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• WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 2024 marks five decades of significant contribution and service by the National Institute of Building Sciences to the U.S. built environment.
• NIBS was officially established in August 1974, by the U.S. Congress in the Housing and Community Development Act, Public Law 93-383.
• "This is our chance to honor the relationships we have formed, research we have developed, and stakeholders we continue to serve.
• Two years later, the commission revealed a national labyrinth of building codes and standards lacking uniformity and modernization and identified the need for a national resource to provide solutions.

• The Group revealed that it had initiated a final push to secure the 2030 World Expo in Busan by displaying outdoor advertisement in partnership with leading Korean graffiti artist 'JAY FLOW.'
• The ad will adorn approximately 270 digital screens in prominent Parisian urban zones and shopping centers throughout November.
• The digital outdoor advertisement captures vibrant designs featuring iconic Busan symbols like seagulls and the Gwangan Bridge, along with the message 'BUSAN is Ready,' conveying the city's readiness to host the 2030 World Expo.
• The Group also highlights Busan's commitment to hosting a carbon-neutral World Expo by featuring the IONIQ 5, its dedicated electric vehicle, in the videos.

• Dr. Cook will also moderate the first session of the Sunday morning presentations alongside Dr. Ross Clevens to lead and guide discussion topics.
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• Known around the world as the “Queen of Gospel,” Jackson used her powerful voice to work in the Civil Rights Movement.
• But on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, something didn’t quite sound right to Jackson as she listened to King deliver his prepared speech.
• For the estimated 250,000 who joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that day, they heard King deliver one of his seminal sermons.
• The other voice, the one King listened to and heeded, belonged to Mahalia Jackson.

An international phenomenon

• In 1956, she was the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall.
• The popular “Ed Sullivan Show” made Jackson a household name by frequently asking her to perform.
• But international fame did not make Jackson forget her religious upbringing and commitment to fight for equal rights.
• In “As the Spirit Moves Mahalia,” prominent Black writer Ralph Ellison wrote about the meaning of Jackson’s voice.

Mahalia and Martin

• Jackson and King first met at the National Baptist Convention in Alabama in 1956.
• King asked her if she could support his work there by singing and inspiring civil rights activists during the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• In her own right, Jackson became a visible fixture within the Civil Rights Movement.

Jackson’s voice in a movement

• If music was the soul of the movement, strategic thinking was at its core.
• The March on Washington was considered the culminating event of the historic Civil Rights Movement.
• Till’s death and the subsequent acquittal of three white men charged with the brutal murder was one of the turning points of the movement.
• Among the building blocks of the Civil Rights Movement was music.