October in African Amerian History!

October 30, 1974 ~ On this day 50 million people across the world watched on TV as Muhammad Ali regained the heavyweight boxing title from then-world-champion George Foreman.

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October in African American History!

October 29, 1929 ~ The collapse of the stock market on October 29, 1929 heralded the beginning of The Great Depression. The depression was especially hard on African Americans because they were the first to be fired and the last to be hired, many of whom were already experiencing economic hardship.

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October in African American History ~ Paul Robeson

October 19, 1943 ~ Othello opened on this day at New York's Shubert Theater, with Paul Robeson in the title role. Its 296 performances made it the longest running Shakespearean play in Brodaway history.

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Spend an evening with Dawn Lewis!

“An Evening with Dawnn Lewis” is an evening of song and stories
starring the extraordinary talents of Ms. Dawnn Lewis!!

Friday, November 4, 8:00pm
2410 Wickham Avenue
Newport News, 23607

Tickets are $10!

Dawnn Lewis is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her roles on sitcoms such as A Different World and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper. She co-wrote the theme song to A Different World. Lewis appeared for the first five seasons as “Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor” Lewis appeared in a special week long segment of A Different World called the Hillman College Reunion airing on Nick At Nite, along with Lisa Bonet, Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl Bell, Cree Summer and Sinbad. Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper Lewis appeared in the first of the five seasons as "Robin Dumars" (1992). She didn't appear on the two shows concurrently - she left A Different World to star in Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. She and Holly Robinson Peete along with R&B quartet En Vogue , performed the theme song for Season 1 of Mr. Cooper.

www.dawnnlewis.com

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October in African American History

October 15, 1902 ~ Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton, self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz" wrote his first composition, "New Orleans Blues," on this day!

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Virginia Women's Conference 2011

Senator Mark Warner and Old Dominion University are pleased to host the Virginia Women's Conference: A Woman’s Playbook for Wealth, Wellness & Wisdom for Any Age on November 19, 2011.

The conference will explore tools for success by providing advice from experts on health, careers, personal development, business, finance and retirement. It will feature a welcome from Senator Warner; Cathy Lewis, Executive Producer and Host of HearSay, WHRV FM; Old Dominion University President and Mrs. Broderick; and keynote remarks from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Vernice “Flygirl” Armour, America’s first African American combat pilot.

The conference will also include workshops, a Resource Expo, and networking opportunities.

This conference is FREE and open to the public (breakfast and lunch will be provided). Seating for workshops is limited and on a first come, first-serve basis.

DATE: Saturday, November 19, 2011

LOCATION: Old Dominion University
Webb University Center
5115 Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23529

TIME: 8:00 am - 2:30 pm

Contact the YWCA-SHR at 757-625-4248 for more information.

"Smart About Credit" Workshop for youth ages 14-21 on Tuesday, Oct. 25

Credit cards? Bank accounts? Tuition? Budgets? Ahh! Are our youth ready for the real world? Please spread the word about the Youth Career Center's "Smart About Credit" Workshop for youth ages 14-21 on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 5:30pm, so we can make sure that they are!

This event is sponsored by Wells Fargo and there will be a financial expert on hand to talk about how credit cards can help and hurt you, how to build and keep good credit, how to find money for college and how to create and manage your spending! All things important in today's economy- eh?

Our events are free and open to all youth ages 14-21. See you there!

Jaedda Hall
Career Coach
Youth Career Center of Hampton Roads
Opportunity, Inc.
4554 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Pembroke Mall, Suite 750
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(757) 233-8686

jhall@oihr.org
myyouthcareercenter.org

"My Skills, My Choices, My Future!"

New Calvary Baptist Church Celebrates "Family and Friends' Day

The congregation of New Calvary Baptist Church, where the Rev. Dr. Wm. Marcus Small is Senior Pastor, cordially invites the Hampton Roads Community to its annual "Family and Friends' Day" service, 10:00, Sunday, October 23, 2011.

