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Milton Carroll is Executive Chairman of the Board for CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a major domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution and competitive natural gas sales. Headquartered in Houston, CenterPoint serves more than five
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*Probable date of Prince Hall's birth
Prince Hall, Revolutionary War Veteran and founder of African Masonic Lodges, *may* have been born on this date. Though his accomplishments are well celebrated, little is known of Prince Halls early life.
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Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
Feb
27
1788
Cayton, Horace Roscoe (1859-1940)
Horace Roscoe Cayton spent nearly all his life combating racism. The child of a Mississippi slave, Cayton came of age during the Reconstruction, and post-Reconstruction eras and had already cultivated strong opinions on human, political, and civil rights by the time he settled in
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22
1920
Movado Launches the Special Edition Edge Collection
Movado introduces a new Special Edition Movado Edge collection, developed in collaboration with world-renowned industrial designer Yves Béhar and his design firm fuseproject. A breakthrough design that brought a dynamic new level of artistry and innovation to the legendary Museum Dial, created in
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How Businesses Can Adapt And Prosper In A Post-Pandemic Economy
“Many businesses won’t be able to return to their old way of doing things, but in some cases that might be just as well,” says Bill Higgs, an authority on corporate culture and the ForbesBooks author of the Culture Code Champions: 7 Steps to Scale & Succeed in Your those old ways probably
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Daisy Lampkin dies
Daisy Lampkin, founder of the National Council of Negro Women, died from the effects of a December 1964 heart attack.
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Mar
10
1965
Kofi Annan
Born: 4/8/1938 Kumasi, GhanaKofi Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for their work for a better organized and more
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'Pressure Season': Rasheeda Frost Flaunts Her Latest Fashion Look While Uplifting Black Women
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Steve Biko - Death
Steve Biko , in full Bantu Stephen Biko (born December 18, 1946, King William’s Town, South Africa—died September 12, 1977, Pretoria), founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa.
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Sep
12
1977
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Renee L. Glover
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'Who Gone Check You Boo?': Sheree Whitfield Has Fans Drooling Over Her Beauty and Stylish 'Fit
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Johnson, Robert Louis (1946 - )
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‘You Are My Sunshine’: Kenya Moore’s Daughter Brightens Up Fans’ Day with Her Adorable Smile
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Jean Baptist Pointe Desable founds Chicago
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Jun
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1790
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The People's Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia by former African Amer
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26
1907
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Christopher Perry
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1921
Miles Vandehurst Lynk,
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Donna A. James
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