at the ASU Dunn ...
Posted Tuesday, April 17th 2018 at 4:24PM
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63 percent of small business owners admit they have been victims of at least one type of cyber attack. With all of the various types of cyber crimes that exist today, ensuring your company takes the proper security precautions is a must.
We want to help make it as simple as possible for you to ge ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 9:07PM
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If you have not heard by now, this past weekend was an epic event for Coachella. In the history of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the event has never had a black female entertainer as a headline – until Saturday night when Beyonce he ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 8:28PM
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The biggest entertainer in the world just earned herself an honorary degree at every HBCU across the nation overnight.
Beyonce showed up and showed out as the headliner at Coachella in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday using a heavily HBCU ba ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 7:13PM
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