This Week in Women’s History 3.30.17
March 29, 2017
Although Women’s History Month is coming to an end, Black women’s contributions will continued to be celebrated throughout the year.
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- 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
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama Leaves Legacy of Strength, Advocacy, Accomplishment
January 19, 2017
She could simply be remembered as the United States’ first African American first lady and that would be sufficient. Except, Michelle Obama was so much more.
Saluting the Greatness of Michelle Obama
January 19, 2017
One of Oprah Winfrey’s favorite sayings is “success is when preparation meets opportunity.” Over the last eight years, we’ve seen the living, breathing embodiment of that motto in our fabulous First Lady, Michelle Obama. Like a NBA baller who shines on the court, Michelle didn’t become the dynamic force we see today without a lot of training and hard work. Michelle prepared for the role of First Lady by first learning street smarts while growing up on the Southside of Chicago. She continued with an education at America’s best Ivy League Schools where she earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton, and a law degree from Harvard.
Obama and family visit many houses of worship
January 19, 2017
A pictorial review of some of the churches the Obama family visited during the past eight years. Then-Senator Barack Obama, Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, and Rev. Clete Kiley hold hands and sing at the end of a church service in Selma, Ala., on the 2007 commemoration of “Bloody Sunday.” In 1965, state troopers violently attacked a peaceful civil rights march — on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. (Roberto Schmidt/ AFP/Getty Images) First Lady Michelle Obama delivers the keynote address at the 49th Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the AME Church in June 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. She told the crowd to
Barack, Michelle, and the Sports World
January 18, 2017
Barack and Michelle Obama recognized and honored athletes throughout the United States.
Michelle Obama loved fashion and the fashion world loved her
January 18, 2017
Mrs. Obama set the stage for her broad-based fashion choices with her first inauguration
First Daughters Forever—We Remember Our FDFs
January 18, 2017
Malia and Sasha Obama have set the tone for what the nation expects from children who grow up in the White House
Michelle Obama: A first lady who charted her own course
January 18, 2017
Mrs. Obama has been a powerful, if somewhat enigmatic, force in her husband’s White House.
Top People of the Year
December 29, 2016
People who made an impact in 2016
Children Say Goodbye to their First Lady
November 28, 2016
The children and their programs were there to receive awards from the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program
Racist post about Michelle Obama causes backlash
November 16, 2016
The director of a West Virginia development group and a mayor are under scrutiny after a racist post about first lady Michelle Obama caused a backlash and prompted calls on social media for both women to be fired.
Editorial Cartoons by David G. Brown
October 20, 2016
David G. Brown is an award winning artist, educator and publisher
President Obama Talks about the Future of HBCUs, My Brother’s Keeper at North Carolina A&T
October 19, 2016
President Barack Obama said that historically Black colleges that are producing engineers, doctors and dentists serve as the foundation stone for building Black middle class wealth and success
Black Donors Made New African American Museum Reality
September 28, 2016
The opening of the National Museum of African American Culture and History was full of glitz and glamour as celebrities, elected officials, civil rights icons and three American presidents came together to celebrate the historic moment.
First Family Arrives at Martha’s Vineyard for two- week break
August 10, 2016
President Barack Obama’s seventh and final summer vacation at Martha’s Vineyard has begun with hopes of getting in some relaxing time with the first family before the busy fall leading up to November’s presidential election.
Obama will fill the next two weeks with leisurely rounds of golf, beach outings, bike rides and hikes with his wife and daughters, and dinner with Mrs. Obama and their friends at some of the island’s top restaurants.
Congress is also on an extended summer break from Washington, something the White House has chided it for as the nation deals with the Zika virus making its way to Florida.