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Associated PressAug 29, 2023, 12:46 AM ET3 Minute Read Billie Jean King, Michelle Obama celebrate 50 years of equal pay at US OpenBillie Jean King and Michelle Obama celebrate the 50th anniversary of equal pay for men and women at the US Open. NEW YORK — After a rousing tribute from former first lady Michelle […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, will speak in Alabama next month at an event marking the 60th anniversary of a church bombing that killed four girls in 1963. Jackson will give the keynote address at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, […]
Join AMIE as it celebrates Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering’s 30th Anniversary and Annual Conference from September 10th to September 12th in Washington, DC. The event will be an interactive experience that brings together the Council of Engineering Deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), engineering professionals, students, and leaders from government agencies and […]
As the 40th anniversary approaches of a pastoral letter that he authored with the nine other Black U.S. bishops in September 1984, Bishop J. Terry Steib occasionally finds himself perusing his copy of the letter, which has become yellow with age. As the National Black Catholic Congress XIII at National Harbor, Maryland, on July 21, […]
When a handful of individuals convened near the Borella Cemetery in Colombo on July 23, to mark the 40th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s anti-Tamil pogrom in 1983, a few angry young men disrupted the proceedings despite heavy police presence. Members of an extremist Sinhala nationalist outfit — known for its visceral hate for the island’s […]
Ottawa, ON — The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on Black July and the anniversary of the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War: “In July of 1983, after decades of unjust discrimination, the Sri Lankan government’s longstanding persecution of Tamils intensified into […]
BAMBER BRIDGE, England (AP) — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is proud of the blow it struck against racism in the U.S. military during World War II. When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed there, residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the U.S. Army. Ignoring pressure from British and American […]
BAMBER BRIDGE, England — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is proud of the blow it struck against racism in the U.S. military during World War II. When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed there, residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the U.S. Army. Ignoring pressure from British and American authorities, […]
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Air Force Materiel Command today recognized a year of fully providing Servicing Major Command support to Airmen supporting the U.S. Space Force. On June 1, 2022, AFMC reached Full Operational Capability status for its supporting role for the USSF. As the Servicing MAJCOM, AFMC is accomplishing the roles […]
Strap on your harnesses, folx, because we’re about to take a deep dive into the Mr Leather International contest and conference 2023. This year marked the 45th anniversary of the event, and as you might have guessed, it was one not to be missed!