In March 2017 article, the author how he came to the realization that African-American men need.. ..…

the risk of having suicidal thoughts among African American men becomes concerning, the researchers say.. ... Data were drawn from African American male subsample of National Survey of American Life, totaling 1,271 people. ..…

Countless African American, addition to Harriet, risked their lives to obtain freedom. ..…

Smith teaches Mount Pleasant's African American Studies class, the first of its kind in Brandywine School District. . ... Last year, Brandywine School Board approved the addition of African American Studies... ..…

There was no other African American woman ahead of her in the agency to serve as a role model and there was no one coming up right behind her either. ... There were also no other African American women above the rank of trooper. . ..…

Fifty-one percent of African Americans and 57% of Hispanics have type O blood, comparison to 45% of whites. ... When African American donors give blood it makes difference... doctors and advocates now recommend that people request blood test to see if they carry the trait. ..…

The unemployment rate for African American men fell to 5.4 percent September, the lowest level since December of 1973. ... Notice to African American citizens do not celebrate too soon, Democrats are in the process of putting you back in 'your place. ..…

Founded to promote in Mardi Gras season and to become the Northwest Louisiana African American Mardi Gras Krewe,  noted Melva Williams.. ..…

African American unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent. The unemployment rate for African American women aged 20 and over was 4.6 percent, up two-tenths of percentage point from August and still near multi-decade lows.. In December of 1973, the unemployment..…

These concerted attacks on public education in urban districts are by no means confined to Atlanta, a city which became known during the 20th century as a “mecca” for African American education and social achievement. ..…

What I love about Black Press today is that it's place that reminds people of the power of African American community Black Press is important... ... Earlier this year, Bunch was appointed Secretary of Smithsonian Institution, African American to hold that position in..…

King, became as well the embodiment of African American with Gandhi.. ... Kelly Miller, African American, sociologist and staunch critic of White racism, gave it. ..…

Some also point, Post reports, to Darity's support of  American Descendants of Slaves, or ADOS, recent faction of black American reparations supporters, criticized for what many see as their stance toward black immigrants from Caribbean and Africa.. ..…

So, can we really tell African-American heirs that they must spend their money wisely? ... A professor’s case for African-American reparations . by Maya Moore, The CT Mirror . ..…

In the winter of 2004, I was asked by some of my Black students to attend discussion about life as African-American on majority-white campus. ... We also certainly see these narratives around our first African-American president, which would make Obama the embodiment..…

Over 100 people gathered outside police headquarters in east of Detroit to demonstrate against the failure of local authorities to hold several police officers in the shooting death of 29 year old African American Theoddeus Gray.. ..…

Slavery was written into her family history and Toni Morrison, made it one of her enduring themes 11 novels that marked her out as leading figurehead of black writing and African- American to win Nobel Prize for Literature.. ..…

The opinion piece, was co-signed by 149 African Americans who served in Obama administration. ..…

Lebanon Cemetery: Volunteers find covered graves, clean up African American cemetery . ... Between 10th and 11th Avenues is Lebanon Cemetery, dating to 1872 – York County’s largest African American Cemetery . ..…

Virginia Humanities will establish and staff African American and team to expand interpretation of historic places affiliated with African American Virginia. — The Forum - Chicago, Illinois. Historic Evergreen Cemetery is memorial park and 60-acre monument to..…

Uchtdorf of Quorum of Twelve Apostles reflected on recent visit to African American Washington, D.C. ..…

Georgia, Heartbeat Bill, is in the center of this surreality.. ..…

The document issued by Forman was adopted by NBEDC which demanded between $500 million to $3 in reparations from white Christian churches and Jewish Synagogues order to establish host of institutional projects aimed at the liberation of African American people.. ..…

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection One Of The Most Comprehensive Collections Of African-american Art And History Outside The Smithsonian Coming This Fall To The African American Museum, Dallas... ..…

Francis Xavier Baltimore, was African American to be ordained on American soil when Baltimore Cardinal James Gibbons ordained him to the priesthood at Basilica of National Shrine of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in 1891.. ..…

for African Americans, it's public-health crisis, she said. Doctors believe the higher risk is at least partly due to African American people tending to have more blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and other chronic conditions. ..…

As the Church’s first African American General Authority, he is seen by some as a symbol of the growing and diverse membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ..…

Disrupt Narrative Centering African American Perspectives on Religious Freedom.. ... Religious Freedom African American Perspectives project. During this program, participants will hear from scholars, practitioners and community leaders. ..…

