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Anna Arnold Hedgeman (July 5, 1899 – January 17, 1990) was an African-American civil rights leader, politician, educator, and writer. Under President Harry Truman, Hedgeman served as executive director of the National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission, having worked on his presidential campaign. [1]
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational and professional organization of African American journalists, students, and media professionals. Founded in 1975 in Washington, D.C. , by 44 journalists, the NABJ's stated purpose is to provide quality programs and services to and advocate on behalf of ...
Known as "Alabama Lutheran Academy and Junior College" until 1981; It was the only historically black college among the ten colleges and universities in the Concordia University System. The college ceased operations at the completion of the Spring 2018 semester, citing years of financial distress and declining enrollment. Daniel Payne College
Charles Hicks, nicknamed “Mr. Black History’’ in Washington, D.C, remembered attending a Black History Month event in 2016 at the Department of Justice where his longtime friend, the late ...
Officers of the National Council of Negro Women. Founder Mary McLeod Bethune is at center. The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities.
This figure is a decline from the 13% of black students who enrolled in an HBCU in 2000 and 17% who enrolled in 1980. This is a result of desegregation, rising incomes and increased access to financial aid, which has created more college options for black students. [13] [62]
National Archives for Black Women's History (formerly the National Council of Negro Women's National Library, Archives, and Museum) is an archive located at 3300 Hubbard Rd, Landover, Maryland. It is dedicated to cataloguing, restoring and preserving the documents and photographs of African-American women.
She headed the Women's Job Corps Program in the 1960s, and was the first African-American woman to be made full professor at the New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. [3] Noble wrote several books including The Negro Woman's College Education and Beautiful, Also, Are the Souls of My Black Sisters.