Dr. Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr.
HostDr. Chavis is an African American civil rights leader and icon, United Church of Christ (UCC) ordained minister, author, journalist, organic chemist, environmentalist, global entrepreneur, and currently President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) based in Washington, DC since 2014.
Dr. Chavis is the Executive Producer and Host of The Chavis Chronicles, www.TheChavisChronicles.com, broadcast weekly on PBS TV Network stations reaching over 90 million households throughout the United States.
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Women’s History Month is an opportunity to highlight a diversity of women high achievers and leaders from across the nation. Native American women have also contributed to the advancement of American society and progress. The GOOD News is one of the most effective Secretaries of the Interior was Debra Anne Haaland. -
Women have played a key leadership role throughout American history. The GOOD News is the transformative legacy of Rosa Parks lives on today with a renewed sense of purpose and national attention.
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Women leaders in America continue to make strides of success in all areas of society. In the field of Science, Technology, Engineering , and Mathematics, the GOOD News is Aisha Bowe has emerged as leading aerospace engineer and entrepreneur.
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Shirley Anita Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924 and passed away on January 1, 2005. Shirley Chisholm was an American politician and outstanding lawyer who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
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This month we are paying tribute to a select group of outstanding women who have help our nation move forward as a result of their leadership and commitment to public service. The GOOD News is the first Black women to serve as United States Secretary of State was Condoleezza Rice.
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Today across the nation during Women’s History Month there are many events and special programs that are highlighting the increase in women elected officials in all levels of government. The GOOD News is in the second largest city in the United States, Los Angeles, California, Karen Bass is the first African American women to be elected mayor.
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As the nation celebrates Women’s History Month, we should recognize and appreciate that in America every month should be Women’s History Month because of the outstanding contributions of women to the evolution and progress of the United States. The GOOD News is at the 2025 Academy Awards, Zoe Saldana was the first Latina women actress to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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The 2024 Paris Olympics was the top world class sports event. There are many names of winning athletes who will be international stars for years to come. The GOOD News is that 24-year-old Sha’Carri Richardson from Dallas, Texas has emerged on the Olympic global field as one of the fastest women sprinters in the world in the 100 meters and the 400-meter relay.
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Women’s History Month is full of an extensive list of women leaders in corporate America, the entertainment industry, and in the historical evolution of the “Freedom Movement” in America. The GOOD News is the legacy of the leadership of Coretta Scott King lives on today.
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The courage of women in the south of the United States during the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and the 1960’s is noteworthy and important to understand today’s challenges for equal rights for women in America. The GOOD News is the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer serves today an a vivid reminder and exemplary role model today for women activists and social-change leaders.
