When Marvel Studios released “Black Panther” in February 2018, it marked the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to feature a Black superhero and star a predominantly Black cast. Its estimated production budget was US$200 million, making it the first Black film – conventionally defined as a film that is directed by a Black director, features a Black cast,
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By D. Thompson Bowie State University communication students recently met with Youthcast Media, an independent media platform that specializes in teaching up-and-coming journalists and media professionals how to develop multimedia content while covering health and social issues that are often underreported in communities of color. The tandem of Jayne O’Donnell and Cynthia Robinson (‘02) visited with
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By Heyya Shah Howard University architecture professor Hazel Ruth Edwards, PhD., FAIA, (B.Arch. ’86) recently received Architectural Record’s 2022 Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award in the category of educator. Now in its ninth year, the leading architectural news outlet’s award program honors women architects who break barriers and lead their field into a newly designed equitable and sustainable future.
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By Adam Edelman When Lauren Nicks, a senior at Spelman College in Atlanta, cast her vote in last month’s midterms, she did so in her home state of New York. Nicks, a 21-year-old international studies major at the historically Black college, had been told months earlier by fellow students about a law that does not allow students
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By Hazel Scott Internationally known actress, host, digital personality, and alumna Africa Miranda spent Friday, Dec. 2, delivering a rousing commencement speech to excited Alabama State University graduates during the in-person fall commencement ceremonies at the ASU Stadium. Her message to the new graduates was to be the captain of their destiny. “Step Up, Step
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By Wil Heheman Mary Wicks, a 2001 alumna of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, wears many hats professionally. Currently, she works for Louis Vuitton, the French luxury fashion brand. However, she also has experience in a number of other fields including sales, print journalism, live news reporting and film and TV production. Wicks
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By Emmanuel Freeman Tennessee State University students are champions! A four-person quiz bowl team from the university beat out nine other college teams to win the top place in the National Association of African American Honors Programs Quiz Bowl in Baltimore. TSU students, who are all members of the Honor’s College, also won the championship in
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