Sixteen new colleges and universities have joined Google’s “Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program” — an initiative tailored to prepare Black students for the workforce. Announced in October 2020, the program aims to reach 20,000 students during the current academic year. The program will be available to all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
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By Ciara Cummings ‘Dream big’ is the tiny sentence stamped on the mural which shows the progression of the Vice President from toddler, to college student, to present day political powerhouse. Each shade on the wall at Cascade and Beecher Road was painted with intention. But, it’s not about the colors for Ashley Dopson. “This
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Just as I am, by Cicely Tyson (January) A reigning queen of Hollywood, Tyson radiated grace and dignity onscreen for more than half a century. The actress was the first African American to appear on a TV drama in the 1960s and later survived a turbulent marriage to jazz great Miles Davis. Now, at 96,
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Cicely Tyson was a petite woman, but to those lucky enough to walk any of the paths she carved in Hollywood, she was the giant on whose shoulders they stood. Tyson, an actress known for her pioneering career on stage and screen, died Thursday, according to her manager. She was 96
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By Maggie Fox, CNN A variant suspected of helping fuel a surge of coronavirus in Brazil’s Amazon region shows up in Minnesota. Another that’s been worrying officials in South Africa pops up in two places in South Carolina. Scientists are not surprised to see the coronavirus changing and evolving — it’s what viruses do, after
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Opinion by Rick C. Wade for CNN Business Perspectives Editor’s note: Rick C. Wade is senior vice president of strategic alliances and outreach at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he leads the Chamber’s Equality of Opportunity Initiative. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Far too often, the opportunity to obtain an
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Opinion by Bakari Sellers Editor’s note: Bakari Sellers is a former Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and a CNN commentator. He is the author of the book “My Vanishing Country” and an attorney at Strom Law. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. America
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By Jennifer Hansler and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden’s nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations plans to voice her support for the country’s re-engagement in the multilateral institution in order to counter Chinese influence during a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, according to excerpts of her testimony obtained by CNN. “When America
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By David Close, Wayne Sterling and Ray Sanchez, CNN Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, the Baseball Hall of Famer who broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record and lived a life as an ambassador to the game, has died. He was 86. Aaron’s former team, the Atlanta Braves, announced his death on Friday. The cause of
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