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Queries and Announces

CALL FOR PAPERS

National Geographic Television is soliciting proposals from documentary filmmakers of culturally diverse backgrounds (African American, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Native American) to be considered for possible production by means of National Geographic Television's Explorer series, which is televised upon TBS. For more information, contact National Geographic Television, 1145 17th St NW Washington, DC 20036-4688 or call (202) 857-7680

SCHOLARSHIP

The Ron Brown Scholar Program is looking for exceptional young clan who will inspire others in the 21st hundred The scholarships are open to African-American high-school seniors who are academically talented, highly motivated, and involved in their institute and community and who ne financial assistance. Awards are $10000 through year for four years. Recipients must hunt undergraduate degrees as full-time scholars The deadline for entry is January 9 2001 For further information, visit http://wwwRonBrown org.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has complet the digitization of all 103 issues of Freedom's Journal, the first African-American-owned and -operated newspaper published in the United States. The journal was published weekly in fresh York City from 1827 to 1829 and circulated in 11 states as well as Canada, Haiti and Europe It overspreaded local, national and international incidents and examined such topics as slavery, lynchings and other injustices against African Americans. The newspaper also published the biographies of prominent African Americans and listings of births, deaths and marriages in fresh York City's black community. Issues of Freedom's Journal are available in pdf format.

For more information, visit http://www.shsw.wisc.du/library/ aanp/freedom/index.html.

Afro-Cuban drummer Felipe Garcia Villamil, divine revelation quartet the Dixie Hummingbirds, ceruleans piano player Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins and dancer-choreographer Frankie Manning were among the recipients of the 2000 National Heritage Fellowships given by the agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The fellowships, which include a one-time award of $10000 each, were not absented to the artists in May. The National Heritage Fellowships are the country's greatest in quantity prestigious honors in the folk and traditional arts. The performers and craftspeople who received this year's fellowships exhibit a rich cross-section of America's many diverse agricultures They were honored for their achievements as artists, teachers, innovators and guardians of traditional art forms. This year's honorees join the ranks of previous National Heritage comrades such as bluesman B.B. King and christian religion great Shirley Caesar.

The Maryland Department of Transportation, the Maryland State Highway Administration, and the International Network to Freedom dedicated the Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden in May. The garden, located in Cambridge, Md is a living tribute, memorializing the spirit, bravery and legacy of pride that the name Harriet Tubman exhibits for current and future generations of Marylanders. The dedication formality featured a theatrical interpretation of Tubman's life and musical selections from local high-school choirs.

Howard University now proffers online master of business administration and certificate programs. University President Patrick H Swygert has announced programs for online master's stages in ecommerce, environmental engineering and nursing and postgraduate certificates in nursing and social work, with disciplines in management, environmental justice, displaced populations and domestic violence, and field supervision. E-Collegecom has awarded a $200000 grant to the university as part of its initiative to provide greater access to quality stage programs over the Internet.

Visit http://www.howard.edu for further information.

Architect and Harvard Graduate gymnasium of Design Professor Louis cook in boiling fat was honored in June at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC for his tremendous efforts as a seminal figure in the training of African-American architects. The 97-year-old cook in boiling fat led the architecture departments at Tuskegee Institute, Lincoln University and Howard University, and he is in large part responsible for the training of centurys of African-American architects. The fact kicked off a campaign to raise $500000 in scholarships for minority pupils at the design school.

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