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May 22 2008

Distinguished speakers join celebration and commemoration

 The Organization Us will hold its 46th Annual African Liberation Day celebration Monday, May 26, 5-7 p.m. at the African American Cultural Center, 3018 W 48th St, Los Angeles. This year’s theme is “For the Liberation of African Peoples Everywhere: Zimbabwe, Kenya, Sudan, Haiti, the Americas and throughout the World.” The program includes speeches, statements of solidarity, and cultural expressions.

May 22 2008

William H. Dailey, 95, a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for 80 years, was one of the recipients honored at the NAACP Freedom Fund Award Gala for 2008 held at the Biltmore Hotel on May 15.

 Among his many accomplishments, Dailey contributed to the writing of the historic Brown vs. Board of Education brief. Congratulating Dailey are Geraldine Washington, president of the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP, and Frank J. Quevedo, vice president of Equal Opportunity at Southern California Edison./OW Photo by Shirley Hawkins
 

May 22 2008

Seminar.

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May 22 2008

NAACP Theatre Award nominees announced

On Tuesday, May, 20, the NAACP announced their 18th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards that will take place on June 30 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood . Model Eva Marcille, actress Jurnee Smollett, actors Henry Simmons and Malcolm-Jamaal Warner joined the Beverly Hills NAACP branch to also announce the launch of organization’s 1st Annual Theatre Awards Festival weekend, June 27-29.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
May 22 2008

Summer movies

It seems a rather odd tradition, but one that nevertheless has proven to be effective; cool off theater goers with some of the hottest movies of the year. Indeed the big guns come out during the summer and this year is no different.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.