Black Heritage Day February 21
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Barbara Jordan born this day
Barbara Jordan, born February 21 1936, was one of the most respected and influential American politicians of the 20th century. She captured the attention and admiration of the nation with her intelligence and integrity, eloquent oratory, ardent defense of the Constitution, and staunch advocacy of equal rights for all American citizens.
This stamp was released as the 34th in the Black Heritage stamp series in September 2011.
In 1976 Barbara Jordan, a congressional representative from Texas, was the first African American and the first woman to be chosen to deliver the keynote speech to the Democratic Party National Convention. The Democratic Party today would do well to listen to this speech and reaffirm the principles that are the foundation of the party.
Black Heritage Day February 20
Jerrelene Williamson: African Americans in Spokane
BOOK SIGNING
Hope you were able to get out to Barnes and Noble in the Valley last Saturday to have your copy of African Americans in Spokane signed by Jerrelene Williamson and benefit the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center with a percentage of your purchases. If you haven’t bought a copy yet, it is available for check out at the Spokane Public Library, Spokane County Library, Spokane Community College Library, Eastern Washington University Library, Whitworth University Library and Washington State University Library.
Black Heritage Day February 19
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Black Heritage Day February 17
Can We Take The Pledge?
2012 Legislative Campaign Kick Off
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD…
WILL YOU BE THERE TO RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR JUSTICE?
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, SEATTLE CHAPTER and Washington Christian Leaders Coalition
Invite you to join us for our 2012 Legislative Campaign Kick Off
Jobs * Education* Gang Prevention
We’re organizing for our future”
Key Note Speakers:
Rev. Carey Anderson, Senior Pastor
First African Methodist Episcopal Church
Jeff Johnson, President
Washington State Labor Council
WHEN:
Saturday February 25, 2012
TIME: 10:00 AM TO 12:00 AM
(VIP Candidate Meet and Greet 9:00 AM)
WHERE:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME)
1522 14th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122
This event will educate and prepare our community for our legislative day activities in Olympia
February 29, 2012.
People get ready 2012 is here!
The people’s movement starts today to organize for a better future tomorrow.
Will you be there?
For more information contact Seattle APRI at (206) 770-7697 or email us at APRISeattle@hotmail.com
The Loving Family
The view from The New Yorker’s photo department.
In 1950, a young man from Central Point, Virginia, went seven miles down the road to hear some music. Seven brothers named the Jeters were on that night, playing bluegrass in a farmhouse. The young man had come for the music, but couldn’t help noticing a young woman in the audience. The man, Richard Loving, was white; the woman, Mildred Jeter, was black and Cherokee. Seventeen years later, as a result of their meeting, the Supreme Court struck down Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, along with anti-miscegenation laws in fifteen other states, ending the legal prohibitions against interracial marriage.