NEWS RELEASE:
For Immediate Release- June 21, 2006
CONTACT:
The AT&T Foundation
Eric Hausken, 512-495-7168
ehausken@attnews.us
(BPRW)(BW)(TX-THE-AT&T-FOUNDATION)(T) AT&T Foundation Grant to '100 Black Men of America Inc.' to Strengt ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2006 at 1:40PM
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Enrichment Programs
Spelman's Independent Scholars
Collage of SIS Images Displayed at Historic Unveiling of Volume I,
Their Memories, Our Treasure
Spelman's Independent Scholars (SIS)
in the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement ( ...
Posted Tuesday, June 20th 2006 at 1:58PM
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I had a conversation with an associate the other day. She is the first in her family to graduate from high school and college. She is a highly driven person. She has a great job and beautiful home. She feels that she is " made" and she feels she i ...
Posted Monday, June 19th 2006 at 6:20PM
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Hampton U. Resists Demand to Return Statue
By Marvin Anderson
Black College Wire
Photo credit: Monica L. Udvardy
Kalume Mwakiru cried when Monica L. Udvardy returned to Kenya in 1985 to give him this photograph of himself with the statu ...
Posted Friday, June 16th 2006 at 10:28AM
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Family First Juneteenth Celebration;
Durham, North Carolina;
Sunday, August 13th
Family First Pepsi Kids Run the Bases Night
A perfect night with the family culminates with the Pepsi Kids Run the Bases promotion. Immediately following the game, ...
Posted Thursday, June 15th 2006 at 11:56AM
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He has a squeaky voice. He is only 5'11. But he commands respect.
Avery Johnson, a graduate of Southern University is a man of many firsts. He is the first NBA coach to win the “NBA Coach of the Month” award in his first two months as a head c ...
Posted Tuesday, June 6th 2006 at 9:36AM
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Style 101: Ask Michelle
Style-ology LLC
www.styleology.net
Effective Business Communication
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness
~Margar ...
Posted Thursday, June 1st 2006 at 9:02AM
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Have you ever noticed the most fulfilled people you know are the ones who are constantly in search of what they don't know?
So, what does that say about individuals that act like they know it all or don't want to know anything! It tells me that a ...
Posted Friday, May 26th 2006 at 12:29PM
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Our Leaders at Work!
HBCU Connect and the National Fellowship of Black College Leaders (NFBCL) were presenters at this years (NASAP) Conference at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. The conference is held for student government officials ( ...
Posted Friday, May 26th 2006 at 11:23AM
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Style 101: Ask Michelle
Style-ology LLC
www.styleology.net
From College Student to Working Professional
The party days of college are over and graduation is upon you. All night ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2006 at 3:28PM
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For Immediate Release
Contact:
Ben Bosah
614.939.0595
Book by Obstetrician/Gynecologist- Offers Straightforward Advice to Women
Columbus, Ohio- obstetrician/gynecologist Ngozi Osuagwu, MD,FACOG, RYT is educating women about the most com ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2006 at 8:24AM
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Central State University is having their 11th annual Communication Week ( April 17th- 21st) and HBCU CONNECT will be in attendance! Come check us out on April 19 as we discuss Career Opportunities in Online Media!!
All sessions will be held in the ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2006 at 12:21PM
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Only my sister, a Johnson C. Smith grad ,would take a picture like this! They look so good together!! lol ...
Posted Tuesday, March 28th 2006 at 4:35PM
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Ruby Dee
(Ruby Ann Wallace)
actress
Born: 10/27/1924
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Emmy Award-winning stage, film and television actress whose Broadway and Off-Broadway performances include A Raisin in the Sun (1959), Purlie Victorious (1961) ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2006 at 9:04AM
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Armstrong, Louis “Satchmo” (Daniel Louis Armstrong), 1901–1971, American jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader, b. New Orleans. He learned to play the cornet in the band of the Waif's Home in New Orleans, and after playing with Kid Ory' ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2006 at 8:56AM
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Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1944–, African-American political activist, b. Birmingham, Ala. She taught philosophy (1969–70) at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, until she was finally denied reappointment because of her membership in the Communist p ...
Posted Friday, February 24th 2006 at 8:56AM
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Aaron, Henry Louis (Hank Aaron), 1934–, U.S. baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. A durable outfielder noted for his powerful wrists, Aaron was among the first blacks to play a full career in the major leagues (1954–76). In 1974 he broke Babe Ruth's ...
Posted Thursday, February 23rd 2006 at 9:00AM
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Angelou, Maya , 1928–, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo. as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the musical Porgy and Bess (1954–55), then sang in New York City nightclubs, joined the Harlem Writers Guild, a ...
Posted Wednesday, February 22nd 2006 at 8:45AM
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Owens, Jesse, 1913–80, U.S. track star, b. Alabama. He was also called John Cleveland Owens, although his original name was said to be simply J. C. Owens. After his family moved to Cleveland he excelled at track and field events in high school. He ...
Posted Tuesday, February 21st 2006 at 9:14AM
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Gibson, Althea , 1927–2003, African-American tennis player, b. Silver, S.C. In 1948 she won the first of 10 straight national black women's singles championships. She was the first African American to play in the U.S. grass court championships at F ...
Posted Monday, February 20th 2006 at 8:56AM
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Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth, 1917–2000, American poet, b. Topeka, Kans. She grew up in the slums of Chicago and lived in that city until her death. Brooks's poems, technically accomplished and written in a variety of forms including quatrains, free ...
Posted Friday, February 17th 2006 at 9:04AM
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Mitchell, Arthur, 1934–, American dancer, b. New York City. Mitchell studied in New York City and appeared on Broadway and with various companies at home and abroad. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1956, becoming a soloist in 1959. The first ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2006 at 8:50AM
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Billie Henderson is a Tennessee State University student and model who was seriously injured in a car accident and has been hospitalized since Jan.9th.
A benefit is being held in her honor on Feb.18,2006. The benefit will take place on Tennessee St ...
Posted Wednesday, February 15th 2006 at 2:56PM
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