Tuesday, January 4, 2011

South Mountain Community College annual production of Black Women Walking

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SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS BLACK WOMEN WALKING ~ Popular Production Returns to Highlight Black History Month ~ Shows Set For ...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Civil Rights Icon Joins Speaker Series

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Carlotta Walls LaNier who, along with eight other students, integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 at the age of 14...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

IPFW Brings the Community Together for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Great music and an inspiring keynote speaker will mark Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne’s (IPFW) annual Mart...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

Eating Less Healthy Fish May Contribute to America’s Stroke Belt

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – People living in the “stroke belt” states eat more fried fish than people living in the rest of the country, which may con...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

DU hosts events in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday

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Dominican University will host a lecture, “Rivers, Waves and Dreams: Metaphors of the African American Sociohistorical Experience,” on Thurs...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Tying activity to spirituality may help some people be more active.PODCAST

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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. HHS HealthBeat Download MP3 for PODCAST Tying ...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Statement by the President and First Lady on Kwanzaa

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Michelle and I extend our warmest thoughts and wishes to all those who are celebrating Kwanzaa this holiday season. Today is the first of a...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Smithsonian Acquires Rare “Black Wall Street” Film Depicting African American Life in Tulsa

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently acquired a collection of home movies filmed by the Rev. Harold M. Anderson of...
Friday, December 24, 2010

2011 Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series Explores 'Beauty and the Black Body'

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NEWARK, NJ – The evolution in the concepts of black beauty – and how they have changed over time – will be explored at the 2011 Marion Thomp...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

College of Human Medicine sponsors MLK program on health equity

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Khan Nedd, an internal medicine physician in Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, will discuss t...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine

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New NLM Exhibition Focuses on the Contributions of African-American Surgeons and Nurses during the Civil War Many histories have been writte...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

MCTC Partners with Local Organizations for 3rd Annual MLK Day of Service and Announces Student African American Brotherhood Program

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Minneapolis—Dec. 17, 2010 Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) announces the 3rd annual MLK Day of Service breakfast and volun...
Friday, December 17, 2010

RTC Recruit Inspired by Golden Thirteen Relative

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NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- When Seaman Recruit Steven Smith, 22, of Detroit, graduates from Recruit Training Command (RTC) her...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Rutgers–Newark Law School Clinical Program’s Edna Baugh Receives Leadership Award From Legal Services of New Jersey

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NEWARK, NJ – Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) has presented Edna Y. Baugh, Assistant Director for Clinical Administration at Rutgers Scho...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Nikki R. Jackson Named To Maricopa Community Colleges' Top HR Position

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Tempe, AZ – Acting on the recommendation of Chancellor Rufus Glasper, the Maricopa Community Colleges' Governing Board approved the hiri...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities Among Parkinson's Patients VIDEO

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In this five-minute video, Dr. Lisa Shulman, professor of neurology and co-director of the Maryland Parkinson's Disease and Movement Dis...
Monday, December 13, 2010

UNIV. OF MARYLAND RESEARCHERS FIND RACIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND SIMILAR CONDITIONS

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Study Published in Archives of Neurology. Baltimore, MD – Dec. 13, 2010. African American patients and those with lower socioeconomic status...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Madam C. J. Walker's Legacy: A Women in Business Lecture Series

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2011 Women in Business Lecture Series Program: January Named in honor of Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in US hi...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

HUD TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS THAT 22 BANKS AND MORTGAGE LENDERS DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO LOAN SEEKERS

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is launching multiple investigations into the prac...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Anniversary of Ralph J. Bunche receiving Nobel Peace Prize

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U.S. diplomat Ralph Bunche, a key member of the United Nations (UN) for more than two decades, and winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for ...