By Bria Bolden 54 years after his assassination, Memphis clergy and community members plan to honor the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, the anniversary of his death, the community is coming together to honor his life and legacy. 54 years ago today Dr. King traveled to Memphis in support of sanitation workers, and
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By Meharry Medical College The Black Coalition Against COVID has released their report titled The State of Black America and COVID which continues to underscore long-standing health disparities in Black Americans revealed to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two-year data assessment by the BCAC—which comprises several organizations and businesses and includes the four historically
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By Fayetteville State University In a much-anticipated ceremony, Fayetteville State University recently honored alumnus Dr. Clarence E. Lloyd, Jr., ’65 for his dedication and philanthropic gifts to the university by way of bestowing his namesake upon the College of Health, Science and Technology. During its December 2019 meeting, the FSU Board of Trustees voted to
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By Jesse Chambers The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Alabama State University (ASU) have received a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health to fund a four-year effort to help reduce cancer health disparities among minorities in the state. The grant will be used by ASU and the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
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By Misha Cornelius Howard University officials today announced plans for the largest construction real estate initiative in the institution’s history. The University will invest $785 million to build three new state-of-the-art multidisciplinary academic halls and renovate several existing structures, including the historic Myrtilla Miner Building, which sits prominently on Georgia Avenue, that will house the School
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By Bowie State University Each year about 1,000 civilians are killed in the United States by law enforcement officers, leaving families and friends of the victims asking why and searching for answers. Now, a new system developed by James Hyman, assistant professor of public administration at Bowie State University, may be used to help local
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By Curtis Bunn Public calls and protests to have WNBA star Brittney Griner released from a Russian prison, where she has been held for a month on drug charges, could work against the Olympian’s case, according to experts and scholars. Basketball Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie said on the podcast I Am Athlete last week that players and
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Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University students will participate in an exciting and exclusive virtual event, ’Fashioning the Future: An Afrofuturistic Conversation with Ruth E. Carter’hosted by the Taubman Museum of Art on March 31, from 1pm-3pm. Carter’s exclusive conversation will discuss the concept of Afrofuturism, the role that HBCU’s have played in her success,
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By Tamare E. Holmes Dana Williams (MA ’95, PhD ’98), dean of the Graduate School and professor of English, never felt limited by glass ceilings. “Competition with boys was not something that ever made sense to me,” says the dean, who grew up one of four girls. “You were judged on the basis of talent
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By Dillard University Dillard University Athletics Director Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes has been chosen to be one of the featured guest panelists for the live television program The Arena at the Final Four on Saturday, April 2, at 1 p.m. locally on TBS. The program will be hosted by Cari Champion from the iconic Orpheum Theatre in
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