We Love You Queen Lady! Henry T. Sampson (, film historian and American inventor who invented the cell phone wrote a book called, Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Ruby Dee is featured in the heart of his book (pages 208 and 209). The rare book is a true “research-based”…
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USA: Former CNN Special Correspondent Soledad O’Brien is Making News Left and Right!
I miss her morning show and special projects but this Delta Sigma Theta Sister is Busy! It’s great when people recognize what you do and contribute towards the future of it… Soledad O’Brien, the former CNN Correspondent has been very busy starting her own production company called the Star Fish Media Group and setting up…
USA : Pew Research Institute Says Hispanic Births On Decline After Four Decades Based on Economy… et tal
Among Hispanic adults in 2012, 49.8% were born in another country, down from a peak of 55% in 2007. Among all Hispanics, the share foreign-born was 35.5% in 2012, down from about 40% earlier in the 2000s. The slowdown in growth of the Hispanic foreign-born population coincides with a decline in Mexican migration to…
NYC: National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) Honors Dr. Beny J. Primm for Lifetime Contribution to the Fields of Addiction and its Related Diseases
Dr. Beny J. Primm is an alumni of West Virginia State University for his undergraduate studies and the University of Geneva in Switzerland for his Doctorate in Medicine. He was recently honored by the National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) and presented with the Lifetime Contribution Award by Dr. H. Westley Clark, MD,…
Google Celebrates A Birthday On It’s Splash Page…Percy Lavon Julian April 11, 2014 – A Chemist that Can Help Us to Identify with a Real STEM Education!
Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) Mr. Julian was the grandson of a slave who lost two fingers as a punishment for “wanting to learn”. We are all “FREE to LEARN” and “FREE to be GOOD To OURSELVES” and “FREE to BE GOOD to OTHERS”! When we really do the…
Monroe College to Name New Rochelle Dormitory in Honor of Former City School District Superintendent and Acclaimed Educator James R. Gaddy
New Dormitory on Monroe College’s New Rochelle Campus to be Named Gaddy Hall According to PRWeb: Monroe College, a national leader in urban and international education, today announced that the new dormitory under construction on its New Rochelle campus will be named Gaddy Hall, in honor of Dr. James R. Gaddy, a former Superintendent of…
New York and Columbia University Professors Work with Project Called “Raising The Bar” that Brings Classes to NYC Bars
According to AM New York News the preeminent daily newspaper in the world’s greatest city… A group of New York students and young creatives have organized a one-night event on April 29 — sponsored by NYU and Columbia University among others — that will bring college professors into 50 city bars for free lectures….
NYC Chapter : Dads and Daughters Party June 15th with Real Dad’s Network
Join the fun of The Real Dads® Network 6th Annual Daddy Daughter Dance, Saturday, June 15, 2013 Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 6:00 – 10:00 PM. Bring your daughter(s) to a “whole family event” to celebrate the people that you love with others who want to meet and greet you at a…
Former General Manager of JFK International Airport Memorialized at the Presbyterian Church of New Rochelle
Photos: Courtesy Ebony Magazine June 1985 issue. New Rochelle, NY – November 9, 2012 Richard affectionately known locally and internationally as “Dick” Rowe was the General Manager of Kennedy International Airport from 1983 to 1994 at a time when JFK was considered the largest airport in the world. He was the head of administration for…
Wake County, NC : Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County Partners with The Helping Hand Mission to Make A Difference @ The New Bern House
Spring 2012 Issue – Pay it Forward Section (page 44) “The New Bern House provides a family with stability during times of uncertain transition,” says Nathan “Doc” Harley, Ph.D., assistant director of Helping Hand Mission. “We can house up to 65 residents, where most are small families, so the kitchen plays a vital role in…