BSMS Announces Recipients of Charlie Blackwell Symposium Scholarships for BIPOC Stage Managers
The recipients are: Donovan Andrade, Jourdan Miller, Nakia Shalice Avila, Norman Anthony Small and Ashani Smith.by BWW News Desk
BSMS has announced the five stage managers that have been chosen to receive the first ever Charlie Blackwell Symposium Scholarships for BIPOC stage managers.
Each recipient will receive a complimentary pass to the Broadway Stage Management Symposium as well as a personal meeting with the adjudicator who chose them. The adjudicators (Narda E. Alcorn, Lisa Dawn Cave, Beverly Jenkins, Kenneth J. McGee, & Cody Renard Richard) are all very successful Broadway stage managers of color and had the challenging task of selecting from many wonderful applicants.
St. Augustine s Is the First Historically Black College to Have a Cycling Team
The St. Augustine s Cycling Team. Photo by Joshua Steadman
This story was first published online at UNC Media Hub. Listen to a broadcast of the story by Trevor Stevenson here.
Every day, Brandon Valentine-Parris takes a 20 mile-ride on his midnight black Canyon Inflite bicycle, accompanied by the percussion of soca beats. When heâs on the verge of exhaustion, he just turns the music up and remembers his purpose.
âI just want to be fast,â he said. âI want to be the best in my country, and I want to go to certain places that a lot of people donât get to go. That was literally the only driving point.â
The calling on his life was very sure : Orangeburg family operated city s only Green Book location
Johnson s Tourist Home was the only listing for Orangeburg, SC, in the Green Book. We found the descendants of the Johnson Family to learn their story. Author: Alicia Neaves Updated: 11:31 PM EST February 25, 2021
ORANGEBURG, S.C. During the time of segregation, many businesses across the nation wouldn t accommodate people of color.
Even though they had money, African Americans weren t allowed to do business in certain places because of the color of their skin.
For that reason, the Negro Travelers Green Book was created.
It listed businesses like hotels, restaurants, barbershops, and much more in different states that would welcome people of color.
For 17-year-old high school senior Brenyya Connor, dozens of college acceptance letters have poured in since the Florida native first began applying to colleges last summer.
One by one, in her interview with Atlanta Black Star, the soon-to-be first-generation college student rattled off the names of schools that have offered her admission.
“I got into FAMU, Howard, Clark Atlanta, North Carolina, Iowa State, University of Iowa, North Carolina Central University, Alabama A&M University,” shared Connor, who currently attends Miami Northwestern Senior High School in Miami.
After submitting over 50 college applications, the ambitious student now has her pick of more than 50 colleges and universities to attend. It’s a list that includes: “…Alabama State University, Columbus State University, University of South Florida, University of North Florida, and I recently got into Clemson. I also got into Claflin University,” she said.
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