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Black History Month: Untold Stories

February 8, 2019February 6, 2019 univnebpress

When President Gerald Ford addressed the nation during America’s bicentennial, he made time to acknowledge the recently instated remembrance of Black History Month, telling Americans to, “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every … Continue reading Black History Month: Untold Stories

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Black History Month: Jackie Robinson

February 5, 2019February 4, 2019 univnebpress

On January 31, Jackie Robinson would have turned 100 years old. The New York Times published a feature celebrating his life in 100 photos. One of the photographs shows Robinson (center) with fellow UCLA stars Woody Strode (left) and Kenny Washington … Continue reading Black History Month: Jackie Robinson

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Excerpt: She Can Bring Us Home

February 23, 2018March 5, 2019 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer (Potomac Books, 2015) by Diane Kiesel.  Prologue The posters went up in churches, on crepe myrtle trees, and along rotting walls of one- … Continue reading Excerpt: She Can Bring Us Home

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The Marketeers Club: Celebrating Presidential Beauty

February 19, 2018February 16, 2018 univnebpress

Today is President’s Day. Tayler Lord is a publicist at UNP and voted for Barack Obama in 2012 as well as in her high school’s 2008 mock presidential election. On Monday, February 12, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled Barack … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Celebrating Presidential Beauty

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The Marketeers Club: Feeling My Blackness at #AWP17

February 23, 2017February 17, 2017 univnebpress

Tayler Lord is a publicist. Her wintertime Starbucks order is a grande cappuccino with two raw sugars and a sprinkle of cinnamon.  Earlier this month, I went to the 2017 AWP Conference in Washington D.C. I’ve been feeling especially distraught about … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Feeling My Blackness at #AWP17

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Excerpt: Before Jackie Robinson

February 10, 2017February 9, 2017 univnebpress

The following excerpt comes from Before Jackie Robinson: The Transcendent Role of Black Sporting Pioneers by Gerald R. Gems (February 2017). From Chapter 3: When Great Wasn’t Good Enough Sam Ransom’s Journey from Athlete to Activist The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, … Continue reading Excerpt: Before Jackie Robinson

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From the desk of Diane Kiesel: Dorothy Ferebee’s story

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 univnebpress

  Diane Kiesel is an acting justice of the New York State Supreme Court. She presides in the Bronx County Criminal Term. A former journalist, she is a winner of the Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism and is the … Continue reading From the desk of Diane Kiesel: Dorothy Ferebee’s story

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Reading List: Honoring Black History Month

February 1, 2016 univnebpress

Today marks the beginning of Black History Month. To encourage readers to learn more and celebrate outstanding individuals in history, you can get these books for thirty percent off!   From Jack Johnson to Lebron James Edited by Chris Lamb “… a thought-provoking … Continue reading Reading List: Honoring Black History Month

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