As New Calvary Baptist Church is a family of Christian believers who have been transformed to worship and serve through the liberating power of Jesus Christ and as our mission is to walk in faith, in step with Christ, so that we might help to empower God's people, our community, and the world, we ask that you join us as we celebrate the Word of Jesus Christ.

Dr. Small will deliver a very powerful and dynamic message expounding upon the theme, "Working in Service for the Kingdom Agenda".

The Co-Chairs of Family and Friends' Day, Monique Adams & Phyllis Johns, in addition to planning a wonderful Christian service, have planned a great dinner feast following the service.

A "Walk-A-Thon" will be conducted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Northside Park, 8:00-10:00.

New Calvary Baptist Church is located at 800 East Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23504. For more information, call the church office at (757) 627-1269

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October in African American History! ~ Garrett A. Morgan

October 13, 1914 ~ The gas mask was patented on this date by Garrett A. Morgan, inventor from Cleveland, Ohio. Morgan also invented the traffic signal.

Born in March 1877 in Paris, Kentucky to a former slave, he moved to Cleveland at age 18 and found work repairing sewing machines and making clothes. Morgan made enough money to open his own sewing machine repair shop in 1907. He was so successful that he expanded his business two years later to include making clothes, using equipment he had built himself. A year before he had helped form the Cleveland Association of Colored Men.

The same skills that made Morgan a successful inventor and businessman also fired curiosity and drove his inventions. He would see and then go about trying to find something that filled the need. If that something didn't exist, he would make it himself. He had done this with his sewing equipment business, to great success. (He had 32 employees.)

Morgan saw that people who fought fires had other reasons to go into tunnels filled with smoke and fumes had no means of protecting themselves from breathing the bad air. So, he invented what would eventually become the gas mask. His device became an overnight sensation on July 25, 1916, when he used it to perfection in rescuing several people trapped underground after an explosion at the Cleveland Waterworks. The feat made the national news, and soon Morgan received orders from fire departments across the country. He branched out again in 1920, starting a newspaper, the Cleveland Call. The newspaper was a success, and he soon bought a home and a car. (Some historians say that he was the first African American to own a car). He died in 1963 after a long and successful life. His two outstanding inventions live on.

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October in African American History! ~ Clarence Thomas

October 11, 1991 ~ Appeals Court judge Clarence Thomas delivered a speech to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his reopened confirmation hearings. President George Bush has nominated Thomas to be the 106th Supreme Court Justice, filling Thurgood Marshall's vacancy.
Because Thomas' credentials were arguable and he held conservative views, particularly in regards to civil rights, support from the African American community was mixed. the Urban League and Southern Christian Leadership Conference supported his nomination, while the NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus opposed.

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Ocober in African American History ~ William Still

October 7, 1821 ~ William Still was born in New Jersey, a free man. Still was known as "president of the Underground Railroad" and was th organizaion's main strategist and leading spokesperson.
His classic work, Underground Railroad, was published in 1872. Besides his humanitarian work, still owned a prosperous coal stove business and lumber yard. He also founded the first YMCA for African Americans.

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October in African American ~ Benjamin Banneker

October 9, 1806 ~ Benjamin Banneker died on this day at the age of 74 in Baltimore, Maryland. Banneker was a noted mathematician, surveyor, and astronomer. He was the most famous Afican American of the colonial era.
Banneker was born Ellicott Mills in 1731, the son of a free mother, who purchased a slave and then married him-just as her white English-servant mother had done. While still in his 20s, Banneker built the first clock made in America. People traveled long distances to see his famous clock, made entirely of wood using only a pen knife, which worked accurately for 20 years.

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October in African American History ~ Emmer Robinson

October 4, 1964~Emmer Robinson was named coach of the American Basketball League's Oakland club, becoming one of the first African Amricans to coach a major professonal sports team. He began his basketball career touring in the 1960's with the talented an amusing Harlem Globetrotters.

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