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Trayvon Martin Awarded Posthumous Bachelor’s Degree in Aviation from Florida Memorial University
Trayvon Martin’s parents were the recipients of a major honor on behalf of their late son. Florida Memorial University awarded the slain teen with a posthumous Bachelor’s Degree during the school’s annual commencement ceremony last Saturday (May 13).
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Delta Sigma Theta 2016 May Week Presentation
Photography by Vicky Pink - Incoming college freshmen won’t see red this fall due to …
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Texas Southern University Presents Vikings COO Warren with Inaugural Pioneer Award
Texas Southern University honored Kevin Warren, the National Football League’s (NFL) highest ranking African American executive, with its inaugural Pioneer Award, February 4th in downtown Houston. Warren serves as chief operating officer for the Minnesota Vikings.
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Say His Name: George Floyd
Many from around the world came to Houston, Texas to say a final goodbye to George Floyd
As I walked inside of the Fountain of Praise sanctuary where the public memorial for George Floyd was being held, a cold, eerie, and chilling feeling came over my body. It caused me to take a pause stopping me in my tracks before I took my next step. I began to replay the audio from the murderous video of the tragic day that Floyd died in an almost nine-minute encounter in my mind.
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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting her first child
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is pregnant with her first child, the UK's royal family has announced.
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Toni Morrison is memorialized on a USPS Forever stamp
The US Postal Service is honoring the late author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison with her own Forever stamp.
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Indian visitors walk through the courtyard of Jama Masjid amid heavy smog in the old quarters of New Delhi on November 8, 2017.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer, the court announced. She was 87.
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Honoring Powerful Women During National Women's History Month
March is National Women’s History Month. It encourages us to honor the women who came before us and fought for equality among all races and genders. Hundreds of women have paved the way and continue to pave the way for millions of women today. They simply pass the torch to the next woman.
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Cynthia Cooper: A True Houston Sports Legend
It is not easy to become an icon in the city of Houston, especially in the sports world. The fans are very strict about whom they give the title "Houston Sports Legend."
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Uber CEO's Mother Dies In Boating Accident: 'Unspeakable Tragedy'
The company, in a statement on Saturday, called the incident an "unspeakable tragedy" and said that Kalanick's father remains in a "serious condition." Kalanick's mother, Bonnie, was 71.
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Sharon Stone: Welcome To My Garden
The C. Parker Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut presents the East Coast premiere of Sharon Stone’s paintings with the new exhibition Sharon Stone: Welcome To My Garden, on view now through December 3.
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William H. Kuntz Jr., Former TDLR Executive Director, Passed Away on Sunday
William H. Kuntz, Jr., former executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, passed away Sunday after a long illness.
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Statement from Senator Miles on Fort Bend ISD Sugar Land 95 Memorial
"Fort Bend Independent School District needs to restore community faith and stop disrespecting the community's desire for the Sugarland 95. All parties, including the community, thought the matter was settled when the school district publicly committed to transferring the property and the care of the Sugarland 95 to the County. A bipartisan Fort Bend delegation, which I was a part of, passed legislation enabling Fort Bend County to operate the cemetery House Bill 4179 was signed into law by the Governor. The school district has now reneged on this deal.
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Houston Food Bank Unveils New and Expanded Keegan Kitchen to Provide More Nutritious Meals to Children
More children living with uncertainty about whether they’ll have enough nutritious food to eat will be fed thanks to the Houston Food Bank and its new, state-of-the-art production kitchen. Construction is complete on the new 10,000 square-foot Keegan Kitchen, housed within the Food Bank’s headquarters/warehouse east of downtown. Production of nutritious hot meals for delivery to school-aged children at after-school and summer program sites is underway.
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Biden honors fallen service members on Memorial Day
President Joe Biden honored those who died serving in the military in Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Mourns the Death of 9/11 First Responder Luis Alvarez and Urges Passage of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund
Jackson Lee: “Americans are, from time to time, appropriately reminded of the horror of that day, the valor that shone through, and the lifelong ailments many have as a result of their heroism on that day. One such moment occurred last month when Luis, together with others who have been directly impacted by the horror of 9/11, appeared before Congress to testify in support of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
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Castro to Receive Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Humanitarian Award in Havana
South African Arts International, Ltd, founded in 1994, is proud to announce that the inaugural Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Humanitarian Award will be bestowed to H.E. Raul Castro, President of the Council of the State of Cuba and President of the Ministers of Cuba next week in Havana.
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More turmoil at Germany's biggest bank: Deutsche Bank's CEO is out
Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest lender, is getting rid of its CEO after years of heavy losses. John Cryan, who became CEO of the embattled bank less than three years ago, will leave at the end of this month, the company said in a statement late Sunday.
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Rosario Dawson Promotes NAACP's Solar Equity Initiative
Calls on the public to pledge to bring solar into their communities.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the country’s foremost civil rights organization, extends our deep gratitude to Rosario Dawson for her support and promotion of our Solar Equity Initiative and Go Solar in Your Community pledge.
