By Shaw University A $100K Contribution to the Band will Fund New Equipment, Uniforms and Essentials to Help Keep Their Legacy Alive For decades, Platinum Sound Marching Band has been a staple at Shaw University, one of the oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the nation. To support Platinum Sound’s tradition of bringing joy to
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Courtesy of Jackson State University Jackson State University and Housatonic Community College (HCC), in Bridgeport, Connecticut, have partnered to help HCC graduates transfer to Jackson State University (JSU). The agreement aims to provide a seamless transfer for students who enroll at JSU after completing their two-year degree at HCC. “This memorandum of understanding solidifies our
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By Christopher Klein The assault on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama helped lead to the Voting Rights Act. Nearly a century after the Confederacy’s guns fell silent, the racial legacies of slavery and Reconstruction continued to reverberate loudly throughout Alabama in 1965. On March 7, 1965, when then-25-year-old activist John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in
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By Eric Stirgus For more than 150 years, Morehouse College has built a reputation as a leading institution to educate Black men. It also wants to be known as the go-to place for research that results in better health, professional and societal outcomes for all Black men. The Atlanta college announced Tuesday that it has launched what
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 Written by Howard University Newsroom Staff The Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) received a $2 million grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation to support the preservation and digitization of the Black Press Archives, a newspaper collection of titles by Black journalists, editors and publishers. MSRC worked in partnership with the Center for Journalism and Democracy to secure this critical gift,
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By Norfolk State University Contributions of more than 15,000 items have helped NSU’s Spartan Food Pantry provide food security, as well as other needed items, to support the academic wellness of students while attending Norfolk State University. The university thanked contributors for not only non-perishable food items but also necessary toiletries and household items. This
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