Thompson defined African American as U.S of African descent whose ancestors lived America before and during the era of Transatlantic Slave Trade... ... Hip Hop Activist and Sean XLG Mitchell, said there's significant difference between the labels of ' Black, ' African..…

Eileen Jones Multicultural Center is named after Jones, who was African American student to attend and graduate from Caldwell University.. The dedication wall in Eileen Jones Multicultural Center at Caldwell University named for Jones, African American student to attend..…

Among the more 34 were black women, the number of African American female graduates in the academy's history.. ..…

Milwaukee woman served in the only all-female battalion deployed overseas and African American in Army.. ... Marcia Anderson, African American woman to become major in Army, knew about the 6888th as she made in the military. ... ..…

Tracing Jane James's story reveals some of the less-frequently trodden paths sometimes open to nineteenth-century African American and men and reveals how African American Mormons constructed rich, satisfying religious lives despite LDS Church's discriminatory policies...…

Both chambers of Congress passed resolutions that officially apologized for African American enslavement and centuries of black oppression, beginning with the House in 2008. . ..…

They demanded that Berkeley open up new lands for settlement, end Native American raids, and regulate the abuse of servants.  ... African servitude in English colonies began in 1619 when Dutch slavers sold Africans into bondage at Jamestown. ..…

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis named African- American to Catholic Church's most U.S position on Thursday, seeking to end period of in job. ..…

Chicago's elected mayor has made history by being African-American woman openly gay person to win the seat. ... Lori Lightfoot is African-American woman openly gay person to hold the seat of mayor. ..…

The department needs reform to address corruption, police murders of African American residents, and brutality, including the creation of Civilian Police Accountability Council .. ..…

Comedian, Desi Banks, will join Ohio State community as he hosts the 41st African American Heritage Festival's Variety Show this Wednesday at Ohio Union.. ... This meant going beyond saying uplift, had the intent of uplifting Ohio State's African-American community..…

Tyrone Jackson will become the college's first African-American president and its ninth overall. ... As African-American, to come back to the Mississippi Delta and to be African-American to lead this institution, it's honor to have this opportunity.....…

David Crowley misfires with claim on African-American men imprisoned for marijuana. ... David Crowley, D-Milwaukee, cited incarceration rates for African-American males.. ..…

Chuck Harmon, Reds first African-American player, has died at the age of 94.. ... Chuck Harmon, African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds, has died at age 94, sources confirmed to The Enquirer.. ..…

Donald McEachin in part to Black History month, and also to carry on the important legacy of preserving African American history.. ... Creating voluntary, database of historic burial grounds, with the consent of the owner, that relate to African-American experience.. ..…

But despite the presence of few black students on campus, at that time there were no African-American residents at Vanderbilt Hospital, and it would be two more years, 1966, before Vanderbilt School of Medicine would admit its first African-American, Levi Watkins Jr... ..…

The proportion of medical students who identified as  African-American or black rose from 5.6 percent in 1980 to 7.7 percent in 2016, according to Association of American Medical Colleges. The disparity matters, physicians, students and others say, because doctors of color can..…

The upsurge led by women, particularly African-American, labor, LGBTQ and community activists, and the growth of left and progressive politics, impacted the outcome.. ... These deals typify the power of Chicago and the focus on luxury high-rise development to the detriment of the working..…

Convicts from Bibb County, Ga., jail shovelling earth on March 19, 1937, more than 70 years after the convict lease system was put in place. ..…

African American Soldiers in Occupied Japan The letter, part of Maynard Miller Photograph Album at John Hope Franklin Research Center, helps document the complexity of African American military experience. ... The half of the scrapbook contains images of members of WAC,..…

How faculty helped create Columbia's first African American and African Diaspora studies department. Historians in News tags education, African American history, Columbia, African Diaspora... ..…

For much of its horrific history, the faces of the deadly opioid epidemic that ravaged Rust Belt and killed more than 350,000 Americans since 1999 were white.. ..…

Treatments to help people who are HIV-positive manage their illness and survive into older age have improved, yet the health needs of African-American women living and aging with HIV estimated at about 140,000 are often ignored.. ..…

African American History Month meets the Wine Industry... Many people enjoy their vino without knowing where or whom has contributed to their treasured tasting.  Well I think it's appropriate to point out some stellar wines to try during African American History Month..…

Possible African-American Cemetery Mapped Delaware... FRANKFORD, DELAWARE — local citizens alerted county officials to the presence of possible African-American cemetery on 37 acres of private land slated for in southern Delaware. ... Hall,..…

