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February 9, 2023
Did you know America’s first black billionaire was from East Baltimore?
CBS Baltimore
BY CHRISTIAN OLANIRAN | CBS BALTIMORE BALTIMORE — Reginald F. Lewis was a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and most notably – the...
February 8, 2023
Gregory: World needs African Americans’ ‘strength of character’; it ‘resides within the souls of our people’
Catholic Review
By Richard Szczepanowski | OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Celebrating a Feb. 5 Mass in honor of Black History Month,...
February 8, 2023
Today is the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita
Catholic Online
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She...
February 8, 2023
Black History Month: Franco Harris
CBSNews.com
By Ron Smiley | KDKA News PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Franco Harris was an NFL Hall of Fame running back for...
February 6, 2023
Pennsylvania boy, nine, becomes one of the youngest ever high school graduates
The Guardian
By Ramon Antonio Vargas | The Guardian David Balogun, who loves science and computer programming, receives diploma after taking remote...
February 6, 2023
Prayer is praise: The way to never have a bad day
Aleteia
The saints remind us that the very reason we exist is to give praise to God. Fr. Peter John Cameron,...
February 6, 2023
Black History Month Spotlight: Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman
Felician University
Sister Thea Bowman was born Bertha Elizabeth Bowman in 1937 in the state of Mississippi to parents Dr. Theon Bowman,...
February 6, 2023
Announcing Black History Month Virtual Programming
IAAMUSEUM
By IAAM Staff The first month of 2023 is wrapping up — and here at the International African American Museum,...
February 6, 2023
‘Be Seeds of Hope’: Pope Francis Meets 2,500 Refugees in South Sudan
National Catholic Register
The Holy Father addressed and met with people who are living in refugee camps after being forced to leave their...
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