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WEBby Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Me ier.90) Here at Good Black News, we’ve decided to have some fun and make up a new holiday. With Patti LaBelle (born May 24th) and her good friend and Gemini sister Gladys Knight (born May 28th) both turning 80 over this long weekend, we’re thinking the perfect date is May 26th.
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WEBJun 14, 2016 · The College Board has announced it will begin offering an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course at 60 high schools across the U.S. this fall.. The AP program, which traditionally gives high school students an opportunity to take college-level courses before graduation, currently covers 38 subjects, including U.S. government and politics, biology, chemistry, English, European ...
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WEBAfter President Joe Biden‘s graceful exit yesterday morning from the race for re-election as the Democratic Presidential nominee, he quickly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his pick for the top of the ticket.. Yesterday evening, over 44,000 Black women and allies joined a Zoom hosted by winwithblackwomen.org founder and organizer Jotaka Eaddy and raised over $1.5 million for Harris ...
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WEBApple has reported that REJI’s education grants have reached more than 160,000 learners through in-person courses and out-of-school offerings, while committing over $50 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to support science, technology, engineering, arts, and math opportunities.
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WEBJul 10, 2023 · This week, Apple announced its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), a long-term global effort to advance equity and expand opportunities for Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous communities, has more than doubled its initial financial commitment to total more than $200 million over the last three years.. Since launching REJI in June 2020, Apple has supported education, economic ...
January 2022 – Good Black News
WEBJan 31, 2022 · By goodblacknews on January 30, 2022. Music superstar and cosmetics entrepreneur Rihanna ‘s Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) recently committed $15 million to eighteen organizations working on climate change justice across the U.S. and Caribbean in partnership with #StartSmall, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey ‘s philanthropic initiative.
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WEBJul 22, 2024 · Every year on March 18, Good Black News celebrates the day of its founding.We continue that tradition today, fourteen years after GBN’s inception. Even though the last two years have been challenging (details here), and changes in how people consume content (eg.TikTok, IG, IG Stories, Reels) have led to way fewer postings on the main goodblacknews.org site, we are still exceedingly proud of ...
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WEBThis week, Apple announced its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), a long-term global effort to advance equity and expand opportunities for Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous communities, has more than doubled its initial financial commitment to total more than $200 million over the last three years.. Since launching REJI in June 2020, Apple has supported education, economic ...
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WEBFeb 1, 2022 · by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)Happy Black History Month 2022! Good Black News is here once again to celebrate what we work to contribute to and highlight all year long.. This year we’re happy to share we are now offering a daily podcast based on the “A Year of Good Black News” Page-A-Day® Calendar for 2022 published by Workman Publishing, posting one per day as an audio ...
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WEBSep 1, 2023 · By goodblacknews on June 30, 2022. According to the New York Times, just after noon today, Ketanji Brown Jackson took the judicial oath, becoming the first Black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Justice Jackson, 51, was confirmed in April, when the Senate voted 53 to 47 on her nomination.