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Jackson Elementary School in Utah, Named for Andrew Jackson, Votes to Rename Itself After Mary Jackson, NASA’s 1st Black Female Engineer
An elementary school in Utah has traded one Jackson for another in a change that many say was a long time coming.
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Mary Jackson, NASA’s first black female engineer(Photo: NASA Langley Research Center)
Published on February 12, 2018
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National Summit Will Create New Approaches to Teaching Slavery James Madison’s Montpelier and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Convene National Experts To Create A New Model For Engaging D
Nearly 50 of the nation’s leading academics, public historians, and descendant community advocates convened at James Madison’s Montpelier this weekend (February 9-11) to develop new guidelines for how cultural institutions and historic sites teach and interpret slavery by successfully engaging descendant communities.
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Clarence Miller’s 65th Birthday Party
Photography by Vicky Pink - The surprise was on Clarence Miller as family and friends …
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Governor Abbott Appoints Five To Texas Commission on the Arts
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Mary Ann Apap Heller and Karen Partee to the Texas Commission on the Arts for terms set to expire on August 31, 2019. Additionally, the Governor appointed Adrian Guerra and reappointed Dale Brock and Kevin Yu to the commission for terms set to expire on August 31, 2023. The commission fosters the development of a receptive climate for the arts that will culturally enrich and benefit state citizens in their daily lives and attract outstanding artist to become state residents.
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Semi-trucks Filled with 1.2 Million Packages of Girl Scout Cookies Roll into Houston February 10
It’s the day Girl Scout cookie lovers have been waiting for. Girl Scout Cookies are rolling into southeast Texas beginning Saturday, February 10. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sam Houston Race Park, hundreds of Girl Scout volunteers will be unloading more than 1.2 million packages of Girl Scout Cookies from dozens of semi-trucks that will line the event park. The cookies will be delivered to customers in the following days by Girl Scouts who took pre-orders in January.
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Alicia Boler Davis Selected 2018 Black Engineer of the Year
General Motors executive will be the sixth woman in the 32-year history of the scientific and technical awards to be named Black Engineer of the Year
US Black Engineer (USBE) magazine’s annual BEYA STEM Conference will recognize GM Executive Vice President, Global Manufacturing Alicia Boler Davis with the Black Engineer of the Year Award on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at the BEYA Gala in Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC.
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Presidential Lifetime Achievement Awards
Photography by William Ealy and Vicky Pink There was a packed crowd at the Presidential …
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Panama City Beach: the 18 Best Events to Experience in 2018
With more exciting events planned for 2018 than ever before, Panama City Beach lives up to its reputation as a Real. Fun. Beach. year-round. Offering much more than 27 miles of award-winning beaches, there’s always something for locals and visitors of all ages to see and do at this picturesque coastal community. 2018 will mark the debut of the SandJam Music Festival which will bring a whole new crowd to the beach to experience headline musical acts from the destination’s sugar white, sandy shores. Also, returning for its second year is the award-winning UNwineD festival, bringing some of the South’s best chefs, mixologists and tastemakers to Aaron Bessant Park.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Acquires Quilts, Sculptures, and Other Works by African American Artists from the South
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired a significant group of works by self-taught African American artists, deepening the museum’s already rich holdings of so-called outsider artists and strengthening its overall collection of art by American people of color. The 24 works include three major assemblages by Thornton Dial, an iron and steel worker, pipe fitter, carpenter, and house painter who lived in Bessemer, Ala., near Birmingham.
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"Girls Trip," "Get Out," "Black-ish," Garner Multiple Wins at 49th NAACP Image Awards
The winners of the 49th NAACP Image Awards were announced last night during the live broadcast from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium which aired on TV One. The two-hour live special was hosted by Anthony Anderson and opened with a powerful moment in support of #TIMESUP featuring Angela Robinson, Kerry Washington, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Laverne Cox, Lena Waithe and Tracee Ellis Ross.
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Chevron Houston Marathon Recap
At the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon on Sunday, the 11,037 in the marathon and 16,207 in the half marathon are expected to be greeted at the 7 a.m. start by a temperature of 36 degrees F (2 C), humidity of 60 percent, winds of 5 mph and a zero percent chance of humidity.
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Mardi Gras Shoebox Float Contest Winners
The Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau recently held a community-wide Mardi Gras Shoebox Float Contest. Those entering ranged from school groups, clubs and organizations, professional divisions and residents of all ages.
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Leslie Odom, Jr. to Sing America The Beautiful at Super Bowl LII on NBC
Tony and Grammy Award-winning performer LESLIE ODOM, JR. will sing "America The Beautiful" as part of Super Bowl LII pregame festivities at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, February 4, the NFL and NBC announced today. The performance will be televised live on NBC prior to kickoff.
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Rewriting the Record Books at the 2018 Chevron Houston Marathon
Exciting finishes, upset victories, American records, Olympic Trials qualifying times and personal bests highlighted a day that marked another poignant step in the city’s recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in August.
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NABJ Media Institute
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HABJ Reception with Mayor Sylvester Turner at Kulture
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NABJ Hosts Dinner at Lucille's
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NABJ Roundtable with Houston's News Executives
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NABJ at Fox Studios
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