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Alliance to showcase African Diaspora announced PASADENA, CA—On Monday, January 15, 2018, the holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the NAACP and the Africa-America Institute announced a groundbreaking partnership during the 49th NAACP Image Awards. The NAACP will work with the AAI on the development and distribution of a curriculum designed to highlight the accomplishments, achievements and history of Africa and its Diaspora. “It’s appropriate that on a day that we honor Dr. King as well as promote positive images of people of color, we announce to the world a partnership that includes a curriculum, learning exchange and a network for advocacy and activism on behalf of those of African descent in the United States and abroad, “said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP. “AAI has a long history of academic exchange and educational meetings between Africa and America. Now is an extraordinary time and opportunity to partner with the NAACP and together connect the more than 42 million Afro-descendants with the brilliance of the African history and its contribution to modern civilization,” added Kofi Appenteng, President of the Africa-America Institute. The curriculum from the NAACP/ AAI Alliance will include content such as Africa’s Great Civilizations, the critically acclaimed series by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Partners and NAACP chapters will benefit from organized screenings and lessons with an early education focus on positive identity formation and a more advanced curriculum that includes studies in social sciences.
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Trump’s remarks condemned By Freddie Allen
Editor-In-Chief, BlackPressUSA.com/NNPA Newswire)
—Trump made the comments during a meeting with Republican and Democratic congressmen about immigra-
tion reform and President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. — The New York Times reported: “When Mr. Trump heard that Haitians were among those who would benefit from the
proposed deal, he asked whether they could be left out of the plan, asking, ‘Why do we want people from Haiti here?’” —Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric Richmond said that the Diversity Visa Pro-
gram “greatly benefits immigrants from African countries and provides an opportunity for them to achieve the American Dream.” Civil rights groups and
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center from Aug. 1-5. Coleman will lead the convention team. This year's theme is "NABJ18: Driving Journalism, Technology & Trust." President Glover praised Coleman for her decades of service since becoming a
member in 1995. Coleman has served NABJ in numerous capacities, including chapter president, deputy regional director and regional conference co-chairperson. "Eva has been a phenomenal member and servant of
King III talks to Black Press about dad’s legacy By Stacy M. Brown
(NNPA Newswire Contributor)
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Coleman to chair NABJ National Convention
Eva D. Coleman
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) President Sarah Glover has named Dallas-area editor and journalism educator Eva D. Coleman as the 2018 NABJ Convention chairwoman. The largest gathering for journalists of color in 2018 will be held at the
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Hon. Martin L. King III
Nearly 50 years ago, the world lost one of its greatest heroes. That hero’s son, Martin Luther King III, continues his father’s work, taking See KING, page 2
Dallas remembers two of its finest! On New Year’s of Fame in 2000. morning, JanuBut she was nevary 1, 2018, our er one to seek the beloved Mamie spotlight. was called home. The Dallas She experienced Morning News, a heart attack at in a “High Life” a New York rehaprofile of Mamie, bilitation center reflected, ‘[t]hough while recuperating Dr. McKnight is from a fall suffered not the most visible during a vacation or the most vocal in Martha’s Vineblack leader in Dalyard. las, she serves as a Dr. Mamie L. McKnight Dr. Mamie L. quiet inspiration for McKnight achieved a high level many.” of education and received many Mamie exuded boundless energy accolades and awards over the that was contagious to those whose course of her life, including inducSee McKNIGHT, page 15 tion into the Texas Women’s Hall
Ada Lee Gipearned a degree in son Williams was Music. Ada utilized born in Waxaher education to behachie, Texas, on come a Dallas ISD August 22, 1933, to elementary school Henry Lee and Luteacher in Music, eada Gipson. She Science, and Math was the oldest of from 1955-1970. As five children. She an advocate of the accepted Christ at value of education, an early age, and she later received a attended Golden Master of Arts deGate Missionary gree in Education Baptist Church in with a certification Ada Lee Gipson Williams Dallas. in Counseling from Ada was educated in the Dallas North Texas State University (now Independent School District (Dallas known as the University of North ISD) and graduated from Lincoln Texas). She later served as an eleHigh School. At Huston-Tillotson See WILLIAMS, page 14 University in Austin, Texas, she www.texasmetronews.com