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TWENTY PEARLS Documentary Film about First Black-Greek Letter Organization Now Available Nationwide

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Rod Washington

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Makes History with Film Production and Distribution Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® announces the North American release of TWENTY PEARLS, the official documentary film which chronicles the organization’s history. Narrated by Phylicia Rashād, TWENTY PEARLS journeys through 113 provocative years. Only 40 years past the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, nine Black college women enrolled…

IAAM Names Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, National Leader In African-American History And STEM Education, As New CEO

March 24, 2021 Rod Washington

The International African American Museum names Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, national leader in African American history and STEM education, as new CEO CHARLESTON, S.C. —The International African American Museum has found the final piece for the massive global project that will change the landscape of African American history and its curation. Seventeen months after breaking ground on the museum, its board of…

Black Indie Filmmaker Finds Passion in Hemp and launches His Own Company

March 12, 2021 Rod Washington

Nestled in Doylestown, PA is hemp processor, Doylestown Hemp Company, which was created to formulate, manufacture and distribute hemp products. Thomas K. Phillips (CEO of Doylestown Hemp Company) has a great deal of passion for hemp and continues to explore all avenues that this amazing plant provides from health and wellness, food, environmentally friendly plastics, biofuel and building materials. After the release of his first…

Moment in History: Valerie L. Thomas (video)

February 28, 2021 Rod Washington

Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American scientist and inventor. Thomas was interested in science as a child, after observing her father tinkering with the television and seeing the mechanical parts inside. Thomas did not have a lot of support as a young child; her parents did not fight for her right to study a STEM curriculum,…

Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronaut Victor Glover

February 28, 2021 Rod Washington

In celebration of Black History Month, NASA astronaut Victor Glover welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris to the International Space Station for a virtual chat. In the video recorded Feb. 24 and shared Saturday, the conversation ranged from the legacy of human spaceflight to observing Earth from the vantage of the space station, Glover’s history-making stay aboard the orbiting…

NASA Celebrates ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson With Building Naming Ceremony

February 27, 2021 Rod Washington

On Friday, NASA celebrated the agency’s first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson, with a ceremony formally naming the agency’s headquarters building in Washington in her honor. Jackson began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) – the forerunner of NASA – in April 1951. From her initial role as a “human computer” within the segregated…

Moments in History: Lawrence Douglas Wilder

February 27, 2021 Rod Washington

Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African-American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first elected African-American governor.[a] Born in Richmond, Virginia, Wilder graduated from Virginia Union University and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He established a…

SCORE Mentors Launch SCORE for Black Entrepreneurs

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 Rod Washington

Free Small Business Program Provides Black Business Owners with Personalized Support This Black History Month, SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, launched SCORE for Black Entrepreneurs. This program addresses the unique needs of Black entrepreneurs and provides our nation’s Black-owned small businesses with the resources and support they need to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. “Black…

Moments in History; Thurgood Marshall (video)

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 Rod Washington

Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court’s first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education. Born in Baltimore,…

Celebrations of the Black Panther Party to be Featured in Oakland During Black History Month

February 11, 2021February 24, 2021 TNC

The contributions of the Black Panther Party will be celebrated in Oakland throughout the month of February as part of Black History Month. Among the highlights will be a street naming initiative on February 17th spearheaded by Fredrika Newton, Black Panther alumna and life partner of co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton. The commemorative name change of 9th Street to “Dr. Huey P. Newton Way“ stretches a three-block section in West Oakland;…

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