See Why NYS Senator James Sanders Jr. Is Proposing Legislation Related To Reopening The Malcolm X Murder Investigation Case

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Senator James Sanders Jr. Makes Major Legislative Announcement at 55th Annual Commemoration of Malcolm X

Jamaica/Southeast Queens -- Senator James Sanders Jr. (D-Rochdale Village, Far Rockaway) made a major legislative announcement during his remarks at the 55th Annual Commemoration of Malcolm X recently at the Shabazz Center in Harlem.

Sanders detailed state action he is proposing related to the reopening of the investigation into the death of Malcolm X. These steps will make positive strides in improving the criminal justice system and further preserving the legacy of the Muslim minister and human rights leader.

“Malcolm X was a great leader, a great human being, who championed truth, justice and freedom for everyone,” Sanders said.  “I applaud Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. for reopening the investigation into the death of Malcolm X.”

Senator Sanders will be introducing two bills to promote truth and justice for unsolved civil rights crimes. Both of these bills are modeled on current federal law.

Discover How The Purdue Boilermakers Frederick S. Cooper III And Others Started The Global Black Engineering Organization NSBE

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The Purdue Boilermakers Frederick S. Cooper III Started Visionary Engineering Legacy  Still Lives In The USA And Abroad With NSBE

Celebrating Black History by Dr. Charles L. Singleton

Chicago’s visionary scholar-athlete Fred Cooper, academically and athletically, was successful during his collegiate days at Purdue University from 1970 until 1974.  As an undergraduate, the young and studious Fred Cooper, a four-year football scholarship recipient made the very best of his college experience.  He respectfully and respectively exceeded beyond all expectations.

Looking back in time, Cooper’s keen “attention to detail,” including, an impactful athletic performance, and his extraordinary vision helped to jump-start an amazing engineering accomplishment to improve black engineering student recruitment numbers and retention rate.  During his keynote address at the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) and National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) 40^th Year Celebration, on September 13, 2015, Fred Cooper stated that, “The problem we were trying to address back then was to help stop the 80% drop out rate of black engineering students at Purdue.

The way we approached it was to form a support group ourselves to help and support each other.  But we also wanted to be a recognized group on campus to have access to university resources.  And more importantly, we wanted Purdue to be committed to our success.”  

In 1971, the precursors, Fred Cooper and fellow student Edward E. “Big Ed” Barnette Jr (1949-1991), shared an “engineering social idea and a pressing need” for starting the Black Society of Engineers (BSE) with Dr. John C. Hancock, Purdue University’s Dean of Engineering.  And, after student conferencing with the dean, the prominent Dr. Arthur J. Bond (1939-2012) was assigned as BSE’s advisor.

During this time, he was the only African American faculty member on Purdue’s faculty. Progressively, several timely-motivated meetings and conversational discussions eventually created the Black Society of Engineers (BSE). The first president of the Black Society of Engineers (BSE) was Ed Barnette in the NSBE Photograph Below:

Edward E "Big Ed" Barnette JR. 1949-1991, Purdue University from 1969 until 1973

See How WIBO Offers Profitable Business Training In Queens For Decades

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Workshop in Business Opportunities, Inc. (WIBO) Ramps UP It’s Spring Season For Its 54th Year Training Business Owners To Run Profitable Companies In Queens 

Workshop in Business Opportunities, Inc. (WIBO) continues its Spring season of the 54th year of teaching their 16 weeks “How to Build a Growing Profitable Business” at Rochdale Village Community Center in Rochdale Village.

New York, NY, February 4th, 2020 -- Beginning Monday, February 24th, Rochdale Village Community Center, Workshop in Business Opportunities also referred to as WIBO, will launch their Spring season of their 54th year of workshops in NYC, teaching new and existing entrepreneurs how to build profitable, successful businesses in 5 New York City locations including in Rochdale, Queens.

WIBO helps individuals who want to build profitable businesses to provide for themselves and their families via their business. This often applies to:

• women
• individuals recently released from prisons
• individuals from communities that lack access to knowledge, networks, and capital and
• African Americans and Latinos trying to close the historic wealth gap.

Please Note: WIBO Works Info Continues After Video Testimonial Below