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New York, NY – February 1, 2022 – AMC Networks is celebrating Black History Month with the rollout of its 9th annual, award-winning Black History Month Public Service Announcement campaign, in partnership with members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization.
Black leaders are calling the recent series of bomb threats against several Historically Black College and University (HBCU) campuses "terrorism." There have been threats to several HBCUs so far this month, many of which occurred only in the past two days.
The matter is so alarming that civil rights lawyer and attorney for the family of Ahmaud Arbery, Lee Merritt, who is also a graduate of Morehouse College, told theGrio that he believes the Biden administration should form a task force to get to the bottom of the threats.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty and HBCU Caucus Founder and Co-Chair Alma Adams issued the following joint statement:
Though Biden is committed to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court in replacement of retired Justice Stephen Breyer, Black women still struggle to be nominated in majority of public office positions. No Black woman has been elected as governor, president, nor are there any Black women serving in the Senate since Kamala Harris was elected as Vice President, via USA Today.
Only five women have sat on the US supreme court in its 232 years. Not one has been a Black woman – but that is now set to change.
The retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer has given Joe Biden a unique opportunity and if, as pledged, he chooses a Black woman to replace the 83-year-old, the US president will not only be making history, but recognizing the power of a core constituency.
Small businesses, including Black entrepreneurs, can gain potentially lucrative opportunities from President Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.
The U.S. Mint announced on Monday that celebrated writer and poet, Maya Angelou, is now featured on the US quarter.
According to the U.S. Mint, "These circulating quarters honoring Maya Angelou are manufactured at the Mint facilities in Philadelphia and Denver. Coins featuring additional honorees will begin shipping later this year and through 2025."
Black women stood on the frontlines to help push President Joe Biden over the top in the 2020 election.
As the nation awaits word on whom the President nominates to fill the newly vacant Supreme Court seat, there's little debate whether an African American woman will be that pick.
As members of Ohio's Congressional delegation discussed the amount of money headed to the Buckeye State from the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, there was agreement:
Priorities should be set for the money.
Black women activists, buoyed by news that President Biden will nominate a Black woman to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer on the Supreme Court, say it's long overdue and that they are mobilizing to make sure the historic opportunity becomes reality.