November 17 - 23, 2019
Vol. 24, Issue 44
Greater Houston Edition
BLACK CHILDREN MATTER
“Your money and your vote are two of the most powerful tools you have. Be careful who you give them to.”
- Roy Douglas Malonson
OUR STORY
- Roy Douglas Malonson
LIVING LEGEND
November
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Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity Inc., founded on the campus of Howard University. - 1911
Darren Walker
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Born on this day, Michael B. Coleman became the first African-American Mayor of Columbus, Ohio. - 1954
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HOUSTON - Non-profit executive and foundation president Darren Walker was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1959, and raised in Ames and Goose Creek, Texas. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 1982, and received his J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1986. Walker was hired at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in 1986. In 1988, he joined the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), where he spent seven years in the capital markets division. He left UBS in 1995 and worked for a year as a full-time volunteer at The Children’s Storefront, an elementary school serving low-income families in Harlem. Walker then entered the nonprofit sector as chief operating officer for the Abyssinian Development Corporation, a community development organization in Harlem, where he guided efforts to develop housing for low and moderate-income families. Cont. aframnews.com
Women’s rights advocate and abolitionist, Sojourner Truth was born. - 1797
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Garrett Augustus Morgan receives patent for his traffic light. - 1923
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Shaw University founded. - 1865
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The Honorable Elijah Muhammad founds the Nation of Islam in Detroit. - 1930
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OP-ED
COMMUNITY
WHAT’S HAPPENIN’
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The Hutchinson Report reveals barriers for Elizabeth Warren.
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Interactive Workshop helps residents trace ancestral heritage.
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Christ Temple the People’s Church to host Thanksgiving Fest.
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American television broadcaster, Robin Rene Roberts, the anchor of Good Morning America is born. – 1960