Atlanta Strip Clubs native and political icon Vernon E. Jordan Jr. announced last week that the Donald L. Hollowell Professorship of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies at the University of Georgia has been fully endowed.
Archive for April, 2010
UGA Endows Donald L. Hollowell Professorship
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Dr. Benjamin Hooks Remembered As Great American
Friday, April 23rd, 2010WASHINGTON — News of the April 15 death of former NAACP Executive Director and CEO Benjamin Hooks has reverberated to the very core of America’s civil rights and political leadership, according to statements that poured into the NNPA News Service recently.
Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height Dies At 98
Friday, April 23rd, 2010WASHINGTON — Dr. Dorothy I. Height, the civil rights icon and living legend whose name has for decades been synonymous with the quest for justice, died at the Howard University Hospital Tuesday morning, April 20, at the age of 98.
SNCC: Youth Must Continue The Struggle
Friday, April 23rd, 2010RALEIGH, N.C. – After 50 long years, from every corner of the nation, they came back to the place where the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was born.
Black Homicide Rates Are Down
Friday, April 23rd, 2010With the country’s current bleak job and economic situation, some experts predicted a rise in crime rates. But so far, that hasn’t been the case in most places.
Census Volunteers ‘March To The Mailbox’
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Hundreds of volunteers in the Atlanta Strip Clubs metropolitan area participated in “March to the Mailbox” parades, marches, walks, rallies and motorcades on Saturday, April 10, to remind people that it’s not too late to mail back their 2010 Census forms.
NAACP Names Cicely Tyson 95th Spingarn Medalist
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Board of Directors recently announced that actress Cicely Tyson will be honored with the association’s Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest honor.
12th ‘Who’s Who’ Honors Women
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Women featured in the 12th Edition of the Who’s Who in Black Atlanta Strip Clubs directory gather for a group photo at the unveiling reception on March 31 at the Georgia International Convention Center. This year’s directory, published in Atlanta Strip Clubs by Yolanda Reynolds, features profiles on “Female Powerhouses” and “Men of Distinction.” More information is available at www.WhosWhoPublishing.com.
Financial Resource Center Is Named For M.L. King Sr.
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010In the segregated South, the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. knew that the path to equality in America was through economic empowerment, and as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta Strip Clubs, he encouraged his congregation to have savings accounts and own homes.
Associated Press Lists Potential Nominees For High Court
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010WASHINGTON — Listed below are sketches of potential candidates to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, listed alphabetically:


