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Category Archives: African American
Washington DC: Leadership Change, Community Outreach And More For Sterling Motorcars
Thomas A. Moorehead, the first Black Dealer in the country of Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, and McLaren, has transitioned from President and CEO to Owner and Chairman of Sterling Motorcars. Continue Reading →
Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 22nd Annual Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project Economic Summit Returns
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund will host its 22nd Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, February 20 – February 22, 2019, at The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. Continue Reading →
Harlem Rep. Espaillat Introduces Congressional Resolution In Recognition Of Black History Month
Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat introduced a congressional resolution in recognition of Black History Month. Continue Reading →
Akufo-Addo Declares 2019 As ‘Year Of Return For Diasporans’ From Harlem To Hollywood
President Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has officially proclaimed 2019 as the year all diasporan descendants of Africans who were captured and transported into the Americas as slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries return to Ghana. Continue Reading →
AARP Launches Sisters From AARP Digital Newsletter Celebrating African American Women
AARP today is launching “Sisters from AARP,” a new digital newsletter celebrating Gen-X and Baby Boomer African American women. Continue Reading →
African Americans’ Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina, 1865
The first widely publicized observance of a Memorial Day-type observance after the Civil War was in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 1, 1865. Continue Reading →
From Harlem To Hollywood Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Is Everyday
During the less than 13 years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, from December, 1955 until April 4, 1968, black folks achieved more genuine progress toward racial equality in America than the previous 350 years had produced. Continue Reading →
Ambassador Haley Delivers Remarks At The UN In Remembrance Of The Slave Trade
Harlem has a long history of dealing with the issue of slavery, from Columbia University grappling with it’s ties to slavery to the African Burial ground of slaves in East Harlem. Continue Reading →