Hampton honors Bishop Blake
Virgie W. Murray
Jun 12 2009

Rev. Charles E. Blake will be honored this week at the 94th Annual Hampton University Ministers’ Conference

The Most Rt. Rev. Charles E. Blake will be honored this week at the 94th Annual Hampton University Ministers’ Conference. held on the Hampton University campus in Virginia.

The 74th Annual Choir Director’s Organists’ Guild Workshop is held simultaneously, with Dr. Roland M. Carter as director. Dr. Carter is the professor of music at the University of Chattanooga in Tennessee, and the president of the National Association of Negro Musicians.

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Fatal shooting in Hawthorne
Shirley Hawkins
Jun 11 2009

Teen shot in front yard

Hawthorne, CA -- Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for two suspects who fatally shot a teen who was standing in his yard.

The incident occurred in the 13300 block of Cordary Avenue in Hawthorne.

A sheriff’s department spokesman said that the boy was lifting weights in his front yard Monday when a dark colored vehicle pulled up. Two people exited the vehicle and asked where the victim was from. They then searched his pockets.

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Inglewood elections
Cynthia E. Griffin
Jun 11 2009

Run-offs set for June 16

Inglewood, CA -- George Dotson and Danny Tabor have been here before. The two veteran Inglewood leaders are once again facing one another for a chance to represent residents of the first district on the city council.

Now they are competing once again for the council seat during the June 16 election and this match is winner take all. Also included on this ballot are the run-off races for Inglewood School District board seats.
 
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Microsoft receives Judge Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award
Brittany Hutson
Jun 11 2009

NNPA Special Correspondence

 New York, NY -- On the 45th anniversary of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has honored Microsoft Corporation for excellence in diversity at its 10th Annual A. Leon Higginbotham Award Dinner in New York June 3rd.

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Motivated Men of Dorsey to hold ‘Afternoon of Excellence’
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
May 9 2013

Working to get others involved in educating young Black men

The Motivated Men of Dorsey High School is a nonprofit organization committed to community collaboration and social responsibility through its efforts to prepare the young men at Dorsey High School to be effective communicators, critical thinkers and life-long learners. As a collaborative of alumni, parents, faculty, staff and community members, the organization’s objective is to foster positive relationships with the young men in an effort to close the achievement gap, increase test scores, and lead them to a successful high school experience.

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