Two former Charlotte Teachers Help School District Prioritize Diversity
December 27, 2021
Tyler Adams knew before he stepped into a Charlotte classroom nearly three years ago that he was in the minority.
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
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- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- Chargers Thwart Divisional Foe on Thursday Night
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
Black men
December 25: Rev Jesse Jackson Orchestrated Operation PUSH, 1971
December 25, 2021
December 25: Rev Jesse Jackson Orchestrates Operation PUSH, 1971
December 24: First Black Infirmary was Charted , 1832
December 24, 2021
December 24: First Black Infirmary was Charted as “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,” it was the first hospital built in America for African Americans.
Annual Founder’s Kwanzaa Message
December 23, 2021
Heri za Kwanzaa. Happy Kwanzaa to African people everywhere throughout the world African community. We bring and send you Kwanzaa greetings of celebration, solidarity and continued struggle for a shared good in the world. And in the words and way of our ancestors, we wish for you all things good, pure and beautiful, all the good that heaven grants, the earth produces and the waters bring forth from their depths. Hotep. Ashe. Heri.
December 23: Madam C.J. Walker was Born,
December 23, 2021
December 23: Madam C.J. Walker was Born,
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December 23, 2021
December 22: The Father of Affirmative Action was born,
December 22, 2021
December 22: Author Allen Fletcher also known as The Father of Affirmative Action was born,
December 21: National Negro League Baseball Star, Josh Gibson is Born
December 21, 2021
December 21: National Negro League Baseball Star, Josh Gibson is Born
President of USC Medical Group Jehni Robinson Strives for Excellence
December 20, 2021
Keck Medicine of USC tapped Jehni Robison, MD, to become president of USC Medical Group (USC care). The Los Angeles Sentinel had an exclusive interview with the newly appointed president to discuss her role and her responsibilities. As an empowered Black woman, Robinson provided words of wisdom for the next generation to adhere to.
Dr. Charles Johnson, Duke Medical School Pioneer, Dies at 94
December 20, 2021
Dr. Charles Johnson, the first Black faculty member in the Duke University School of Medicine and first Black physician on the university faculty, has died. He was 94.
Doc on Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer to Air in February
December 20, 2021
A documentary about Mississippi Delta sharecropper and civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer will open the 10th season of the Emmy award-winning PBS series, America ReFramed.
Culpeper Elects First Black Mayor in 262-year History
December 20, 2021
Frank Reaves Jr. will become the first African-American mayor of Culpeper in the town’s 262-year-history when he is sworn into office at the start of 2022.
December 20: 385 Day Bus-Boycott Came to an End, 1956
December 20, 2021
December 20: 385-day bus-boycott Came to an End, 1956
December 19: First city ordinance required integrated residential areas in Baltimore City Council, 1910
December 19, 2021
December 19: First city ordinance required integrated residential areas in Baltimore City Council, 1910
WATCH: The Christmas Song | Gladys Knight & Smokey Robinson
December 18, 2021