By Claretta Bellamy The former Brooks Atkinson Theatre on West 47th Street in New York City has officially been renamed the Lena Horne Theatre. Lena Horne made history this week as the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named in her honor. The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on West 47th Street, near Broadway in
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By Sara Weissman Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities have been working to achieve Research-1 status in recent years, the coveted Carnegie Foundation classification reserved for doctoral universities that demonstrate a certain level of research prowess. No HBCU currently holds such a classification, but administrators at some colleges say the designation feels increasingly attainable
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By Glen Weldon Black AdamĀ is what happens when you build a movie from the outside in ā when you start with the visuals and figure everything else will just fall into place. More to the point:Ā Black AdamĀ doesn’t work. To understand why, it helps to know where the character comes from. In the early 2000s, writers
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By Anissa Riley The Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to announce the establishment of two distinct programs in the college supported by the Tuskegee Veterinary Medical Alumni Association (TVMAA): The TVMAA Endowed Scholarship program and The TVMAA Endowed Chair. The TVMAA Endowed Scholarship was established with a $45,000 gift from the veterinary
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By Chris Robinson More than 300 Bowie State University (BSU) students participated in Vote HBCUās inaugural ‘Say It Louder’ Campus Tour today by registering to vote and expressing the issues that concern them most as they connected with fellow students and alumni of other HBCUs during interactive activities with a distinctive HBCU flair. Vote HBCU
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By Stephen Fusi North Carolina Central University (NCCU)Ā is one of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) announced as new partner schools in theĀ Blackstone LaunchPadĀ network, thanks to a new $2 million commitment from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. This partnership is part of theĀ Blackstone Charitable Foundationās previously announced commitment to providing $40 million dollarsĀ in support of
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Courtesy of Hampton University More than 400 donors have contributed more than $160,000 in just two months ā to raise funds for the scholarship campaign initiated by alumni members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Gamma Theta Chapter of Hampton University. This campaign was initiated in honor of this chapterās 75thĀ anniversary. The campaign began
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By Emmanuel Freeman Tennessee State University has the best Moot Court Team in the state. The TSU team earned the title of state champions recently after coming out on top in the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislative Appellate Moot Court Collegiate Challenge, or AMC3. They beat out seven other teams in the March 19-20 competition, which
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