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Owner of Bleu Fin Bar & Grill, Hollis Barclay, left, with honorees, Petula Hanley, Democracy Beyond Elections Coalition, manager at the Participatory Budgeting Project, Oma Halloway, chief operations officer of Bridge Street Development Corporation, Reverend Dr. David K. Allen, founder of Epic Village Community Development Corp, and Reverend Dr. Clive E. Neil, pastor of Bedford […]
This Decade, for which the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was designated as the lead agency, aims to strengthen actions and measures to ensure the full realization of the economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights of people of African descent, and their full and equal participation in society. […]
Booker 1. Cory Booker The U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Former Mayor of Newark. Fabiana Pierre-Louis The first African American woman in the state of New Jersey to become an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court occupies a position of gravitas. LeRoy Jones The Democratic State Party Chairman (and […]
The African American Heritage Foundation of Lafayette is set to celebrate two decades of cultural pride and heritage with its 20th Annual African American Heritage Parade on Sunday, February 25, at 2:00 PM. This annual event shines a light on the foundation’s commitment to honoring the legacy and inspiring the future of African Americans in […]
The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian’s Office’s Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) The history of African American participation in the Coast Guard and […]
Photo by Nora Yinuo Chen The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2015 to 2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent, with national, regional, and global actions. As proclaimed by the General Assembly, the theme for the International Decade is “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development.” Among the objectives of the […]
The Texas African American Museum celebrated its third annual Black History Month Gala on Saturday with music by Eddie Spencer and a speech on hope and perseverance by the Rev. Ray Charles Lewis. “We must continue to empower our future generation. Black history is not just a month, and it is the heart of human […]
While theatre at William & Mary is nearing its 100th anniversary, the history of the African American presence on the mainstage is much more recent – and much less known. As an alumnus and faculty member, Professor of Theatre and Africana Studies Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green ’00 has both witnessed and played a significant role in […]
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — As a senior in high school at what she says is a fairly diverse school, Akira Shorter has never had a black teacher. She isn’t alone in that. Arizona Department of Education reports that only 4% of teachers in the state are black, which leaves many students of color without an […]
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Every February, National Black History Month commemorates the triumphs, contributions and struggles experienced by the African American community throughout U.S. history. This year’s theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” highlights how art contributes to this narrative. For one Team Tyndall Airman it serves as a means […]