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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 National Geographic Television's Explorer series, which is televised on 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 people who will inspire others in the 21st century. The scholarships are open to African-American high-school seniors who are academically talented, highly motivated, and involved in their school and community and who need financial assistance. Awards are $10,000 per year for four years. Recipients must pursue undergraduate degrees as full-time students. The deadline for entry is January 9, 2001. For further information, visit http://www.RonBrown. org.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has completed 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 New York City from 1827 to 1829 and circulated in 11 states as well as Canada, Haiti and Europe. It covered local, national and international events 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 New 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, gospel quartet the Dixie Hummingbirds, blues piano player Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins and dancer-choreographer Frankie Manning were among the recipients of the 2000 National Heritage Fellowships given by the National Endowment for the Arts. The fellowships, which include a one-time award of $10,000 each, were presented to the artists in May. The National Heritage Fellowships are the country's most prestigious honors in the folk and traditional arts. The performers and craftspeople who received this year's fellowships represent a rich cross-section of America's many diverse cultures. 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 Fellows, such as bluesman B.B. King and gospel 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 represents for current and future generations of Marylanders. The dedication ceremony featured a theatrical interpretation of Tubman's life and musical selections from local high-school choirs.

Howard University now offers online master of business administration and certificate programs. University President Patrick H. Swygert has announced programs for online master's degrees 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-College.com has awarded a $200,000 grant to the university as part of its initiative to provide greater access to quality degree programs over the Internet.

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

Architect and Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor Louis Fry was honored in June at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., for his tremendous efforts as a seminal figure in the training of African-American architects. The 97-year-old Fry led the architecture departments at Tuskegee Institute, Lincoln University and Howard University, and he is in large part responsible for the training of hundreds of African-American architects. The event kicked off a campaign to raise $500,000 in scholarships for minority students at the design school.

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