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Category: Celebrating Women’s History Month

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Lincoln Financial Group’s Allison Green Named One of the Most Powerful Women in Corporate Diversity by Black Enterprise Magazine

by Associated PressMarch 31, 2019January 25, 2022

By The Associated Press RADNOR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 28, 2019–Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) announced today that Allison Green, senior vice president, chief diversity officer and head of employee engagement, was […]

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Trailblazing Author Talks Race, Politics and Getting the Story Right

by AFRO StaffMarch 29, 2019January 25, 2022

By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer After 60 years of asking the tough questions, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post, sat down at the […]

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Bridging Barriers Between Black Women, Men

by Special to the AFROMarch 29, 2019January 25, 2022

By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Historically black women have been the backbone of their communities.  Black women like Maya Angelo, Phyllis Wheatley, Angela Davis and Misty Copeland inspired us […]

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Dr. Anna McPhatter, Interim Provost & Vice President

by Special to the AFROMarch 28, 2019January 25, 2022

By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Dr. Anna McPhatter is not only an experienced social worker and researcher, she is a life-long educator.  Currently serving as interim provost and […]

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Vaile Leonard, Founder & Executive Director, Light of Truth Center

by Special to the AFROMarch 28, 2019January 25, 2022

By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO The Rev. Vaile Leonard is the founder of Light of Truth Center (LTC), a non-profit organization that embraces a new innovative, three-phase process […]

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Gwendolyn Woody, Health & Business Coach

by Special to the AFROMarch 28, 2019January 25, 2022

By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Gwen Woody is a Baltimore native and Texas-based entrepreneur who is paving the way for the community to learn about diabetes. Woody has […]

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Cordelia Cranshaw, Miss D.C., U.S.A.

by Micha GreenMarch 28, 2019January 25, 2022

By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. Editor The road to beauty queen was not always easy for Miss District of Columbia 2019, Cordelia Cranshaw. With 18 siblings, a mother in prison […]

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Tiffany D. Cross, Co-Founder & Managing Editor

by Micha GreenMarch 28, 2019January 25, 2022

By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. Editor As Co-Founder and Managing Editor of The Beat DC, a national platform that covers politics, business, media and people of color, Tiffany D. Cross […]

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Jo Ann Jenkins, President and CEO of AARP

by Special to the AFROMarch 28, 2019January 25, 2022

By Tia Trammell, Special to the AFRO Jo Ann Jenkins, president and CEO of AARP, is a seasoned leader and innovator in business. To date she is in the business […]

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BWR Releases Sixth Annual Report About Black Women

by Special to the AFROMarch 28, 2019January 25, 2022

By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) Intergenerational Public Policy Network released their sixth annual BWR Report, “Black Women in the U.S. & Key States, 2019: […]

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An Open Love Letter to Black Women

by Sean YoesMarch 27, 2019January 25, 2022

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com My ascended mother Leslie is the star of the three most seminal moments of my life; the day I was born, the day I accepted […]

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NNPA Honors Black Lives Matter Founder with Newsmaker of the Year Award

by NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMarch 25, 2019January 25, 2022

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Alicia Garza said she’s “super excited” about being named the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 2019 Newsmaker of the Year, an award […]

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