Honoring
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Simone Fritz puts the seven candles representing the seven principles of Kwanzaa in the kinara at the Kwanzaa family celebration at the Utah Museum of Fine Art in Salt Lake City on December 27, 2006. Photo/ Laura Seitz/ Deseret Morning News SALT LAKE CITY — First established in 1966, the annual celebration of Kwanzaa begins […]
CNN — Celebrities and musicians are coming together tonight to honor everyday people making the world a better place. CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s
The U.S. Senate first adopted a resolution honoring America’s nuclear weapons industry workers in October 2009 – and this recognition was long overdue. Each year since, the Senate has renewed this resolution designating Oct. 30 as a day of remembrance for nuclear weapons workers, including uranium miners, millers and ore transporters. On this Oct. 30th […]
To Ruth E. Carter, the color white in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” was “very specific and meaningful” for the costume design. White not only connects “us to tradition in Africa,” Carter explained, it also pays tribute to “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman.
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (WNDU) – Benton Harbor City leaders are moving one step closer to renaming Broadway Park to honor one of the earliest known Black leaders in the town. The group, Neighbors Organizing Against Racism, already honored June Woods by dedicating a float to him during 2022′s Juneteenth parade. Wood’s story not only gives […]
A statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune is unveiled at the U.S. capitol NPR Source link
Juneteenth has been commemorated in many African-American communities for more than a century, but most Americans have only recently begun learning about the history and significance of the historic day. Juneteenth recognizes the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union Army troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the freedom of enslaved people there. While […]
Last Thursday, American Airlines hosted its inaugural Legacy of Firsts event dedicated to honoring Black aviators and the founding fathers of the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP). In 1964, Capt. Dave Harris joined American, becoming the first Black pilot for a major passenger airline. With Capt. Sam Samuels, the pair of pilots famously helped […]
A campaign has been launched to recognize American queer artist Edward Gorey, whose “sinister whimsy” drawings inspired everyone from the novelist Lemony Snicket to film director Tim Burton, with a US postage stamp on his 100th birthday in 2025. “Eccentric” isn’t strong enough to describe the writer, illustrator, puppeteer and theatre designer known to some […]
by John Micek, Georgia Recorder [This article was first published in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 13, 2022 If there’s one thing that more than two decades of covering state government have taught me, it’s that