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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 ...
Sheena Duncan (7 December 1932 – 4 May 2010) was a South African anti-Apartheid activist and counselor. Duncan was the daughter of Jean Sinclair, one of the co-founders of the Black Sash, a group of white, middle-class South African women who offered support to black South Africans and advocated the non-violent abolishment of the Apartheid system.
Occupation (s) anti-apartheid activist, political activist, civil rights campaigner and politician. Known for. Black Sash. Political party. Progressive Federal Party. Relatives. Judy Chalmers (sister) Molly Bellhouse Blackburn OLS (12 November 1930 – 28 December 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political activist, civil ...
Apply for the UNCF Healthcare Workforce Diversity Program. 4. Geoscience IDEA Scholarship. Black women studying geoscience or earth science may qualify for up to $5,000 through the Geoscience IDEA ...
Participated in the organization of the national AME Church in Philadelphia in 1816. By 1820, sent as missionary to Sierra Leone, British colony in West Africa and considered founder of national Methodist Church there. Dennis C. Dickerson, Director of the Research and Scholarship and Professor at Vanderbilt University (retired).
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] The Akintola Williams Arboretum at the Nigerian Conservation Foundation headquarters in Lagos is named in his honor. [5] It engages in lobbying work both at the national and state ...
Wish’s $500 to $2,000 grants for minority-owned businesses can cover rent, inventory costs and more. Eligible U.S. businesses must be black-owned and have no more than 20 employees, an annual ...
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 ...