Sentences with phrase «black history year»

But instead of justifying that omission with Black History Month, schools should teach black history year round, hire more black teachers, principals and administrative staff and bring back after - school programs to help motivate, mentor and engage ALL kids.

NY1 reports on how CASA Middle School in the Bronx — led by New Leader Jamaal Bowman — celebrates black history year round.

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A company veteran of nearly 25 years, Thompson was suddenly one of six black CEOs in the Fortune 500 — and only the 14th in history.

Wilmot Collins, 54, made history this year when he became the first black person to be elected mayor of a city in Montana.

Known as the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to political office in the United States, Jenkins made history this year when she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

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Wait until you hear about the company's dividend history: Stanley Black & Decker has paid a dividend every year for 140 years — yes, that's right — and has increased it for 49 consecutive years.

I find it amazing that almost every organized religion during that time was at least partially, if not fully involved in bigotry toward blacks, including outright banning them from their membership and congretations altogether (which Mormans have never done), but only Mormons are still chided constantly about their history with blacks, despite the fact that black members have had full benefits for almost four decades, and despite the fact that Mormons have been actively proselyting and doing charitable missionary work in Africa for over 160 years.

Of course if anyone looks up, «No man knows my history» by Fawn M. Brodie, or «Under The Banner of Heaven, or Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond,» as well as google different questions about mormon secret names, White Horse Prophesy, Mormons becoming Gods, God was once a man on another planet, mormon bigotry against Blacks, Joseph Smith and his 14 year old wife (WHILE he was still married to his living wife Emma) Helen Mar Kimball... I could go on.

Guess if you go back reading your history in Europe or in the MidEast you will remember that your ancestors were because of such wars and conflicts driven out or migrated in force measure to overseas for finding the land they were told that they can practice their religious or non religious beliefs and rituals... Since then from different continents for many years made of the few branches many more branches in Black and in White...

whatever the democratic party tells you is a lie do the opposite they would want you to go against republicans becuase our country is not a democracy its a republic people wake up the republican party isnt about the rich its about all of us lower taxes for all the republican party is about smaller government not intruding in your life the democrats know this and started a class war to make blacks and hispanics flood their cause im a 24 latino and switched republican last year i was fooled my whole life read history and you will see im telling the truth

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Right now a celebration of Black History just feels necessary with everything thing thats been going on in the last year.

Several organizers expressed a need to prioritize blackness here like anywhere else, a city that has a near 100 - year history of economic repression and white vs. black divisiveness.

The 1963 NCAA title game between Loyola of Chicago and Cincinnati was surely one of the most memorable in tournament history: It was the last title game to be decided in overtime; the last one before UCLA began its intimidating reign of 10 championships, including seven in a row, over the next 12 years; the first one to be played under a lucrative new six - year television contract that launched college basketball into the big - money era; and, most significantly, the first in which the majority of players on both sides were black — or, as most of the nation was still saying back in March of 1963, Negro.

The rest as they say is history; Canterbury of New Zealand outfitted the All Blacks team for over 75 years and is now the largest dedicated rugby brand in the world.

Willie Gentry has been with the PUSD for 21 years and was recently awarded a «Having a Dream» award by the Northwest Black History Committee.

Powell also noted his long - standing history with the district (albeit in a different, pre-redistricting configuration), pointing out his father, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., created the seat and served as New York's first black member of Congress from 1944 - 1970 — the year he was ousted by Rangel.

Regent Johnson's induction marks the sixth year The Biondi School has commemorated Black History Month by honoring accomplished African - Americans who have made significant contributions to society.

«Each year, Black History Month offers us an opportunity to celebrate both the African - American heroes of the past and those who are building on their good work and legacy today.

Risk factors for prediabetes include having a large waist or being overweight; being of Black or South Asian origin; having a family history of the condition; and being over 40 years old, or over 25 if you're Black, Asian or from an ethnic minority group.

It is held every year during Black History Month and this year will take place on the evening of Friday 19 October.

«My concern is that in January of next year, for the first time in American history, a black family will be moving out of the White House.

We are very fortunate that Senator Klein has remained committed for 22 years, to celebrating Black History Month by paying tribute to leaders who strive to make a difference in the community.

By a fluke of the calendar, the first African - American to be elected to the county legislature in almost 40 years, the Rev. Julius Collins, Democrat of Ellenville, was not in attendance when Black History Month was officially declared last week.

«Say It Loud» traces the last 50 years of black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the political spectrum.

