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The Black Sash was founded on 19 May 1955 by six middle-class white women, Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson. [1] The organisation was founded as the Women’s Defence of the Constitution League but was eventually shortened by the press as the Black Sash due to the women's habit ...
Joy Ngozi Ezeilo is a Nigerian professor of public law, a senior advocate of Nigeria, an activist, [1] and a six-year United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking persons in Africa. [2] [3] [4] She is also a former Commissioner for Gender and Social Development, Enugu State. [5] She was a former Dean and HOD of faculty of law University of ...
Founded in 1980 by Shafi Edu, the Foundation has since undertaken numerous resource management and conservation projects across Nigeria. [2] Chief Ede Dafinone is the current Chairman of the Foundation, and Dr. Muhtari Aminu-Kano is the Director-General. [3] One of the founders was Akintola Williams. [4]
Academic boycott campaign. The Anti-Apartheid Movement was instrumental in initiating an academic boycott of South Africa in 1965. The declaration was signed by 496 university professors and lecturers from 34 British universities to protest against apartheid and associated violations of academic freedom.
Black Axe (confraternity) The Black Axe, also known as the Neo Black Movement of Africa or the NBM of Africa, is an international confraternity founded at the University of Benin in Nigeria as part of the Pan African movement. Its aims include the promotion and advancement of African culture and arts globally by striving to revive, retain, and ...
The organization has awarded scholarships to scores of talented young musicians throughout the country, including Marian Anderson (the first scholarship award recipient in 1919), William L. Dawson, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Warren George Wilson, James Frazier, Julia Perry, Grace Bumbry, Leon Bates, Joseph Joubert and Awadagin Pratt.
A Better Chance (ABC) is a non-profit organization with the goal of helping more talented young people of color to become well-educated by attending high-achieving boarding, day, and public schools in the United States. [1] ABC was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in New York, New York, with regional offices around the United States.
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational and professional organization of African-American journalists, students, and media professionals. Founded in 1975 in Washington, D.C. , by 44 journalists, the NABJ's stated purpose is to provide quality programs and services to and advocate on behalf of ...