NRCS Black Emphasis Program
Bennie Clark, Program Manager

Black Emphasis Program Mission Statement:

To provide focus on issues of employment, promotion, training, retention and career enhancement affecting Black employees and applicants in NRCS in Indiana.

  USDA/1890 National Scholars Program

Each year USDA provides 34 full 4-year scholarships to students attending any of the 17 historically Black 1890 Institutions. The Scholars Program is open to students completing their senior year of high school and who score a minimum of 1000 on the SAT or 21 or higher on the ACT. Selected students must maintain a 3.0 GPA or better and major in a agricultural related fields, food or natural sciences, or other allied disciplines. Deadline for applications is January 15 of each year. This is a student employment program with non-competitive conversion eligibility.

For more information about this program contact Bennie Clark, Jr., Black Emphasis Program Manager for NRCS in Indiana or go to: http://1890scholars.program.usda.gov/
 

          Black Emphasis Program 2005 Newsletter Volume 1
          Black Emphasis Program 2005 Newsletter Volume 2 
          Black Emphasis Program 2005 Newsletter Volume 3
          Black Emphasis Program 2005 Newsletter Volume 4
          Black Emphasis Program 2005 Newsletter Volume 5
          Black Emphasis Program 2006 Newsletter Volume 6

2008 Black History Month Theme: 

 "Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism"
 

Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month." What you might not know…http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmintro1.html
 

Events

State Office Celebration on February 27, 2008:
    "The African American Heritage Trail linking early African American settlements in Indiana and the life and history of some of these early settlements."

Indianapolis Black Expo: July 10-20, 2008

Juneteenth:  June 19, 2008

Black History Links

http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory
Encyclopedia Britannica’s Guide to Black History

 http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/
The African American History Challenge 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/links/bhistory_crossword/
The Black History Month Crossword Puzzle 

http://www.freedomcenter.org/
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
An array of information on Black History

Diaspora Links

http://www.lavavideo.org/AfricanDiaspora/index.html 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_diaspora 

http://www.kmtspace.com/kmt/americas.htm
proto-negroid belt : african diaspora in the americas
 

Organizations

Jack and Jill of America

100 Black Men of America

NAACP

Congress of Racial Equality

National Urban League

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

SNCC

Suggested reading list of African American women authors

A list of links that will enlighten all on the contributions of African Americans, particularly African American women.

• African Literature by Women
• Homework Center: African-American Sites
• Louisiana Black Women: An Ignored History
• Prominent African-Americans
• UGA African American Studies
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
• Women of the Blues
• Blues Women II

Black History Month: Events to Remember

• http://www.historychannel.com/blackhistory/
   
• Pages from History: A look back at the Central High Crisis Historic front pages for the Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Gazette

Resource

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Black Emphasis Program Brochure (PDF; 483 KB)
 

Complaints?, Concerns? Issues?    Email me!!   Bennie Clark