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Black Female Mayors
Former WNBA Player Tamara James Elected Mayor of Florida Hometown After a fruitful career on the hardwood, former Washington Mystics player, Tamara James, plans to take her talents back to her hometown. The 32-year-old activist was recently named mayor of her old stomping grounds, Dania Beach, Floride, Broward County’s “oldest community” the Miami Herald reports. San Antonio Elects […]
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Buffett foundation unveils $90M plan to help girls of color
NEW YORK — In the 15-year existence of her girls’ empowerment organization, Joanne Smith has dealt with funders and donors but never quite like this: a foundation putting $90 million toward helping girls of color by letting them determine their needs instead of being told what the funds have to be used […]
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Vous. Houx J. Mitchell
Houx J. Mitchell has served in California’s Legislature since 2011. She was elected in 2014 to represent the 30th Senate District, which stretches from Century City to South Los Angeles, and includes Culver City, Cheviot Hills, the Crenshaw District, USC, Downtown and a portion of Inglewood. Senator Mitchell chairs the Committee on Budget and Fiscal […]
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Ben Guillory – Artistic Director of the Robey Theatre
Ben Guillory a étudié à l'American Conservatory Theatre à San Francisco, et a beaucoup travaillé dans le théâtre, cinéma et de télévision pour le passé 30 ans comme un acteur et réalisateur. Actuellement, M.. Guillory est le directeur artistique de la production primée Robey Theatre Company, coordination dramaturge laboratoire de Robey, directing the Robey play […]
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Lawmakers hear emotional testimony from Sandra Bland’s mother about bill to change jail standards
Two years after Sandra Bland was found dead in a Waller County jail cell after her arrest on a minor traffic violation, her mother came to the Texas Capitol to tell lawmakers to pass a bill named for her daughter that changes the “broken system” she said contributed to her daughter’s death. “I need you all […]
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS HONORED ON NEW QUARTER
Le Americaines. Mint celebrated the release of a new quarter dedicated to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The quarter was officially launched Tuesday during a ceremony at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington D.C. The event included special recognition of the quarter’s designer, Thomas Hipschen, as well as recitations by 2016 Frederick Douglass Oratorical […]
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Dr. Bill Releford and Erich “Coach E” Nall
Dr. Bill Releford a graduate of the Temple School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia, a commencé sa pratique en 1990 et créé l'Institut du pied diabétique, une installation consacrée exclusivement à la réduction des amputations liées au diabète dans les populations à haut risque. Dr. Releford is recognized both domestically as well as internationally as a leader in the field of […]
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Africa has 170m Facebook users
Johannesburg – Facebook has increased its number of African users to 170 million and plans to expand further by adding wi-fi hotspots and fibre optic cables, in a bid to spread its reach outside of developed markets. The figure is 42 percent higher than when the US social network first opened an Africa […]
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Dr. David Horne
Dr. David Horne is a tenured full professor of Critical Thinking and African History and is the former chair of the Pan-African Studies Department at Cal State University Northridge. He also teaches graduate public policy and introductory political analysis and is the graduate advisor for the department. He is the original Executive Director […]
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Dr. Melina Abdullah
Melina Abdullah est Professeur et Chaire d'études panafricaines à l'Université d'État de Californie, Los Angeles and immediate past campus president and current Council for Affirmative Action Chair for the California Faculty Association (the faculty union). Dr. Abdullah earned her Ph.D. de l'Université de Californie du Sud en sciences politiques et un baccalauréat ès arts. from Howard […]
