Tabla de contenidos para May 2, 2025 en ScoopUSA Digital

This month marked a Civil Rights Movement Anniversary: The founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April 1960. People often forget that children and young people were major frontline soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges in New Orleans, the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in Arkansas, and other Black students desegregated schools across the South, often standing up to howling mobs. Many, including Bridges, (who later became a Children’s Defense Fund colleague), continue to write books and speak at schools and college campuses across the country, sharing their experiences with young people, helping students today understand that none of this is ancient history in our country’s story. After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was jailed in Birmingham in April 1963, young people responded…

Philadelphia shined a little brighter on April 26, 2025, as the 39th Annual Madame C.J. Walker Luncheon, hosted by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Pennsylvania Chapter, unfolded in a spectacular display of unity, inspiration, and empowerment. It was a gathering that will be etched in the hearts of all who attended—a moment where community, legacy, and the promise of a brighter future merged in perfect harmony. From the moment guests arrived, the experience was nothing short of exceptional. The welcoming committee stationed outside in the chic Couture Lounge set the tone for a day of elegance and openhearted fellowship. Smiles, laughter, and warm embraces filled the air, and it was clear that this was more than just a luncheon—it was a celebration of purpose and possibility. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the "Six Triple Eight," was honored Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a long-running campaign to recognize their efforts. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was credited with solving a growing mail crisis during its stint in England and, upon their return, serving as a role model to generations of Black women who joined the military. They cleared out a backlog of about 17 million pieces of mail in three months, twice as fast as projected. The battalion would go on to serve in France before returning home. And like many Black units during World War II, their exploits never got the attention afforded their white counterparts — until now. House…

Richard Theodore Greener was born in Philadelphia, PA, on January 30, 1844. He was a pioneering educator and scholar. While Dr. W.E.B. Dubois was the first African American to graduate with a doctorate from Harvard, Greener was the first African American to graduate from Harvard. When he was nine, his family moved from Philadelphia to Cambridge, MA. Greener dropped out of school at age 11 to help support the family after his father went to seek fortune in the California Gold Rush and never returned. Yet his brilliance was seen and invested in. Augustus Batchelder, a jeweler, funded his education at Ohio’s Oberlin Academy and, later, the prestigious Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Greener entered Harvard at age 21. Greener said of Harvard in a speech, “[Harvard] answered the rising…

BETHLEHEM, PA, April 30, 2025—The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) celebrated National Apprenticeship Day with a ceremony recognizing the winners of the 2024 PA Registered Apprenticeship and Registered Pre-Apprenticeship Awards. The event showcased the importance of registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, as well as the role they play in supporting Pennsylvania’s workforce, which is a priority in Governor Josh Shapiro’s 2025-26 proposed budget. Over his first two budgets, Governor Shapiro has increased funding for vo-tech, career and technical education (CTE), and apprenticeships by nearly $65 million – a 50% increase since the day he took office. Organized by L&I’s Apprenticeship and Training Office (ATO), in partnership with the German American Chamber of Commerce - Philadelphia and Northampton Community College, where the event was held, the celebration honored five…

This is the 14th week of the odious Trump regime. Wednesday marked its first 100 days. The U.S. Constitution is in peril. Civil and human rights are being trampled upon. The economy is in disarray. At this rate, we won’t make it through the second hundred days. Federal judges — judges appointed by Republicans as well as Democrats, some appointed by Trump himself — in more than 120 cases so far have sought to stop Trump--but the regime is either ignoring or appealing their orders. It has even arrested a municipal judge in Milwaukee who merely sought to hear a case involving an undocumented defendant. Recently, Judge J Harvie Wilkinson III of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, an eminent conservative Reagan appointee who is revered by the…