(BPRW) NAACP to Honor Activist and Leader Dr. Hazel N. Dukes with the Spingarn Medal at 114th National Convention (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON – Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, renowned activist and leader, will be awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal in recognition of her years of transformative advocacy and brave leadership. The medal will be presented at the […]
Lacks was reportedly diagnosed with cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951, WBAL-TV reported. Today, the tissue known as HeLa cells, which were harvested without Lacks’ consent, has been used by researchers to create vaccines for polio, COVID-19 and various cancer treatments. “HeLa cells revolutionized medical research and numerous medical breakthroughs,” Horsford said in […]
Demus, who last competed in 2016, told NBC in an email exchange after being notified of AIU’s announcement said, “I’m not afraid to say that I then deserve the official title, medal, recognition, and missed compensation that goes along with it all.” Source link Related Posts Tiger Woods – The Complete Career Documentary Tiger Woods […]
(BPRW) Civil Rights Champion Fred Gray Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom (Black PR Wire) President Joe Biden yesterday awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to Fred Gray, the courageous and tireless Montgomery lawyer who represented Rosa Parks and the dozens of Montgomery residents who were arrested for participating in the Montgomery bus boycott, including Dr. Martin Luther […]
As she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom honor at the White House on Thursday, Megan Rapinoe paid tribute to WNBA star Brittney Griner, who remains detained in Russia while facing drug charges. Rapinoe showed up to the event wearing a suit jacket which featured Griner’s initials alongside a flower. According to Popsugar, the soccer superstar […]
Born in 1918, Katherine Johnson was one of the first Black students to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools before becoming a NASA mathematician, where she helped send astronauts into orbit around Earth and to the moon and back. She is an awardee of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the 2020 recipient of the Hubbard […]
Did you know that John Hope Franklin was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Franklin pledged the Alpha Chi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. John Hope Franklin was a historian and former president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association. He was […]
Did you know that research entomologist Ernest Harris was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Harris pledged the Gamma Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Ernest was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on a cotton farm without electricity. He attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he studied chemistry and zoology. […]
The Academy Award winner was a trailblazer, ambassador and activist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. He died Thursday at 94. WATCH FULL EPISODES OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT: https://abc.com/shows/world-news-tonight WATCH WORLD NEWS TONIGHT ON HULU: https://bit.ly/3iQLwPp #WorldNewsTonight #SidneyPoitier #Actor #Legacy source Related Posts NCAA Double-A Zone Videos: Minority Coaches Aren't Hired Floyd […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing. Till was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said […]