June 24, 1936 Bethune-Cookman College President Mary McLeod Bethune, the 15th child of former slaves, is named director of Negro Affairs for the National Youth […]
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This Week in Black History
April 25, 1944 Frederick Douglass Patterson, the president of Tuskegee Institute, with Mary McLeod Bethune and others, incorporates the United Negro College Fund in Washington, […]
All-Black female WWII battalion to be honored
L.A. DIGEST Staff and Wire Reports LEIMERT PARK — The NAACP-Los Angeles will honor an all-Black female battalion from World War II during a special […]
West Hollywood to observe Women’s History Month
Wave Staff Report WEST HOLLYWOOD — The city will celebrate National Women’s History Month in March with a series of virtual events to recognize and […]