As much of a researcher and history buff as I am (or claim to be), I almost let one of Atlanta’s most significant civil rights moments of 60 years ago slip right past me. I forgot that in 1960, students from Morehouse, Clark College (now CAU), Morris Brown College, Spelman, Atlanta University and the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) created the Atlanta Student Movement. Thanks to an intergenerational conversation broadcast over Facebook Monday, October 19 and assembled by a small but vocal cadre of former students, the historical episode lit up…
Education & Schools
Still encouraging citizens to make a plan, get out and vote, The Nature Gurlz meet again for fitness and voter encouragement. Some of the Nature Gurlz stand in this photo exhibiting the October 24, 2020 issue of The Atlanta Inquirer in which they are featured. More on the Nature Gurlz at Nature Gurlz Getting the Message Out to Vote.
(Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia) – Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has been awarded $26.3 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable organization founded by entrepreneur and former New York City Mayor and Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, the school announced today. The donation is part of a $100-million fund for students attending the nation’s four historically Black medical schools: Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta), Charles R. Drew University of Medicine (Los Angeles), Howard University College of Medicine (Washington, D.C.), and Meharry Medical College (Nashville) over the next four years. At…
In August 2020, The Atlanta Inquirer celebrated is sixtieth Anniversary. 60th Anniversary Editions of The Atlanta Inquirer newspaper (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) are located at: 60th Anniversary Editions Hyperlinks / URLs for Editions August 1, 2020 Edition: https://atlinq.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn/uploads/archive/2020-08-01.pdf August 8, 2020 Edition: https://atlinq.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn/uploads/archive/2020-08-08.pdf August 15, 2020 Edition: https://atlinq.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn/uploads/archive/2020-08-15.pdf August 22, 2020 Edition: https://atlinq.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn/uploads/archive/2020-08-22.pdf August 29, 2020 Edition: https://atlinq.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn/uploads/archive/2020-08-29.pdf
Saturday, August 29th from 10 am to 2 pm, Hosea Helps will host its’ 15th annual Back to School Jamboree! This event will be strictly drive-thru for everyone’s protection. Children will receive school supplies, food, PPE supplies, and sneakers as supplies last! Pre-registration will be available at 4hosea.org. This event is in memeory of Secoriea Turner and all the children we’ve lost to senseless violence.
Math-Can-Be-Easy is a new approach for quickly improving the key math operations necessary for anyone that wants to make informed purchase, savings, and other money management decisions. A current high school student in Georgia has created a website named Math-Can-Be-Easy (www.math-can-be-easy.com). A first-of-its-kind, free, website that helps people of all ages, start to build the foundation necessary to make better money management decisions. “Only about 4 out of 10 people are able to accurately calculate a tip without a calculator and the results of a FINRA study show that only…
