(NNPA)—NAACP president and CEO Ben Jealous received two honors recently as he was named among Time magazine’s “40 Under 40 Rising Stars of U.S. Politics” and one of the “Top 50 people of Power and Influence” by The NonProfit Times.

“The NAACP congratulates President Benjamin Todd Jealous on making the Time magazine ‘40 Under 40’ and The NonProfit Times’ ‘Power and Influence Top 50’ lists,” NAACP Board of Directors Chairman Roslyn Brock said in a statement. “In a little over two years, President Jealous has led the association in tackling some of the hardest issues facing the American public, including health care reform, the financial crisis and predatory lending. His hard work and commitment to justice allows the association to continue in the struggle for better jobs, education and equality for all Americans.”

BEN JEALOUS

For the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4

October 29

1929—The Stock Market collapses ushering in the Great Depression bringing about Black unemployment rates ranging from 25 to 40 percent. The effects of the Great Depression would last until the start of World War II which created massive war industry jobs and a second mass migration of Blacks from the South to the industrial North.

PEARL PRIMUS

1994—Famed dancer Pearl Primus dies. She blended African and Caribbean dance and music with Black American traditions of blues, jazz and the jitterbug to form a new vibrant dance form. She formed a dance troupe and she personally appeared in such early Broadway hits as “Showboat” and “Emperor Jones.” Primus was known for her amazingly high leaps. In 1991, the first President Bush awarded her the National Medal of Arts.

by Zenitha Prince
For New Pittsburgh Courier

(NNPA)—John H. Murphy III was being remembered last week as the steady hand that guided the Afro-American Newspapers through the turbulent waters of civil rights history and a perilous industry. The newspaper’s former president and CEO died Oct. 16 at the Stella Maris Nursing Home in Timonium, Md. He was 94 years old.

by Brandon Perry
For New Pittsburgh Courier

(Editor’s Note: This is part three of a four-part series from the Indianapolis Recorder dealing with the abuse of power)

(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.)—You go to school to be educated—at least that’s the plan. But the fact is that corruption is one of the last things families expect when a loved one is enrolled in an educational institution.

Educators and the faculty they work with—whether at the grade school, high school or university level—are expected to conduct themselves with integrity and fairness.

CHARGED—Former dean Cecilia Chang is charged with abusing students and embezzlement at St. John’s University.