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The Blacks at Microsoft Scholarship supported by Microsoft’s BAM-Employee Resource Group–is dedicated to supporting the continued growth and development of Black and African American communities and encouraging students to pursue a career in technology. The goal is to empower future generations to do and be more.
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African American, Black Location
Renton, WA Restore hope in the lives of individuals in need through acts of compassion, love, and justice.
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African American, Black Location
Celebrating the flavors of African American, African, and Caribbean cuisine. Discover Black-owned restaurants and culinary businesses in your community. Eat. Sip. Repeat. during a Black Restaurant Week campaign near you.
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African American, Black Location
, WA We are a unified Black-led coalition that includes community-based organizations, nonprofits, and faith communities across Washington State. We're organizing together to demand economic, political, and social justice.
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African American, American (US), Black Location
Tacoma, WA As a former soldier who spoke very little about his time as a prisoner of war in the Korean War, William Jones' request to preserve the memory of his time as a Buffalo Soldier is something his family took to heart. Following his death in 2009, his daughter, Jackie Jones-Hook, began formalizing a museum in honor of the all-black regiment of the United States military. In 2012, the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Tacoma opened its doors as a haven for students and members of the community to learn about a piece of history that took place between 1866 and 1944 – and is all-too-often forgotten in the textbooks.
The museum is one of only two of its kind in the country dedicated to honoring the Buffalo Soldiers, the other being the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston. Formally called the 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum, this nonprofit group educates the public through its vast collection of military artifacts, books, articles and DVDs from Jones' time in the military.
The museum is one of only two of its kind in the country dedicated to honoring the Buffalo Soldiers, the other being the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston. Formally called the 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum, this nonprofit group educates the public through its vast collection of military artifacts, books, articles and DVDs from Jones' time in the military.
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African American, Black Location
Portland, OR BCP is a Community Based Organization with a passion for networking, sharing resources and collective work.
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African American, Black Location
Seattle, WA The African-American Writers' Alliance, a diverse and dynamic collective of Seattle-area writers of African descent, provides an informal and supportive forum for new and published writers.
We help one another polish our skills, provide peer review, and create opportunities for public readings and other media venues. Ultimately the group encourages members to publish individually and collectively.
Our stories—triumphs, tragedies, and whatever is within and between the two—are the history of African Americans. We must tell our stories in our words and encourage others to do the same.
We help one another polish our skills, provide peer review, and create opportunities for public readings and other media venues. Ultimately the group encourages members to publish individually and collectively.
Our stories—triumphs, tragedies, and whatever is within and between the two—are the history of African Americans. We must tell our stories in our words and encourage others to do the same.
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African American, Black Location
Seattle, WA BlackPast.org, an online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet. Blackpast is made possible by the content contributions of over 800 volunteers from six continents who give of their time and energy to bring this information to a global audience. Click on the images to read their stories or find them in the yellow tabs below in the three main categories: Academic, Independent, and Student. We need more volunteer content contributors.
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African American, Black Location
Boise, ID The Soul Food Festival’s purpose is to celebrate and educate the greater Treasure Valley region about African-American culture in order to enhance and nurture racial understanding and harmony within the community. Our programs include an annual Soul Food Festival that showcases African-American inspired soul food, music, dancing, and businesses. The festival may include workshops or demonstrations to educate the public about African-American history, traditional dances and music, hair care, and/or current social justice issues.
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African American, Black Location
Spokane, WA The Carl Maxey Center is an African American focused cultural Center located in the East Central neighborhood of Spokane, WA.
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African American, Black Location
Seattle, WA We create street-level content for black and urban audiences.
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African American, Black Location
, ID The Idaho Black Community Alliance is a nonprofit 501c3 organization for the promotion and preservation of the African American Culture and Community in Idaho. To identify, engage and empower youth and adults through education and connections.
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African, African American, Black Location
Seattle, WA The Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) is housed in the historic Colman School building (built in 1909) which overlooks a beautiful, sprawling green park, named after rock legend, Jimi Hendrix, in the heart of Seattle’s Central District. See ongoing virtual series: Historians on Hope. Each week, NAAM features words of hope from notable African American historians in our #HistoriansOnHope virtual series. We invite you to share these graphics on your favorite social media platforms. Be sure to tag us at @naamnw!
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African American, Black Location
, NY Daily, inspiring Black stories at your fingertips.
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African American, Black Location
Seattle, WA Wa Na Wari creates space for Black ownership, possibility, and belonging through art, historic preservation, and connection. Wa Na Wari means "Our Home" in Kalabari. Co-founder, Inye Wokoma, is Kalabari through his father's lineage. The name Wa Na Wari evokes a sense of purpose and intention to remain present in a place we consider home.
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African, African American, Black Location
Seattle, WA One stop shop for businesses, events and experiences related to Black community and African diaspora in Seattle metro.
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African, African American, Black, Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), For All Location
Seattle, WA Delbert Richardson is the Founder and Curator of the American History Traveling Museum: The Unspoken Truths. The Museum chronicles the rich history of Africans in Africa prior to American Chattel Slavery, the experiences and impact of American Chattel Slavery and of the Jim Crow Era, while also detailing the many contributions African Americans have had on scientific, cultural, and technological inventions/innovations in the U.S., and the world.
The Museum’s mission is to re-educate learners of all ages, in a manner that leads to self- restoration and community healing, with the eventual goal of implementing its teachings into school curricula, institutions, and organizations committed to cultural competence and social justice.
The Museum’s mission is to re-educate learners of all ages, in a manner that leads to self- restoration and community healing, with the eventual goal of implementing its teachings into school curricula, institutions, and organizations committed to cultural competence and social justice.
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African, Immigrant/Refugee, African American, Black, Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Location
Kent, WA Wakulima USA is a farming and food business cooperative that advances small business development and food sovereignty for low income immigrants and people of color in the Puget Sound region. Wakulima means “Farmers” in Kiswahili the most widely spoken language in Africa
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African American, Black Location
Federal Way, WA FWBC is an nonprofit that represents and advocates for the underserved & underrepresented voices of the people of Federal Way, WA and S. King county.
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African American, Black, For All Location
Curators of jazz culture, in the Pacific North West and beyond, since 2004. Join us Feb 16-25 for the Biamp Portland Jazz Festival | 20th Anniversary. Celebrating Live performance, Community, Education.