By Talladega College, Alabama Power and its parent operator, Southern Company, recently donated $125K to assist in the ongoing development of Talladega College’s Civil Rights Garden. The Garden will honor Hank and Billye Aaron, who have contributed more than $700,000 in scholarship money to Talladega College students through the Chasing the Dream Foundation; Arthur Bacon,
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Courtesy of the University of the District of Columbia Yesterday morning, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) commemorated the legacy of its alumnus Dr. Edwin B. Henderson by naming its athletics facility to the Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex during a ceremony held at the Van Ness Campus. In a surprise announcement, UDC accepted
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By Kimberly Iverson, Thanks to historic philanthropic investment, prudent financial management, and strong demand for a Howard University education, the University’s 2022 bond rating outlooks are positive. National bond rating agency Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook for Howard to positive from stable and assigned its “BBB-” rating on Howard University’s $300 million series 2022A
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By Robert Greene II The historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States are under attack, it seems, from multiple directions. In recent weeks, numerous HBCUs have reported bomb threats against them. Such threats have hit institutions such as Howard University in Washington, D.C., Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., and Alcorn State in
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By Fisk University Fisk University announced the establishment of three Fellowships to support the John Lewis Center for Social Justice’s comprehensive agenda. The John Lewis Center was founded in 2019 to foster and advance social justice across every sphere of contemporary society by engendering rigorous research, applying scholarship, artistic production, and community engagement locally as
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By Lisa Kennedy, Yes, Spike Lee. This director (as well as writer and actor) is one of the best-known and -lauded filmmakers (Black or otherwise) of our time, and for good reason. But it’s high time movie lovers expanded their knowledge beyond Lee, because there’s a deep bench of talented directors who’ve made films we’ve
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By Morehouse College, Morehouse College has elected Douglas J. Hertz, president and CEO of United Distributors, to its Board of Trustees. Since joining United Distributors in 1984, he has grown the beverage distribution company to be one of the top 25 privately held businesses in Atlanta. An Atlanta native, Hertz is an alumnus of Westminster
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