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Michele Purvis Harris (1987): First female (and African American female) to serve as the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi (1994) and the Public Defender for Hinds County, Mississippi (2012) Ermea Russell: First African American female to serve as a circuit judge in Hinds County, Mississippi (1998)
African Americans. Black power is a political slogan and a name which is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people. [1] [2] It is primarily, but not exclusively, used by black activists and other proponents of what the slogan entails in the United States. [3]
Black feminism is a branch of feminism that focuses on the African-American woman's experiences and recognizes the intersectionality of racism and sexism . Black feminism philosophy centers on the idea that "Black women are inherently valuable, that [Black women's] liberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's but because of ...
Operation HOPE, Inc., is an American non-profit organization providing financial literacy empowerment and economic education to youth and adults. The mission of this organization is providing everybody with enterprise work and the programs carried out by Operation HOPE, Inc. Andrew Young is the global spokesman of the organization and John Hope Bryant is the chairman.
The culture of the Choctaw has greatly evolved over the centuries combining mostly European-American influences; however, interaction with Spain, France, and England greatly shaped it as well. The Choctaws, or Chahtas, are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States.
English: Extreme ground scouring left behind by a violent EF5 tornado that tracked through Neshoba, Kemper, Winston, and Noxubee counties in Mississippi during the afternoon of April 27, 2011. A large, debarked and defoliated tree that was torn from the ground can be seen in the background. Date. 28 April 2011. Source.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Ten, also known as The Ten, was a group of American female artists who exhibited together from 1917 to 1945. The group, eventually numbering 30 painters and sculptors, exhibited annually in Philadelphia and later had traveling exhibitions at museums throughout the East Coast and the Midwest.
African Americans. MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). The name, styled in all capital letters, is not an acronym.