Carter G. Woodson

Mar 10 2011

A case of March madness

Oops!

Someone forgot to tell that to the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling that Black History Month is celebrated in February.

The Los Angeles Clippers ran a half-page advertisement in the Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, edition of the Los Angeles Times, boldly proclaiming their celebration of Black History Month. A smiling Donald Sterling is shown in a tux next to the Clippers phenom Blake Griffin.

“In honor of Black History Month,” the ad read, “the Clippers will admit 1,000 underprivileged children free.”

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 10 2009

Old passion yields new mission for long-time historian

Dolores Nehemiah has just retired after 20 years as president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for the Study of Afro-American History (ASAAH).

But that does not mean the septuagenarian has slowed down one iota. In fact, she sheepishly and laughingly acknowledges charges that she has not really retired at all, but has merely switched her focus.

What keeps the history lover busy now is her passion—getting books into the hands of young people in the community via a mobile book program called D-Mobile, The Traveling Book Nook.

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.