Ayanna Pressley Upsets Incumbent in Primary; On Track to Become...
by Katharine Q. Seelye via nytimes.com Ayanna Pressley upended the Massachusetts political order on Tuesday, scoring a stunning upset of…
View ArticleBerklee College Professor Julius P. Williams Becomes 1st African-American...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) According to jbhe.com, Julius P. Williams has been named President of the Conductors Guild, a…
View ArticleBHM: Meet Mary Eliza Mahoney, 1st Licensed African-American Nurse in U.S.
by BREANNA EDWARDS via essence.com If you are a medical professional (particularly a Black medical professional), or just an overall Black…
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PBS NewsHour and Washington Press Club Foundation Create Journalism...
Gwen Ifill (photo via ebony.com) article via ebony.com The PBS NewsHour and Washington Press Club Foundation announced yesterday the creation of The Gwen Ifill/PBS NewsHour Journalism Fellowship.T he...
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Barack Obama Named Recipient of 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
Barack Obama (photo via nbcnews.com) article by Associated Press via nbcnews.com Former President Barack Obama was named the 2017 winner of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Thursday for...
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Grammy Award Winner Esperanza Spalding Joins Harvard's Department of Music as...
Esperanza Spalding (Photo: Sandrine Lee) via blavity.com Esperanza Spalding is at the top of her field. She’s won just about every award a musician can win: four Grammys, a Smithsonian award, an NAACP...
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Frederick Clay, Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Wins Freedom Back after...
Frederick Clay, center, who was wrongfully convicted of a 1979 murder, leaves Suffolk Superior Court with attorneys Jeff Harris, left, and Lisa Kavanaugh yesterday. (photo credit: Angela Rowlings) by...
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Simmons College Renames College of Media, Arts and Humanities in Memory of...
Gwen Ifill (photo via Getty Images) via jbhe.com Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, announced that it will rename its College of Media, Arts and Humanities after Gwen Ifill, the noted journalist...
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A Remembrance of Jazz Legend Ella Fitzgerald on Her Birthday and Playlist...
Ella Fitzgerald receiving her Honorary Doctorate in Music at Harvard University in 1990 (photo: Charles Krupa) by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Although I’m typically calm-if-a-bit-nerdy...
View ArticleCity of Boston to Remove “Emancipation Group” Statue Depicting Formerly...
According to cnn.com, a statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln in a park in Boston, MA, will be removed. To quote cnn.com: After two public hearings, the...
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