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Writer Lexx Thornton Dr. South University and the temporary director of the school of education at A & M College. Emily Jackson-Osagie was named the academy of influence with an effective academy with an academy of influence, academy of influence through the Deans (DFI). Dr. Jackson-Osagie joined a cohura of the leaders who were elected for improving pedagogical training. Tutor training programs today face complex problems because they hire and develop all PK-12 students to engage in attractive and learning experience. More than ever, the area needs leaders who can strengthen the teacher workforce. DFI aims to fill in the…

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After a long hiatus of production, fans were excited when announced The actual housewives of Atlanta He advanced with his 16th season. In addition to the return of Porsha WilliamsThere were some other family faces and fresh blood to take advantage of. And there was so much drama among Williams’ ongoing divorce saga with his Nigerian businessman and a presumed scammer, Simon Guobadia, that viewers were dying to see her play on camera. In addition, Drew Sidora’s The divorce continued to reveal -with her strange husband Ralph Pittman living in the basement. Shamea Morton was run over from a long…

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Throughout life, history has been a major factor in defining personality, beliefs, and how life is perceived. This month, every person recognizes the importance of African Americans in history.The Avon Park Depot Museum does more than recognize. It remembers and commemorates the entire community that made a positive change.In early February, the Avon Park Depot Museum opened a permanent Black history exhibit to maintain the history of and remember those who made a difference. The exhibit features eight people who have contributed much to Black history: Fred Conner, the city’s first Black police officer, and his wife Wilma; James Hulen,…

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A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama’s racial saga: Many people insist that “the first black president” is actually not black.Debate over whether to call this son of a white Kansan and a black Kenyan biracial, African-American, mixed-race, half-and-half, multiracial — or, in Obama’s own words, a “mutt” — has reached a crescendo since Obama’s election shattered assumptions about race.Obama has said, “I identify as African-American — that’s how I’m treated and that’s how I’m viewed. I’m proud of it.” In other words, the world gave Obama no choice but to be black, and he was happy to…

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Lucious Sutton disconnected the water line, the gas line, and the sewer line for the home he’d built on Bauer Place on the northwestern edge of Evanston. He and his brothers removed the appliances and the furniture. They secured the windows. Then he watched as men he didn’t know—maybe they worked for the city, maybe for a property developer—jacked up the wooden house, set it onto a truck, and drove it a mile-and-a-half to the neighborhood the city had deemed more suitable for Black families. A sheriff stood by.It was May 1929, five months before the onset of the Great…

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(MIRROR INDY) — Decades ago, Indiana Avenue was the center of Black cultural and economic life in the city. Known as Indianapolis’ Black Wall Street, the bustling corridor was surrounded by a predominantly Black neighborhood and bolstered by the Madam Walker Theatre and jazz clubs. Today, though, the area surrounding the Avenue is largely a collection of sprawling lawns, concrete plazas and gargantuan buildings for what’s now IU Indianapolis and Purdue in Indianapolis. The only reminders of the once thriving Black neighborhood on the campuses are a few historical markers. As IU and Purdue move away from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and spend millions to…

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Hours after a 19-year-old Black man likely tripped and reached out in alarm for the hand of a nearby white woman in March 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s white-owned newspaper demanded his lynching with ruthless clarity: “Nab Negro for Attacking Girl in Elevator.”Over the next 18 hours and across 35 city blocks, smoke and ash billowed above a nightmare-scape of thousands of incinerated homes and hundreds of butchered Black bodies—all for an offense that historians now agree was widely exaggeratedly and misunderstood. By the time sun rose the following morning over Greenwood, rioters had reduced the seat of Black prosperity in America…

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Wednesday, Feb 22, 2023 • UTA College of Business : Contact The UTA College of Business celebrates Black History Month by recognizing the success and accomplishments of our Black Alumni. Jarrett Burley earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from UTA. Now, he is working as a Vice President of Capital One, specifically on Asset Based Lending Originations. Presented below are his contributions, accolades, professional goals, and achievements. Since graduating from UTA, what has been your greatest accomplishment? I am proud that I’ve found my niche in my career and have been able to be promoted several times,…

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Eight dollars.It’s one of the most mentioned statistics in Massachusetts politics.A 2015 study found the median net worth for white households in Greater Boston was a quarter million dollars. For Black families, it was just $8.Yet few people know the figure comes with important caveats — or the full story of how it became so well known.It all started with a young economist from South America, Ana Patricia Muñoz, who worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for 10 years before returning to her native Ecuador.When Muñoz caught wind of researchers in other cities looking at racial wealth gaps, she…

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