By Tennessee State University Media Room Ernest āRipā Patton, a former TSU student and member of the 1960s Nashville Freedom Riders, passed on August 23. The University is remembering Patton as a stalwart of the civil rights movement who dedicated his life to fighting for equality and justice for people of color. Patton was buried
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By Tennessee State University Media Room When the #11 FedEx Toyota raced around Daytona International Speedway at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday, Aug. 28, Tennessee State University and three other historically black colleges and universities were represented. Fedex and Nascar driver Denny Hamlin unveiled the carās special paint scheme on Aug. 25. It
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By Annie Grayer and Phil Mattingly, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is standing by her claim that her members will not vote forĀ the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure billĀ without passingĀ the $3.5 trillion packageĀ that is aimed at enacting President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. To those who think progressives are bluffing about voting
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By Chandelis Duster and Maegan Vazquez, The Biden administration is expressing horror over recent images thatĀ appear to show US Border Patrol agents on horsebackĀ confronting migrants along the Rio Grande. Videos taken by Al Jazeera and Reuters appear to show law enforcement officers on horseback using aggressive tactics when confronting migrants, who are largely Haitian, to
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By Howard Newsroom Staff WASHINGTON –Ā Ā Researchers fromĀ Howard UniversityĀ andĀ Karat, the worldās leader in technical interviewing, today released new research exploring key factors that can help more Black software engineers enter the tech industry and excel in their careers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Black engineers comprised just 6 percent of all computer programmers
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By Morehouse College, ATLANTA āĀ Morehouse College has received a $2.5 million gift from Mastercard to support the development of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship, a ground-breaking, new academic center that will seek to eliminate barriers among Black entrepreneurs, professional investors, and business builders by leveraging education, mentorship, access to capital, and partnership opportunities. The new
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By Kate Sullivan, Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, President Joe Biden on Tuesday detailed his vision for leading the United States into a new era of diplomacy as he sought to reassure allies — some freshly skeptical — he was moving past the “America First” era of foreign policy. He used hisĀ first speech to the
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By Madeline Holcombe, The US is battling rising death tolls and strained hospital resources under theĀ Covid-19 pandemic,Ā and all that could be made more difficult by the upcoming flu season, health experts said. “We are bracing ourselves for an awfully busy winter ahead,” Associate Dean of Public Health at Brown University Dr. Megan Ranney told CNN
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