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...Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Operation Breadbasket in the 1960s, according to the Web site of the Academy of Achievement in Washington D.C. King’s civil rights group was dedicated to promoting urban economic development. Jones was also a founder, along with Jesse L. Jackson, of Operation People United to Serve Humanity, which today aims to fulfill similar goals as King’s former group. According to a press release, Jones himself was mentored by several well-known public figures. At age 15, Jones met jazz piano legend Ray Charles in Seattle...
...robot. The hit.” Inspired by repeated viewings of the 1984 film “Breakers,” Oladehin started teaching himself to dance during his junior year in high school. “I started just watching music videos mostly, Ginuwine, Usher, old Michael Jackson,” Oladehin says. “I’d usually just dance in my room because I didn’t want anyone seeing me. ” He got his big break during the Freshman Talent Show, where he decided to perform for the first time...
...Harvard South Asia Initiative is also offering new internship opportunities, according to staff assistant Ian Jackson. Last summer, the Initiative funded five students’ work abroad and the group is planning to sponsor even more this year, he says...
...Kentucky entrepreneur for $100,000 in bribes and lucrative contracts for a business owned by Jefferson's wife in exchange for the Congressman's help in procuring contracts for the Kentucky technology firm, iGate, in West Africa. Two people connected with the case, including former iGate CEO Vernon Jackson, have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators...
...permission to speak at Harvard. Pak Gil Yon, North Korea’s Ambassador to the United Nations, was tentatively scheduled to speak Nov. 22 at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) about “challenges in the region,” according to KSG spokeswoman Melodie L. Jackson. But the State Department undermined the public discourse and understanding of an important current issue—North Korea’s nuclear ambitions—by denying Pak permission to visit. As an ambassador to the UN, Pak may reside in New York City, but as a citizen...