The bill, which comes after Black History Month in February and amid Women's History Month, orders the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Chisholm five years after the bill is passed.

The blackest cloud of interest - rate history - at least in recent memory - floats 16 years ago this month, when the UK crashed out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday.

Public Advocate Letitia James has several public events Monday: at 9:15 a.m., James will deliver remarks at 80 New York Avenue Tenant Demonstration in Brooklyn; at 10:30 a.m., James will deliver remarks at Congress Member Serrano and State Senator Serrano's Black History Month Celebration at Hostos Community College in the Bronx; and at 7 p.m., James will host a Lunar New Year Celebration at P.S. 124 in Manhattan.

As an explanation for the first quasars, each of these pathways for the formation of black hole seeds has the same problem: the seeds would have to grow extraordinarily quickly within the first billion years of cosmic history to create the earliest quasars.

«This could also explain how the most massive black holes were able to both suppress run - away starbursts and regulate the growth of their host galaxies over the past six billion years or so of cosmic history,» noted Russell.

If you look at history, what we call string theory today is a vastly richer structure than what we called string theory 10 years ago [when physicists couldn't use it to calculate the entropy of a black hole].

The plague has caused death and destruction in Europe at least since Roman times, launching at least three major pandemics that changed the course of history — the Plague of Justinian from 541 to 544, which weakened the Byzantine Empire; the Black Death, which killed almost half the population of Europe between 1347 and 1351; and the Great Plague of 1665, which lasted more than 30 years.

With Melbourne Cup next month and Black Caviar's daughter one of the most valuable female yearlings in Australian history if sold next year, timely research led by Dr Natasha Hamilton sheds light on the extent to which offspring resemble their parents.

After going on line and researching this formula, I was totally blown away with the Black Seed 3,000 year history.

The covariates included race / ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Mexican American, or other), educational attainment (< 12, 12, or > 12 years of education), smoking status (never, former, or current), alcohol consumption (0, < 3, or ≥ 3 drinks / wk), physical activity (0, < 5, or ≥ 5 times / wk of moderate - intensity to vigorous activities), BMI (< 25, 25 to < 30, or ≥ 30), family history of CVD (yes / no), and antihypertensive medication use (yes / no).

The old year died, the new one crept like a black lizard onto the catwalk of history.

When I think of denim and plaid, I see images of the Brawny Woman -LCB- who replaced the Brawny Man earlier this year to commemorate Women's History Month -RCB-, decked out in her red and black plaid shirt and denim jeans.

And then there was newcomer Janaye Furman, who becamethe first black model to open the Louis Vuitton show in the brand's 163 - year history.

Originally, the company was awarded a seven - year PILOT for the project... The trail is a set of historical sites significant to not only the civil rights movement but also black history in the city dating back to the 19th century.

Google Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black Girls — Advertising in relationship to black girls for many years has been hypersexualized and pornographic, even if it purports to be just about dating or sociBlack Girls — Advertising in relationship to black girls for many years has been hypersexualized and pornographic, even if it purports to be just about dating or sociblack girls for many years has been hypersexualized and pornographic, even if it purports to be just about dating or social...

There are also now 40, 50, and, 60 year - old black women that have the same dating history of nothing but a black man, and reach the same decision.

The trend is less common on the other side of Although not the first work of black British history, its impact spread further than most, in part because its publication came at a crucial moment, three years after a wave of riots sparked by hostile policing set ablaze black neighbourhoods of London, Bristol and Liverpool.

It's taken a number of years for a Black Panther film to come to fruition, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows the long history of the character even getting his own comic book line.

One black actress in 85 years of Oscar history has won an Oscar.

Peele was one of four black screenwriters nominated for an Oscar in its 90 - year history.

Skimming further down their list of winners shows Steve McQueen taking Best Director for his work on «12 Years a Slave»; the first black director chosen in their 79 - year history.

We reported earlier this year that Black Panther director Ryan Coogler decided against including this sour part of their history in the new movie.

But where Harris's novel understood its place in the bittersweet, paranoid zeitgeist, Black Sunday, with its all - star cast (Robert Shaw two years after Jaws, Bruce Dern at his peak, Marthe Keller a year removed from Marathon Man), megalomaniacal producer Robert Evans, and blockbuster aspirations, proves to be another Star Wars - style harbinger of the impending end of what was possibly the most amazing period in film in history.

Peele could become the first black man in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences» 90 - year history to win a directing Oscar, while «Lady Bird» director Greta Gerwig could be only the second female to take home that prize.