Farmers Insurance® announces 2021 Farmers Insurance Open® exemption for APGA Tour Championship winner Kamaiu Johnson | New Pittsburgh Courier

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Farmers Insurance® announces 2021 Farmers Insurance Open® exemption for APGA Tour Championship winner Kamaiu Johnson | New Pittsburgh Courier

Advocates Pro Golf Association (APGA) Tour player and Farmers® brand ambassador to join PGA TOUR professionals at the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open as Farmers deepens support for diversity-focused golf tour WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Farmers Insurance®and the Farmers Insurance Open announced today that Kamaiu Johnson, winner of the 2020 APGA … Continued

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Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)

May 3 – In Hernandez v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States are entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the

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Courville, Cindy L. (1954– )

Cindy Lou Courville is an American diplomat and expert on Africa. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, to Earnest and Mar Courville in 1954, she grew up attending segregated schools until the eighth grade when she was among the first groups of African American children who began to integrate the local

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Kenneth Denman is currently a Venture Partner with Sway Ventures. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Emotient, Inc., an innovative venture-backed software start- up that built an artificial intelligence (deep learning) based platform for measuring facial expressions, leveraging computer

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Bruce S. Gordon

Bruce S. Gordon was President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Gordon was appointed to the NAACP leadership position in August 2005. During his 19 month tenure, Gordon added more than 100,000 members and associates to the

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Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa opposite Mozambique. The worlds fourth-largest island, it is twice the size of Arizona. The countrys low-lying coastal area gives way to a central plateau. The once densely wooded interior has largely been cut

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Florida General Assembly

Florida General Assembly (nineteen Blacks, fifty-seven whites) met in Tallahassee.

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Sheri H. Edison

Sheri H. Edison is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Bemis Company, Inc., a major supplier of flexible packaging used by leading food, consumer products, healthcare and other companies

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Scarborough, Danny (1947-1989)

Danny Lyon Scarborough made his mark in the world in two arenas, as an innovative, Emmy Award-winning choreographer/dancer, and as one of the first well-known African Americans to go public about having AIDS. Born on July 27, 1947, he grew up on a farm near Wake Forest, North Carolina. He was

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Wineberry, Jesse Calvin (1955- )

Former Washington State Legislator and current internet business entrepreneur, Jesse Calvin Wineberry was born in 1955 in Sedro Woolley, Washington, and adopted by parents Peter and Mary Wineberry. Wineberry grew up in Seattle’s Central District and attended Queen Anne High School. He earned

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Ann M. Fudge was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Young & Rubicam Brands. Fudge has held a number of leadership positions during her corporate career. Previously, Fudge served in various leadership positions at Kraft Foods from 1986 to 2001, including President of Beverages, Desserts and

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Herman Cain is the retired businessman and lobbyist from Georgia who in 2011 ran for the Republican nomination for president. Herman Cain came to politics late in life, rising to prominence after a public debate in 1994 with President Bill Clinton over the presidents plan to reform health care. At

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Reginald F. Lewis

Lewis was born on this day in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1968. He was a partner in Murphy, Thorpes & Lewis, the first black law firm on Wall Street. In 1989 he became president and CEO of TLC Beatrice International food Company, Lewis became the

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Rosalind G. Brewer

Rosalind G. Brewer is Group President and Chief Operating Officer, for Starbucks Corporation. In this role, Brewer will serve as a member of Starbucks senior leadership team and she will continue to serve on the Starbucks Board of Directors. As Group President and Chief Operating Officer, Brewer

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Darius C. Rucker is an American musician who first gained fame as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Hootie & the Blowfish, and next for his transition from a successful career in rock to a successful career in country music. Rucker was born on May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South

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McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926- )

Born on December 28, 1926 to Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and Ruth Berry McKinney in Flint, Michigan, Samuel Berry McKinney would become a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest

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Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer Serves on Board of Directors for: of the Americas Region for the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global, multidisciplinary, member-driven real estate organization dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving, sustainable

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Kenneth C. Frazier

Kenneth C. Frazier is Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Co., Inc. Frazier previously served as President of Merck before his current position as the head of this pharmaceutical giant. Frazier has held a broad range of senior management positions since joining Merck

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Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth

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List of first African-American mayors

In the 19th century in the American South during Reconstruction, African Americans began to be elected to many local offices, such as sheriff or Justice of the Peace, and some became the first African-American mayors of cities and towns. After this brief period, African Americans found themselves

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Phillip R. Cox, for more than 40 years, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Cox Financial Corporation, an independent financial services company he

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Johnson, Kevin Maurice (1966- )

Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento, California, was born in Californias capital city in 1966. He graduated from Sacramento High School, where he led the state in basketball scoring during his senior year, with a point average of 32.5 points. Johnson then played college basketball at the University

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Michele J. Hooper

Michele J. Hooper is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Director’s Council, an organization that consults with major companies to improve the effectiveness of their corporate governance. Previously, Hooper served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Voyager Expanded Learning and of

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Born: 9/20/1958 New York City, New YorkBurns was appointed CEO of Xerox in 2009, and over the last 5 years, she has worked tirelessly towards transforming the company’s image as a manufacturer of printers to a full-fledged services business. And it’s working well. Services now represent 57% of the

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Stacy Brown-Philpot

Stacy Brown-Philpot is Chief Executive Officer of TaskRabbit. Prior to this role, Brown-Philpot served as the Chief Operating Officer before taking over the leadership role at this company. Brown-Philpot’s current position makes her one of the most powerful Black executives in Silicon

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The Blood of Entertainers: The Life and Times of Jimi Hendrix's Paternal Grandparents

In the following article, Janie L. Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix and the younger sister of music legend Jimi Hendrix, reflects on the lives of their grandparents, Bertram Philander Ross Hendrix and Zenora Moore. Her article reminds us of the rich entertainment heritage dating

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Brenda J. Gaines

Brenda J. Gaines was President & Chief Executive Officer of the Diners Club for Citigroup. In this role, Gaines was responsible for leading the activities of the North American franchise in the global twenty-nine billion-dollar Diners Club International network. Gaines has held various

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Shippen, John Matthew, Jr. (1879-1968)

John Matthew Shippen, Jr. was the first African American professional golfer and known as one of Americas golf pioneers. Shippen achieved this distinction when he competed in the US Open in

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Johnson, Robert Louis (1946 - )

Robert Louis Johnson, founder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black Entertainment Television (BET), is also the majority owner of the Charlotte (North Carolina) Bobcats of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the first African American billionaire. He was born in

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