African American History Month Reading List for 2019. Posted by on February 2019, 10 00 am.. ... Happy African American History Month from UNC Press... Tagged african american history month, black history month.. ..…

Black History Month 8 African-American Christian leaders. By, Christian Post Reporter Friday, February 01, 2019.. ... Here's list of eight African-American Christian leaders. They include civil rights leader, preacher, and president of Southern Baptist Convention.. ..…

Many Americans heard the cheers of pro-abortion New York Democrats Reproductive Health Act. ..…

Alveda King told me, The leading cause of death in African- American community is not gang-violence, violence, heart attack, stroke, HIV, blood pressure, diabetes. ..…

Citizens Bank presented the museum with contribution on behalf of Citizens Charitable Foundation to support Martin Luther King Weekend Celebration at African American Museum Philadelphia.. ... We wanted to chronicle that and talk about how this partnership energized..…

That said, African-American turnout from 2012 to 2016 was suppression and Clinton strategic misstep explains most of this decline.. Trump's base of voters shows no signs of going away, so whomever Democrats nominate will need to campaign to ensure African-American voter..…

Cornel West will return to Harvard University to teach African and African-American Studies, the  Harvard Crimson.. West, will return to teach African and African American Studies 10. ..…

Rutgers historian connects celebrities with African-American ancestors on TV series . ... She found, for example, that Bowen – star of ABC’s Modern Family – is descended from an abolitionist who helped fugitive slaves escape to freedom in Canada; Cox, of Netflix’s Orange is the..…

In 2016, as in previous years, more African American babies were aborted than were born alive in New York City. ... Among African American women in their twenties, the abortion rate was a staggering 85.2 abortions per 1,000 women. ..…

Rosanell Eaton, African-American voting rights activist who helped challenge voting restrictions supported by North Carolina Republicans, has died. ..…

For the study, African-American and Caucasian mothers watched video of either African-American or Caucasian boy displaying behaviors associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder hyperactivity and impulsivity. ... While several studies have found that adults..…

University Senate achieved its in at least three decades for vote on Sept 28 to establish Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies. ..…

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Nov 6, 2018, marks significant and historic win for African-American Harris County during the midterm election.. ... Making history 17 African-American women elected to judgeships Harris County.. ..…

US President Donald Trump has called Democrat running for Florida a thief, spurring accusations of racism against African-American candidate.. ..…

Hanover Borough has in its first African-American -- woman who is the director of diversity at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and. ..…

That includes presumption of innocence that speaking, white juries do not accord African-American defendants.. ... *Police officers were found to have engaged in misconduct at rate 22% higher when dealing with African-American defendants than in the case of other..…

Their candidacies build on nationwide successes in 2017, such African American Democrat who January was in as Virginia — few steps from where Gen. ..…

In the 2016 presidential elections, while African- American and Latino voters in states across the country flocked to the polls to cast ballots, number found their names scrubbed from the rolls and their registrations in question. it's very possible you may be among the million potential..…

African-American to U.S. how common are African-American mass shooters in U.S... ... African-American shooters tend to at least represent their statistical portion of U.S population and include past killers like like Omar S. ..…

In both cities, protesters were motivated by controversial police killings of black youths that have caused outrage in the African-American communities. . ... Homemade signs held by two African-American boys asked the question, “Am I next?” ..…

For time, Robeson was the most African American in U.S., possibly, the world. ..…

., Thomas Mundy Peterson became African American to vote, one month after the passage of the Amendment. ... delegate to Republican Convention, Peterson was also African American to hold elected Middlesex County and Perth Amboy's first colored person to serve on jury.. ..…

African- American Studies offers students chance to examine American society from the unique lens of the socioeconomic and cultural experiences of the African in United States, Caribbean and South America, said Patrick Mason, the director and professor of economics.. ..…

Paul’s First African American Mayor Looks Back At His First Four Years . ... Paul’s first African American mayor. . St. Paul uses ranked choice voting and with 10 candidates on the ballot and no incumbent running, election officials expected no candidate would get the..…

Jones was African-American doctoral graduate at Florida State University College of Medicine — and one of only in the whole country. ..…

For centuries, the church has been the hub of African-American — place for fellowship, guidance and restoration. .. ..…

According to Emery, there is one key component to getting more African American women to become doctors we must start with our children. ... It furthered conversation we have been having about future, and she indeed saw world filled with African American women and..…

For his heroism, he became African-American to earn Medal of Honor. 6Aaron Anderson.. ..…