For Immediate Release From USDE!
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) recently announced new awards totaling more than $35 million for the Promise Neighborhoods and Project Prevent grant programs.
Promise Neighborhoods grants provi ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2023 at 5:02PM
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AUTHOR, EDITOR, WRITER, JOURNALIST SUSAN L. TAYLOR BORN
January 23, 1946
Author, editor, writer, journalist Susan L. Taylor born in New York, New York to a father from the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.
Susan L. Taylor is the Editor-in-chief ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2023 at 4:41PM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently announced 38 awards totaling more than $30 million to colleges and universities from five competitive grant programs of the Fund for the Improvement of Postseco ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2023 at 4:26PM
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For Immediate Release From White House Black Initiative for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans!
WHAT: White House Black Initiative for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic
Opportu ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2023 at 3:41PM
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For Immediate Release From The Obama Foundation!
We’re looking for values-driven changemakers between the ages of 24-45 who are working to create lasting, positive change in the lives of people in their community.
The Leaders USA program is f ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2023 at 2:50PM
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Yet another American abandoned for Brittney Griner
Story by Kevin Harrish •
Last month, Brittney Griner was finally released from Russia after the United States worked hard to secure her release and even freed a dangerous Russian arms dealer in ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2023 at 9:14PM
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BORN ON THIS DAY: GEORGE FOREMAN
January 22, 1948
Olympic gold medalist, world heavyweight champion, and a lean, mean knockout machine. The great George Foreman turns 74 today.
George Edward Foreman was born on January 10, 1949 in Marshall, ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2023 at 6:43PM
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Jack Arthur Johnson, nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential boxers in history, and ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2023 at 5:48PM
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Susan Rice Confirmed As U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
On January 22, 2009, Susan Elizabeth Rice, was confirmed by the United States Senate as the first African American woman to serve in the capacity of U.S. Ambassador to the United Natio ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2023 at 5:31PM
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Angela Bassett won a "Best Actress" Golden Globe award on Jan. 22, 1994.
Actress Angela Bassett has won many nominations for "Best Actress" awards, but took home the gold on Jan. 22, 1994 when she won the Golden Globe for best actress in a motion ...
Posted Sunday, January 22nd 2023 at 5:21PM
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