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Carolyn E. Fugett, Beloved Baltimore Community Activist and Mother of Reginald F. Lewis, Dies (September 25, 1925 – February 7, 2023)
Carolyn Edith Cooper Fugett, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and Matriarch to the Community at Large who had a special way of making everyone feel they were her favorite, departed this world of natural causes on February 7, 2023 at the age of 97. A quick-witted teller of vignettes and deft soother of feelings, Mrs.…
Read MoreReginald F. Lewis Foundation Makes $5 Million Commitment to Obama Foundation
The grant will fund youth programs like My Brother’s Keeper and Girls Opportunity as well as the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. NEW YORK, December 7, 2022 (Newswire.com) – The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation (RFLF), one of the oldest African American and Asian private foundations in the world, is pleased to announce a milestone $5…
Read MoreReginald F. Lewis Foundation hosts essay-writing contest for Baltimore City Public High School students
CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL POST. by Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer [September 22, 2022] The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation is currently calling for submissions to its student writing contest. Baltimore City Public School (City School) students are encouraged to read or listen to “Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?” by Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker…
Read MoreNew Scholars Pinned at Black Male Summit
CAPTION:Eric Lair, Jr. (left) and Braxton Jackson (right) were recently presented as part of the second cohort of Reginald F. Lewis Scholars. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL POST. MONROE, LA – On June 16, 2022, as part of the annual Universities of Louisiana System Black Male Summit, two students from each of the nine institutions that…
Read MoreThe Reginald F. Lewis Foundation Names First Vice Chair
NEW YORK CITY – The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation (RFLF), one of the oldest African American private foundations in the world, recently named Christina Lewis as the new Vice Chair. Lewis, who also holds the position of Treasurer of the Board, is the daughter of Chairwoman Loida Nicolas Lewis, businesswoman and philanthropist, and late entrepreneur…
Read MoreMACRO and Franklin Leonard to Produce Reginald F. Lewis Biopic ‘Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?’
By Angelique Jackson The late pioneering Black businessman Reginald F. Lewis is getting the biopic treatment from Charles D. King’s MACRO and The Black List founder Franklin Leonard. Based on Lewis’ bestselling autobiography, “Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?,” the drama will chronicle the improbable, “only-in-America” story of how Lewis rose to become…
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