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LANSING, MI — On Saturday, April 16, 2005, The Greater Lansing Area Club, Inc. of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. (NANBPWC) will pay honor to several Lansing area residents who have impacted the community in a positive way at its 23rd Annual Founders’ Awards Brunch.
Feb. 9, 2004 — Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family recently attacked SpongeBob SquarePants — and our own Declaration of Tolerance. Jennifer Smith-Holladay, director of Tolerance.org, asks, “Should Dobson be tolerated?”
Actor Ossie Davis, has died, he was 87. Funeral services for the late Ossie Davis, were at Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 W. 138th Street, Manhattan. His funeral was held at noon on Saturday, Feb. 12 at Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, Manhattan. Both his visitation and funeral were open to the public.
MDCR Director Linda V. Parker introducing Governor Jennifer M. Granholm at the Governors’ Interstate Indian Council Conference held August 2004 in Traverse City. Photo courtesy of MDCR.
There are so many Americans who don’t have access to a bank account,” begins Russell Simmons, whose desire to help folks claw their way out of debt and despair has led the Def Jam co-founder to launch UniRush Financial Services – a company that offers a world of banking opportunities, only without the bank.
BOSTON, MA- The Malcolm X/Ella L. Little-Collins Family Foundation Inc. and Rodnell P. Collins, nephew of Malcolm X has issued the following statement regarding the 40th anniversary of Malcolm‚s assassination on February 21, 1965:
The Sparrow Regional Cancer Center welcomes medical hematologist/oncologist Richard Miranda, MD, to its medical staff.
LANSING, MI—The African-American community owes a great debt to Susan J. Hill, the director of the Capital Area District Library, which governs 13 local libraries and a bookmobile, and Kathy Johnson, the head librarian at the downtown main library, and their staff for their annual honoring of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday with a relevant, insightful, and delightful presentation with prestigious guest speakers.