The beloved Maya Angelou once said, “When you do good, people notice.” That’s exactly what has happened in the lives of a 2018 high school graduate and a Tarrant, Alabama bus driver over the past few days. Now things have just gotten turned up a notch, after Tyrese, Da Brat and Rickey Smiley stepped ...
Posted Friday, May 25th 2018 at 11:31AM
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CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST EVER AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF TOP MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Dr. C. Freeman, psychiatry residency program director at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine a ...
Posted Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 at 11:02AM
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From Howard University
Howard University alumnus Chadwick Boseman provides words of inspiration to the Class of 2018 during Howard University's 150th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 12 in Washington, D.C. ...
Posted Wednesday, May 16th 2018 at 7:20PM
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KIPP DC Lead Academy is a non-profit, independently owned, tuition-free charter public school that is open to all students, including those with disabilities. It runs with more flexibility than traditional public schools in exchange for increased acc ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2018 at 10:13PM
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Diannah Watson, BlackAmericaWeb.com
The cast of A Different World have come together to raise $360k in grants to award to nine HBCU’s.
Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer, Kadeem Harrison and Darryl M. Bell teamed up with The Home Depot to annou ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2018 at 9:02PM
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The Boggs African American Research Library is looking for businesses and organizations to help donate books and literature to help stock the library. Located in Keysville, GA, the Boggs African American Research Library combines the Black Youth Heri ...
Posted Thursday, May 3rd 2018 at 7:39PM
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Help a fellow HBCU Alumnus’ Political Campaign in a small way. Take the $5 Challenge and be a part of Change that makes a Positive Difference!
Hope everyone is doing well and in good spirit. As an HBCU Alumnus, originally from Bridgeport, CT with ...
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 at 4:09PM
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From June 2 - July 27, ASU hosts both the traditional summer camp and the very unique and special camp
Summer camp season is looming just ahead of us, and now is a great time to do a preview news story so that your consumers are educated on what c ...
Posted Tuesday, May 1st 2018 at 3:36PM
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Eunique Jones Gibson, an award-winning content creator, director and speaker who founded the iconic Because of Them We Can photo campaign, will return to her alma mater to address about 600 Bowie State University graduates and their families at the s ...
Posted Wednesday, April 25th 2018 at 8:32PM
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The School of the Month Program is the signature program of the Foundation. Annually, the Foundation selects 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities with which to partner. During the partnership, we raise funds in support of student scholarsh ...
Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 3:52PM
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Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin told Alabama State University students on Monday that their “time is now” to make their mark on the world. Woodfin was the guest speaker for ASU’s Thomas C. Steward Distinguished Lecture Series.
“I first want to sa ...
Posted Tuesday, April 17th 2018 at 4:52PM
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If you have not heard by now, this past weekend was an epic event for Coachella. In the history of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the event has never had a black female entertainer as a headline – until Saturday night when Beyonce head ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 8:28PM
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The biggest entertainer in the world just earned herself an honorary degree at every HBCU across the nation overnight.
Beyonce showed up and showed out as the headliner at Coachella in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday using a heavily HBCU ba ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 7:13PM
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By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO
AC Jordan Basketball Arena on the campus of Bowie State University was awash in in a sea of black and gold Thursday, with students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters crowding into the transformed gym of M ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 1:51PM
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Forty-Spelman Bio Atlanta Science Fair 2018 five Spelman biology students volunteered and hosted nearly 500 children and their parents during the Atlanta Science Festival on Saturday, March 24. The Spelman Bio booth explored the concepts and biology ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 1:34PM
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