Confidence still high for Rangers manager
Ron Washington enters third year with budding team
April 15, 2009For Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington, will the new major league baseball season come out clean in the “Wash,” or be all “Wash-ed” up? Fair or unfair, 2009 will be a do-ordie season to determine Washington’s future with the team - if it hasn’t been determined already.
Either way, the Rangers’ first Black manager is positive and upbeat, going into his third season with his confidence intact.
Ron Kirk sworn in by Biden
March 26, 2009WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Ronald Kirk hopes to bring a little bit of Dallas to the world. The first Black mayor of Dallas plans to use lessons he learned in office as he steps into the role of U.S. Trade Representative. He was sworn into the Cabinet-level position on Friday at the Old Executive Office Building by Vice President Joseph Biden.
Mr. Kirk is the first African American to assume the position. His title is that of ambassador and his office is responsible for the development and oversight of U.S. trade policy, including strategy, negotiation, implementation and enforcement of the country’s trade agreements.
Many sides of Carver shown in AAM exhibit
March 26, 2009He was a man so brilliant that both Henry Ford and Thomas Edison offered him six-figure income to work for them. Yet, he was so humble, he turned them down to stay at his Black college enclave.
That’s just a sliver of the man known as George Washington Carver, the prolific scientist, botanist, inventor, artist and total Renaissance man.
Standout running back joins elite class of African American players
December 11, 2008CChris Whaley, running back of Madisonville High School, has been selected to play in the 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, the nation’s premier high school football all-star football game.
Mr. Whaley will join an elite group of student-athletes selected to play in the ninth annual game on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. This classic East vs. West match-up will be televised live on NBC at noon and will feature the nation’s top 90 high school football players, 75 of whom areAfricanAmerican.
