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12
1890
Eminent American educator, Mordecai W. Johnson was born in Paris, Tenn. Johnson’s parents were both former slaves. His father was a mill worker and preacher and his mother was a domestic worker.
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by Frederick H. Lowe United Airlines, the world's largest airline, has named an African-American chief pilot of one its five U.S. regions, a move that signals the carrier continues to open up opportunities for minorities and women. Captain James Simons, Jr., a United Airlines pilot for 22 years, will manage 1,450 pilots for the Chicago-based airline's Northeast Region, which is headquartered at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va.
by Frederick H. Lowe The nation's overall, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined in December, compared with November. However, the jobless rate for African Americans actually grew worse because, as the economy improved, more black women and black teenagers entered the job market, but many were unable to find work. In December, the nation's seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll created 212,000 private-sector jobs, which helped reduce the nation's overall unemployment rate to 8.5 percent, compared with 8.6 percent in November. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported job increases in
By Frederick H. Lowe The United Methodist Church's pension agency, the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits (GBOPHB), has divested itself of its nearly $1 million stock-investment portfolio in two companies because they derived more than 10 percent of their annual revenues from the management and operation of private prisons. The board, which is based in Evanston, Ill., announced on Jan. 3 the sale of its stock in the GEO Group Inc., which is based in Boca Raton, Fla., and Corrections Corporation of America, which has its headquarters in Nashville, Tenn.
NAACP Warns Black Citizens to Prepare for Roadblocks to Voting in 2012 Black voters should be aware well in advance of the November 2012 presidential election that many states have enacted “voter suppression” legislation, warns the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The legislation could make it difficult for African Americans to register to vote or to cast ballots on Election Day. If black voters are aware of the new laws, they can prepare themselves to blunt any challenges that election officials may use to prevent them from casting ballots, the NAACP said. "Within the past year, many states have enacted measures, which will have the result of restricting access to the
New America Media NEW YORK - National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial recently charged former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, who is seeking the Republican Party's nomination for president, with pandering to racist elements within his party. "Senator Santorum is perpetuating a thoroughly false and
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil Whew! Is it me? Or is 2012 flying by already? I am a January baby, and I celebrate my born day at the beginning of the month. As soon as my birthday is over, I sometimes feel like its July already, mainly because I am a busy lady, and the
January 12 through January 18 January 12 1890 ----- Eminent American educator, Mordecai W. Johnson was born in Paris, Tenn. Johnson’s parents were both former slaves. His father was a mill worker and preacher and his mother was a domestic worker. A 1911-graduate of Morehouse College, Johnson earned a second undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and then studied at several more institutions of higher education, eventually training to become a minister at both Rochester Theological Seminary and Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta