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BlerDcon attracts Black people who immerse themselves in everything from manga and animé to Star Trek and Star Wars and every iteration of science fiction culture in between. In fact, BlerDcon centers Blackness and People of Color in Sci-Fi, anime, fantasy and horror entertainment.
BlerDCon (Black Nerd Convention) is a convention that celebrates black nerd culture while also being inclusive of all backgrounds.
The ECBACC is the first bona fide “Black Comic Book Convention” in Philadelphia, PA, and serves as a replicable model for community-based comic book conventions.
The evil that men do, lives after them, The good is oft’ interred with their bones. - Frederick Douglass
On June 19, 1865, freedom reached the westernmost Confederate state of Texas. On this day, some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay and announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas were free.
The history of slavery, when it literally ended can be convoluted, like the history of the Civil War.
The ceremony included professors, who taught various courses, highlighting the obstacles their students overcame to gain their degrees.
Some 400 people converged on the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for the NAACP Atlantic City Branch 50th Annual Freedom Fund Gala. Atlantic City Focus was there to capture the milestone moment.
The corner of Ohio Avenue and Grant Avenue was renamed Dr. Juanita J. High Lane. Her sorority sister from Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., led out in the ceremony.
