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(BPRW) Campaign memorializing sickle cell pioneer Dr. Rudolph Jackson raises more than million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Press releases

(BPRW) Campaign memorializing sickle cell pioneer Dr. Rudolph Jackson raises more than $2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Press releases

(BPRW) Campaign memorializing sickle cell pioneer Dr. Rudolph Jackson raises more than $2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Black PR Wire) MEMPHIS, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dr. Rudolph Jackson, MD, a pioneering researcher of sickle cell disease in the early years of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, was honored at St. Jude as supporters and Dr. Jackson’s […]

(BPRW) “Reimagining Our Radical Roots” Convening Marks the 150th Birthday of Civil Rights Pioneer and Journalist William Monroe Trotter at Harvard University’s Kennedy School | Press releases

(BPRW) “Reimagining Our Radical Roots” Convening Marks the 150th Birthday of Civil Rights Pioneer and Journalist William Monroe Trotter at Harvard University’s Kennedy School | Press releases

(BPRW) “Reimagining Our Radical Roots” Convening Marks the 150th Birthday of Civil Rights Pioneer and Journalist William Monroe Trotter at Harvard University’s Kennedy School (Black PR Wire) Cambridge, MA – This spring the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice at the Harvard Kennedy School will host a major two-day event celebrating the 150th birth anniversary […]

Education Pioneer Lucy Harth Smith Was A Member Of Zeta Phi Beta

Education Pioneer Lucy Harth Smith Was A Member Of Zeta Phi Beta

Did you know that education leader Lucy Harth Smith was a member of Zeta Phi Beta? Smith was a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.? Lucy Harth Smith was an educator, writer, and activist who worked to challenge inequality in the Kentucky public school system. She was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and graduated […]

Black Journalism Pioneer Louis Lautier Was A Member Of Kappa Alpha Psi

Black Journalism Pioneer Louis Lautier Was A Member Of Kappa Alpha Psi

Were you aware that the first African American journalism admitted to the White House Correspondents’ Association was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi? Louis Lautier pledged the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Louis Lautier was born in New Iberia, Louisiana in 1897 and raised in New Orleans, Louisana. He attended […]

New Orleans Bounce Pioneer DJ Jubilee Is A Member Of Kappa Alpha Psi!

New Orleans Bounce Pioneer DJ Jubilee Is A Member Of Kappa Alpha Psi!

Did you know that one of the early adopters of New Orleans bounce music Dj Jubilee is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi? This is the truth! DJ Jubilee crossed through the Gamma Psi chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. DJ Jubilee is an African-American DJ and rapper from the 10th ward of New […]

Civil Rights Pioneer Martha White Who Inspired 1953 Baton Rouge Boycott Dies at 99

Civil Rights Pioneer Martha White Who Inspired 1953 Baton Rouge Boycott Dies at 99

“Martha White undoubtedly shaped our community in Baton Rouge, and communities across our nation,” Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome said in a statement Monday, June 7, according to the Associated Press. “We honor her legacy today and every day.” Ted Jemison, the son of the Rev. T.J. Jemison, remembered White asking him — referring White’s refusal […]