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ReUNION Narrative: From Faith to Freedom Jan. 16-March 5 The Land of Esteban Gomez

01/18/2013 - 21:42

ReUNION Narrative: From Faith to Freedom Jan. 16-March 5, 2013 4th Lesson

According to the National Park Service, Esteban Gomez, a sailor of African and Portuguese descent, was the second European explorer to visit what was to become New York City-- in 1524.

Having sailed with Magellan, Gomes was such a celebrity that the area he reached--attempting to find the Northwest Passage to India-- was described on a map as The Land of Esteban Gomes, now known as New England.

ReUNION Narrative: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE Jan. 16-March 5 Lesson 3

01/18/2013 - 12:59

ReUNION Narrative: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE Jan. 16 - March 5, 2013

First foodies help turn icon into industry

11/29/2012 - 14:49

WASHINGTON -- No one was happier with the election results than Virginia Ali, who has continued--with her sons--the legacy her husband began with Ben's Chili Bowl in 1958 on U Street.

Just before the Inauguration four years ago, the President-elect Barack Obama came into the restaurant with the mayor of the nation's capital, ordered its signature half-smoke and paid with a $20 bill, telling the cashier "We straight."

Rev. Al Sampson: No Culture without Agriculture

11/21/2012 - 16:28

CHICAGO -- Rev. Al Sampson has a simple message: "there is no culture without agriculture." Sampson is one of BlackRestaurant.NET's 50 Top Names in Black Food being honored Aug. 1 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Come to the Water during S.F. Maritime Day April 28

04/23/2013 - 17:58

SAN FRANCISCO -- Come to the Water, a film, exhibit and book presentation of the African-American experience in San Francisco over the past 200 years, takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 in Pier One as part of the San Francisco Maritime Day. observing the 150th anniversary of the Port of San Francisco.

John William Templeton will sign copies of his books Come to the Water: Sharing the Rich Black Experience in San Francisco and Cakewalk: an historical novel about the unsung creators of jazz and present the exhibition Gold Rush Abolitionists: the California Movement to Emancipation along with documentaries from ReUNION: Education-Arts-Heritage educational network such as The King Behind King, Bridges, Chavez and Mandela and Leidesdorff: A Man Without Boundaries.

The Financial CoPilot opens growth infrastructure to more entrepreneurs

02/02/2013 - 19:43

MIAMI -- Hugh Stewart's first two forays into business did not bear fruit, so he created or acquired another 18 companies in the last 12 years.

Kent, Hannah building new global brand

11/18/2012 - 20:54

SAN MATEO -- To build a billion-dollar technology company, it helps to have a team which has done it before.

ELC seeks 500 more C-level, 200 more board members in Fortune 500

11/12/2012 - 20:13

WASHINGTON -- The Executive Leadership Council wants corporate boards to wake up and smell the coffee from the Nov. 6 election results. A changing electorate is also a sign that business executive suites should change as well.

Second term extends business opportunities

11/07/2012 - 18:21

CHICAGO -- The reelection of President Barack Obama offered an unexpected plug for serial inventor Dr. Juan Gilbert, project manager for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission's design of a universal voting machine. The lone unscripted remark in his acceptance speech, just after noting the long lines at polling booths, was "we need to do something about that."

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ReUNION Narrative: From Faith to Freedom Jan. 16-March 5 The Land of Esteban Gomez

ReUNION Narrative: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE Jan. 16-March 5 Lesson 3

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