Tag: black history

CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 13, 2019 – The Every1Voice Matters Foundation recognizes celebrities and athletes around the country who have overcome stuttering as part of its Black History Month celebration. Sherrikka Myers, who grew up stuttering and later overcame it, says Every 1 Voice Matters, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, wants to recognize the many successful individuals who […]

Historic Trip to Ghana to Mark 400th Anniversary of Documented Africans Arriving to U.S. in 1619 Travelers will have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel to retrace history, meet Ghanaian leaders and “Return” through “The Door of No Return” PHILADELPHIA, February 19, 2019 – To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first documented arrival of Africans in Virginia, a Philadelphia travel […]

Nationally acclaimed Atlanta artist Aaron Henderson has unveiled a poignant painting to recognize the 50th anniversary of the bombing at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Henderson’s painting, “The Corner – Birmingham, 1963”, draws off his personal life as a child growing up in Birmingham where he was classmates of two of the four […]