NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now, 81 years after his death, officials in Ethiopia plan to unveil a Bronze Sculpture in Addis Ababa to honor the legacy of the Pan African independence movement architect. According to a news release, the sculpture highlights Ethiopia as a focal point for Pan-Africanists to engage in constructing a unifying African heritage and destiny. “Our history began, in a sense, with Ethiopia,” Dr. Julius Garvey, Marcus Garvey’s youngest son, told NNPA Newswire.
Plans to Unveil a Bust of Marcus Garvey in Ethiopia Revealed
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NTSB Chief On Bryant Crash: `Bad Things Can Happen To Good Organizations’
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The NTSB issued its official report on the Jan. 26, 2020, crash in Calabasas on Tuesday, along with its recommendations to avoid such crashes in the future. But Sumwalt also said “bad things can happen to good organizations,” and said the company’s overall record didn’t raise any flags. “They have voluntarily canceled flights due to (bad) weather, and that’s what we want them to do,” he said. A representative for Island Express said the company would not have any comment on Tuesday’s report. The NTSB found the crash was caused when pilot Ara Zobayan became disoriented in heavy fog that left him unable to discern up from down, causing him to slam the copter in a hillside.
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Discovery Education Hosting Event to Celebrate Black Leaders in STEM
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The members of the STEM Careers Coalition want to prepare all students for future success, and they believe STEM education helps, no matter what career and life choices students make after graduation,” Marla Wilson, executive director of the STEM Careers Coalition, told NNPA Newswire. “I have always been interested in understanding how communities coexist with industrial activities,” added Uni Blake, a senior policy advisor at API.
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Janet Jackson’s ‘Control’ album tops charts again after 35 years
ROLLINGOUT.COM — Thirty-five years after her groundbreaking 1986 Control album rocketed to No. 1 on the albums pop charts, it made a celebratory return to the very top of Billboard on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
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A tailor-made grant helps continue a family legacy
You could say the tailoring business is in Julius “Eddie” Lofton’s blood. As the owner of JC Lofton Tailors in Washington, D.C., he’s continuing a family tradition that began in the late 1930s, when his late grandfather, Josephus C. Lofton, whom the shop is named for, opened Lofton Custom Tailoring and became the first African American to own a tailoring shop/tailoring school in the district. “Tailoring gives me gratification,” Lofton said. “Somebody comes in, and something is torn or burned, and we fix it, and the customer is like, ‘Wow. How’d you do that?’ I’m never going to be a millionaire, but I can tell you a million stories.”
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Black Broadway, Madame Lillian Evanti and Washington DC’s Black History
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On April 16, 1862, nine months before President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, the U.S. Congress passed the District of Columbia Emancipation Act, making Washingtonian slaves the first freed in the nation. African Americans flocked to the District, where the nightlife became famous, and U Street was the thriving center for Black culture and social change. Reportedly, iconic figures like Zora Neale Hurston and Mary McLeod Bethune found refuge in what became known as Black Broadway. Performers like Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday were regulars. And so was Madame Lillian Evanti.
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Dr. Ralph Bunche: A Hero of U.S. Diplomacy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A valedictorian at UCLA in 1927, Dr. Bunche earned a master’s in political science in 1928 and a Ph.D. in government and international relations in 1934 from Harvard University. He founded and taught classes in the Political Science Department at Howard University in Northwest, Washington, D.C.
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Congresswoman Beatty Introduces Black History Month Resolutions
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We owe Black veterans and soldiers, past and present, a huge debt of gratitude,” Beatty said. “All of us know that there are countless heroes and sheroes who sacrificed everything to make our Union more perfect for everyone.” She added, “In that spirit, I call on my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans alike, to come together and do the same by officially recognizing that Black history is American history.”
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Georgia Prosecutors Open Investigation into Trump’s Call to Secretary of State
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ironically, the transcript of the phone calls played a prominent role in the House of Representatives’ second impeachment of the 45th president and is expected to play a central role in the Senate trial. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis promises to look into Trump’s actions following the infamous Jan. 2 telephone call.
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BOOK REVIEW: Amber Pickens — Coloring Success and Black History
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Amber Pickens’ original illustrations honor nearly two dozen dance legends, including dancers and entertainers Alvin Ailey, Eartha Kitt, and Debbie Allen, whom she met as a fourth grader.
