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Retired United States Army four-star general Johnnie E. Wilson is one of the founding fathers of BEYA Stars and Stripes, which is an integral part of the annual BEYA STEM Conference. He last served as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command from 1996 to 1999. During the Historically Black College and University […]
The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) is an annual event that celebrates the contributions of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The success of the event is due to the thousands of volunteers who contribute to it every year. Among these volunteers are nominees for various STEM awards, including the General […]
Prior to Sunday’s games, Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported that the Jets rebuffed advances from Carson Wentz and Matt Ryan in the wake of Aaron Rodgers’ season-ending Achilles injury and it doesn’t appear that Sunday’s loss to the Patriots will lead the team to rethink that decision. Zach Wilson was 18-of-36 for 157 yards […]
This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O’Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday afternoon. On the list of only-in-Pittsburgh theater events, seeing an August Wilson play in the backyard of Wilson’s childhood home sits pretty high. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. has staged […]
Patti Labelle once asked: “where my background singers?” Well, reader, I’m pleased to inform you that NPR’s Black Music Month Tiny Desk Concert Series holds the answer. Keep Lizzo’s Name Outcha Mouth! You see . . .
The successful retaking of Crimea in 2014 became a watershed moment for a rising Russian nationalism with an imperial consciousness. The lackluster Western response fed into Putin’s belief that he could seize territory from Ukraine and get away with it, eventually leading to the full-scale invasion of February 2022 following eight years of hybrid warfare in the Donbas. While Putin’s successful incursions into Ukraine from 2014 to […]
Dietician Jessica Wilson on Black women building a community ‘for us by us’ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with dietician and author Jessica Wilson about her new book, “It’s Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies.”February 27, 2023 Source link
Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has announced a plan to increase the minimum K-12 teacher salary to $60,000. As the Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, Wilson believes the increase will provide adjustments for inflation and support ongoing state efforts to provide competitive wages for teachers and address the national teacher shortage. “Teachers […]
The University of Montevallo will feature Vonetta Flowers, the first Black woman in history to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, as the guest lecturer at its second Dr. Wilson Fallin Jr. Lecture Series. The lecture will be held on Oct. 13 at 4:30 p.m. on the Rebecca J. Luker Stage in the DiscoverShelby Theatre in UM’s Center […]
SYDNEY (AP) — A’ja Wilson admitted she was tired. The WNBA MVP had just gotten to Australia less than 24 hours ago, fresh off a championship and the U.S. was playing its toughest opponent of the World Cup. After a slow start, Wilson was clutch in the fourth quarter, finishing with 20 points to help […]