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(BPRW) Yamilee Toussaint Honored As CNN Hero | Press releases

(BPRW) Yamilee Toussaint Honored As CNN Hero | Press releases

(BPRW) Yamilee Toussaint Honored As CNN Hero Annual Awards Celebrate Everyday People Who Dedicate Their Time To Improving Others’ Lives and Making The World A Better Place (Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY – Yamilee Toussaint, the founder of STEM From Dance and MIT engineer, is selected as a CNN Hero. Her groundbreaking national nonprofit is […]

Oliver Toussaint Jackson established Dearfield settlement in 1910

Oliver Toussaint Jackson established Dearfield settlement in 1910

Oliver Toussaint Jackson established Dearfield, a black agricultural colony on the arid high plains in Colorado on May 5, 1910. Jackson got the support of the Colorado chapter of the National Negro Business League, but the group withdrew their support after Booker T. Washington, the national president, refused to endorse the settlement.  After being unable to acquire […]