Increasing United States investment opportunities in Africa could help the economy create more jobs for Americans, according to U.S. officials. “Our economic and commercial partnership is a two way street,” Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, told African leaders at the U.S.-Africa Summit. “Goods and services exports from the U.S. to African markets support roughly […]
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Local Maryland Organization Hosts Week on Black Baseball
The week of events included the East/West Vintage Baseball Game. As part of an initiative to celebrate Blacks in baseball, an organization in Prince George’s County, Md. held its sixth annual week of celebration, July 31 to Aug. 1, dedicated to teaching youth the history of Blacks in baseball. “I would like our residents and […]
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Obama Holds Town Hall with Young African Fellows
resident Barack Obama speaks to participants of the Presidential Summit for the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, during a town hall meeting. The President announced that the program will be renamed in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela. The summit is the lead-up event to next […]
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Phi Beta Sigma Celebrates Centennial With Charged Step Show Competition
The Phi Beta Sigma Step Show Competition winners—The Alpha Eta Chapter at FAMU in Tallahassee, Fla. Thousands of Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta members, as well as their guests, attended the fraternity’s national Centennial Step Show Competition July 17 to watch seven teams representing each of Phi Beta Sigma’s regions battle for the […]
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Phi Beta Sigma Celebrates 100 Years of Service
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is hosting its centennial celebration from July 16 – 20 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. The theme of the event is “Centennial Celebration – One Century of Service.” As we celebrate our centennial, this celebration is significant because our founders, A. Langston Taylor, Charles I. Brown, and Leonard F. Morse […]
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Zetas Open 2014 Grand Boulé Conference at Washington Hilton
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority’s 2014 Grand Boulé Zeta International President Mary Breaux Wright Washington D.C. Waves of blue and white filled the Washington Hilton Hotel, July 15, for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority’s 2014 Grand Boulé, part of a weeklong celebration for their “Blazing New Paths: The Power of Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood and Finer Womanhood” biannual leadership […]
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Celebrating Wayne Curry: Thousands Gather to Pay Their Last Respects
Daryl Curry, spoke at the funeral of his brother, Wayne Curry, who died after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Curry joked about advising Saint Peter about his brother. More than 2,500 people gathered July 10 to express their last condolences and celebrate the life of Wayne Keith Curry, the first African-American chief executive for […]
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Wayne Curry, First African-American Prince George’s County, Md. Executive, Laid to Rest
Not an empty seat existed at the funeral of former Prince George’s County Executive Wayne Curry. Wayne Curry, the first African-American to serve as county executive of Prince George’s County, Md., was laid to rest July 10 at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Md. Among those in attendance were Gov. Martin […]
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Sigma Fraternity and Zeta Sorority Host Conferences in D.C.
Two Greek organizations will host events to commemorate the services of their leadership and members in Washington D.C. during the month of July.The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will hold its centennial celebration July 16-20 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in N.W. D.C. “It is fitting that Washington, D.C. should be the place of […]
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Pending Legislation May Be Lifesaving for Kidney Disease Patients
Two pieces of legislation in Congress could help African Americans and others fight chronic kidney disease and survive, according to the National Kidney Foundation. One is the Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act (H.R. 4814), introduced by Reps. Tom Marino (R-Penn.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) in June. The bill promotes chronic kidney […]
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Alexandria Redevelopment Housing Authority Celebrates 75 Years of Service
The Alexandria (Va.) Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) is observing its 75th anniversary by adding a resident’s Wall of Fame to a list of celebratory activities that include property tours and its annual Winter Wonderland Black Tie Gala in December. “What we were doing was just really kind of pointing out theimpact that this authority […]
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St Mary’s College in Md., and Amherst College in Mass. Announce Appointments of Black Deans
Two African American men, Leonard Brown, a former Loyola University official, and Alex Vasquez, a former dean at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., have been named to dean of student posts at prominent eastern U.S. colleges. Brown was appointed to the position at St. Mary’s College of Maryland in St. Mary’s City in early June. […]