The first African American Organization on the campus of Texas A&M. Founded 1969
Information
- Location:
- College Station, TX
- Phone:
- 979-845-1515
Favorite Pages
Links
Events
2 upcoming eventsSee All
- Confederate States of America
HECC 108
Thursday, December 3 at 7:00pm - Third Annual Reverend Dr. Mart...
Rudder Theater - Texas A&M University
Thursday, January 21 at 10:00am
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee
The MSC Carter G. Woodson Black Awareness Committee cordially invites you to the Third Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast. This event is a small way to honor the life and legacy of this extraordinary human being.
Speaker: Dr. Cornel West
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Time: 10:00am
Location: Rudde...r Theater
Tickets are available now at the MSC Box Office.
$5 with TAMU ID*
$10 General Admission
*FREE copy of Dr. West’s new book, "Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir" to the first 100 students to purchase a ticket at the Box Office window.
MSC Box Office
(979) 845-1234 or (888) 890-5667 (toll free)
Email: tickets@msc.tamu.edu
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Time:10:00AM Thursday, January 21st
Location:Rudder Theater - Texas A&M University
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! —MAYA ANGELOU
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1989 - Civil Rights Memorial is dedicated in Montgomery, AL, 1989 1979 - The Bethune Museum & Archives, a depository and center for African American women's history, is established in Washington, DC 1975 - Angola's Angola proclaimed independent 1925 - Xavier University established 1831 - Leader of a Virgina slave revolt, Nat Turner was hanged
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1960 - President John F. Kennedy named Andrew T. Hatcher associate press secretary. Hatcher was the first Black to hold this position. 1898 - George P. White, a Republican political leader from northeastern NC introduced the first anti-lynching legislation into the Congress (it was defeated) and founded the first black... bank 1891 - Granville T Woods puts patents the electric railway 1831 - The Confession of Nat Turner
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1990 - Sharon Pratt Dixon (now Kelly) was elected mayor of Washington, D.C., making this a first for a woman of any race. 1973 - Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Black mayors of city's with over a million citizens, 1973 1920 - James Weldon Johnson became the first Black executiv...e secretary of the NAACP. 1900 - One hundred and six Blacks reported lynched in 1900.
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee long before Barack...
www.veoh.com
A documentary about congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1974 - Walter E. Washington, became the first elected mayor of Washington, D.C. 1968 - Shirley Chisholm becomes the first African American woman to be elected to the US Congress 1935 - Maryland Court of Appeals ordered the University of Maryland to admit Donald Murray.
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1958 - World renowned opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her debut in NYC
www.youtube.com
From Saint-Saens Samson et Dalila. BBC Telecast, 1971
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1992 - Carol Moseley Braun is the 1st Black woman to be elected to the US Senate 1981 - Zena Garrison becomes the 1st Black player to win the junior singles championship at Wimbledon, England 1970 - Sean "Puffy" Combs Born 1958 - World renowned opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her debut in NYC
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee What yall know about Ruby Dee?
www.youtube.com
"Tupac" Ruby Dee Season 4, Episode 6 (S04 E06) Original Air Date: 22 August 2004
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1981 - Andrew Young, Former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta. 1960 - Martin Luther King Jr. released on bond from the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville. 1954 - B.O. Davis Jr. became the first Black general in the U.S. Air Force. 1924 - Ruby Dee (Born Ruby Ann Wallace) was born on this day.
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee bell hooks is here on Thursday! A program you won't want to miss.
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee Happy birthday Dizzy!
www.youtube.com
Jazz trumpet greats Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie performing Umbrella Man.
MSC Woodson Black Awareness Commitee 1989 - Bertram M. Lee and Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the Denver Nuggets becoming the first Black owners of a professional basketball team 1950 - The first NBA Black Assistant Coach, Earl Lloyd, becomes the first Black person to play in an NBA game (beating out Charles Cooper and Nat Clifton by a day...) 1917 - John Birks "Dizzy" Gilespie, trumpeter & pioneer of 'behop' jazz was born
