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BERKLEY, Michigan   –   “We all win when there is diversity because diversity makes us all better,” said U.S. Army Maj. Clarence Black, plans and operations officer for the 364th Theater Public Affairs Support Element. He is personally ensuring that his community has more diverse leaders while making history as the first African American elected […]

Netflix’s new film, “Shirley,” chronicles the audacious 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress. It stars Regina King, Lance Reddick, and Terrence Howard in the main roles and is released on 22 March, 2024. The life of Shirley Chisholm Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924 to immigrant parents, […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sen. Katie Britt walks to a luncheon with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol Building on February 27, in Washington, DC. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, the youngest Republican woman elected to the US Senate, criticized President Joe Biden and his administration over the border, the state of the US economy and crime and […]

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Saturday that former President Donald Trump will seek to withdraw the U.S. from NATO if he wins a second term in the White House. In remarks during a lunchtime panel at the Munich Security Conference, Clinton urged delegates to take Trump “literally and seriously” as he seeks re-election. […]

The single mother of a victim of the 2022 Tops Friendly Market shooting was elected to Buffalo common council this month in a major election day blowout. Democrat Zeneta Everhart won 90.8% of the vote in her home community of Masten, a predominantly Black, low-income district within Buffalo, New York. After her swearing in on […]

Gabriel Amo PHOTO: EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Gabe Amo, a former aide in the Biden and Obama administrations, made history on Nov. 7 by becoming the first Black person elected to represent Rhode Island in Congress. Amo, a 35-year-old son of West African immigrants, defeated his Republican opponent, Gerry Leonard, […]

Gabe Amo, a former White House staff member who worked in the Biden and Obama administrations, on Tuesday became the first Black person to represent Rhode Island in the U.S. Congress, according to The Associated Press. Mr. Amo, the son of Ghanaian and Liberian immigrants and a moderate Democrat, handily defeated his Republican opponent, Gerry […]

Wrongly convicted as a teenager over a 1989 rape, Salaam campaigned on easing poverty and tackling gentrification. Yusef Salaam, who gained international attention as one of the wrongfully accused United States teenagers in the Central Park Five case, has won a seat on the New York City Council. Salaam, a Democrat, was elected unopposed to a […]

The UC Santa Cruz Foundation has elected six new trustees who are established leaders across a range of industries, from fiber optics and scientific operations to media, arts, and community service. The new members, who began their service July 1, are: William “Bill” Casher (Oakes ’00, biochemistry and molecular biology), is the global director of […]


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