Celebration: Councillor John Allen, the Lord Mayor of Leicester, with workers at the Black Network of Carers' fun day
Fun day for those who care The Black Network of Carers recently held a multi-cultural fun day at De Montfort Hall, in Leicester. The aim of the day was to celebrate their work and to offer the chance to socialise with other carers, their families and friends. More than 300 people had the chance to meet carers from other areas across the Midlands and share their experiences. Workshops, fun activities and pampering were part of the day, offering everyone the chance to...
Black Network: Today's People
o Max Robinson, America's first black network television anchor, said he knows people think his illness might be AIDS, but he refuses to discuss it. "I take the position that my health is a private matter," he told The Washington Post in an interview at his home in Chicago. Asked if he were terminally ill, the 49-year-old Robinson replied, "We all are." Robinson has had a up-and-down career since he became an anchorman in 1969. He left...
Black Network: DISAGREEMENT WITH STUDY TAKEN FURTHER
In the Feb. 19 paper there was an article concerning Joyce Maat, president of Chicago's Black Network in Children's Emotional Health, who addressed an audience at Indiana University Northwest in Gary on the merits of the Genetic Crime Study slated for funding in 1994 by The National Institute for Mental Health.Her comments reflected a suspicion of a study which has as a premise the idea that black inner-city youngsters are genetically prone to violence. I agree with...
Black Network: MAX ROBINSON, 49, DIES OF AIDS COMPLICATIONS
Max Robinson, the nation's first black network television news anchor, died today at 49.Robinson died at 9:30 a.m. at Howard University Hospital in the nation's capital from complications resulting from AIDS, according to hospital spokeswoman Tonya Swanson. It had been three years since Robinson worked regularly in television.He earned his spot in broadcasting history in 1978 when he began co- anchoring the ABC Evening News from Chicago with Peter Jennings in...