October 06, 2021

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Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts Honored at 2021 Shakespeare Theatre Company Gala

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Written by Aaliyah Butler  Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts will be honored as the first recipient of the inaugural Phoenix Award at the ­­annual Shakespeare Theatre Company Gala, “Our Town, Our Shakespeare in the Park” on October 4 at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. “I am humbled and thrilled of the Shakespeare Theatre

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Dr. Clayton Yates awarded grant from Movember- Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) Challenge to find a cure for prostate cancer

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By Tuskegee University Newsroom, Dr. Clayton Yates, professor of biology and director of the university’s multidisciplinary Center for Biomedical Research, secured the 2021 Movember- Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) Challenge Award to support cross-disciplinary pioneering research toward finding cures for prostate cancer. The award, which totals $2 million, is granted to teams at some of the

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MCLEAN, VA - JUNE 8: Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) arrives to speak during an election night event after winning the Democratic primary for governor on June 8, 2021 in McLean, Virginia. McAuliffe will face Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin in the state's general election this fall. McAuliffe previously served as Virginia's governor from 2014-2018. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Black voters were central to Terry McAuliffe winning Virginia in 2013. Will they help him again?

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By Eva McKend, Back in 2013, Terry McAuliffe won a majority of Black voters when he sought — and ultimately won — the top office in Virginia. As he vies for a second term as the Commonwealth’s governor, he wants to do it again. With less than a month to go in the election, McAuliffe and Republican nominee

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HAMBURG, GERMANY - MARCH 03: Tina Turner during the premiere of the musical 'Tina - Das Tina Turner Musical' at Stage Operettenhaus on March 3, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Franziska Krug/Getty Images)

Tina Turner sells music catalog going back 60 years to BMG

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By Amy Woodyatt, Tina Turner has sold the rights to her music catalog spanning six decades — including songs “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and “The Best” — to music publishing company BMG. The legendary singer has also sold the artist’s share of her recordings, her music publishing writer’s share, neighboring rights and name,

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Attorney Ben Crump, second from left, walks with Ron Lacks, left, Alfred Lacks Carter, third from left, both grandsons of Henrietta Lacks, and other descendants of Lacks, whose cells have been used in medical research without her permission, outside the federal courthouse in Baltimore, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. They announced during a news conference that Lacks' estate is filing a lawsuit against Thermo Fisher Scientific for using Lacks' cells, known as HeLa cells. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells

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By Taylor Romine, The family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cells have been used for groundbreaking scientific research for decades, filed a lawsuit Monday against Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for unjust enrichment from the nonconsensual use and profiting from her tissue sample and cell line. Lacks, a Black woman diagnosed with cervical cancer, had tissue taken

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Manhattan Beach, CA - September 30: Anthony Bruce, the great-great grandson of Charles and Willa Bruce, speaks at a press conference where California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 796, authored by Ca. state Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), authorizing the return of ocean-front land to the Bruce family, at Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, CA, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Some of the land making up Bruces Beach was purchased by African American couple Willa and Charles Bruce, in 1912, establishing a resort that was open to African Americans. But by the 1920s, racial tensions grew in the beach community and the city condemned the properties. The park was renamed multiple times over the next 80 years and in 2007, was re-named for the Bruce family, responsible for trying to bring change and equality to the city. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Multimillion-dollar beach property taken from Black owners in Jim Crow era is cleared to be returned

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By Cheri Mossburg, A stretch of prime Southern California beachfront real estate can now be returned to the descendants of its rightful Black owners, nearly a century after the parcel was taken by the city of Manhattan Beach. Known as Bruce’s Beach, the resort had offered Black families a place to enjoy the California life

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U.S. Department of Education’s Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) Awards Fisk University’s STEM through Rocketry Electronics Engagement and Coding (STEM-TREEC) Program

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Courtesy of Fisk University Newsroom, Fisk University announces yet another accolade helping to fulfill President Newkirk’s vision of becoming the No. 1 ranked HBCU in the nation. Fisk is proud to announce Dr. Bryan Kent Wallace, Assistant Professor of Physics has been awarded a $750,000 over three-year Institutional Grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s

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U.S. Department of Education Funds Morgan State University Program Focused on Youth in Senegal

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By Morgan State University, Morgan State University (MSU) has announced the receipt of $97,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to support and conduct a five-week, intensive immersion program in Senegal. The program, made possible by a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant, will promote the professional development of a group of U.S.-based educators and students,

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Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill, October 5, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Four takeaways from Facebook whistleblower’s complaints

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By Tara Subramaniam, Facebook’s week is off to a tumultuous start. On Monday, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down for about six hours. On Tuesday, Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, testified before a Senate subcommittee, following the release of thousands of pages of internal research and documents. Haugen, the 37-year-old former Facebook (FB) product manager who worked on civic integrity

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A registered nurse attends a patient with Covid-19 at the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on September 2, 2021. - According to Dr. Yadegar at the hospital, the number of covid patients are significantly less than they were in winter, but from a psychological standpoint it's much more difficult because most of the patients in the ICU on respirators are unvaccinated, younger and healthier 30 and 40 year olds without comorbidities. Vaccinated patients at the hospital are typically older, but the Covid-19 effects are much milder compared to the unvaccinated patients that have more severe symptoms. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)

Hospitalization rates are down across the US, but these 8 states still have fewer than 15% of ICU beds available

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By Madeline Holcombe, While much of the US is seeing a decline in hospitalizations for Covid-19, it’s also evident the fight against the pandemic is far from over as eight states are reporting limited numbers of available ICU beds. Texas, Idaho, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arkansas and North Carolina have 15% or less of their ICU

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