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Roger Wilson, the navigation chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project office, was awarded the Modern-Day Technology Leader Award at the 2024 Black Engineer of the Year Award ceremony in Baltimore, Maryland. The Modern-Day Technology Leader Award is a prestigious part of the BEYA STEM Outstanding Achievement Award Category, […]

The RCPA Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee invites you to join us in a multi-media celebration of Black History Month! Each week during the month of February, the DEI Committee will distribute recommendations for interactive ways to learn about and commemorate Black History as well as celebrate and enjoy the contributions of Black Americans. Week […]

Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk gave remarks that reiterated the theme and focused on the future, the work needed to address the injustices of our past, and commitment to fostering an equitable future. “The Biden Administration is using a variety of public tools to ensure that – for the first time – it’s actually […]

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington During February, EDA joins other U.S. Department of Commerce bureaus in celebrating Black History Month. EDA’s commitment to equity […]

Sterling K. Brown, left, Ryan Michelle Bathe and Gil Robertson attend the 15th Annual AAFCA Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics Association. No matter which renowned […]

“It was an idea. It was a dream. It was this little dinky thing, but it was always beautiful,” said DuVernay, whose public relations company represented AAFCA the first few years before she became a filmmaker. “It was rough around the edges. It was respect. The community came, the press wouldn’t cover it. Actors, creatives, […]

LOS ANGELES — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics Association. No matter which renowned Black actor showed up — from Viola Davis to Forest Whitaker — the organization known as AAFCA still had a hard time garnering […]

FILE – Sterling K. Brown, from left, Ryan Michelle Bathe and Gil Robertson attend the 15th Annual AAFCA Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events […]

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 […]

An American track and field legend has recently come forward and raised a toast to herself. The Olympic champ gave herself and her followers online a boost amid Black History Month. Interestingly, the 3x Olympic medalist is also the former fastest woman alive. America’s Favorite Video Today Carmelita Jeter, 44, held the . . .


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