December 16, 2022

FILE - A girl in a stroller plays with a squirt gun as a woman pushes her past a Black Lives Matter mural in the Shaw neighborhood in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2020. The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9 percent of the American pie white people enjoy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

BLM sets up student relief fund as loan forgiveness stalls

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation launched a new relief fund Monday aimed at Black college students, alumni and dropouts overburdened by mounting education costs and the student loan debt crisis. The foundation said it set aside $500,000 for the fund and plans to award more than 500 recipients with relief payments ranging from

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Howard University Receives Second $10 Million Gift from the Karsh Family Foundation to Support GRACE Grant Program

By Deidra W. Hill, EdD Howard University announced a $10 million gift from longtime Howard supporters Martha and Bruce Karsh to support the Graduation Retention Access to Continued Excellence (GRACE) Grant. Through this generous gift from the Karsh Family Foundation, Howard’s GRACE Grant will expand its support to more students needing tuition assistance. More students who are Pell

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N.C. A&T Professor Simpson Appointed To EPA Advisory Committee

By Lydian Bernhardt Chantel Y. Simpson, Ph.D., a professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been appointed to an Environmental Protection Agency committee that provides policy recommendations on environmental issues affecting agriculture and rural communities. Simpson will serve a three-year term on the Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee. The

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JSU graduates belong in every room they enter, says commencement keynote Roland Martin

By Rachel James-Terry Jackson State University’s Fall 2022 commencement was a celebration of the ultimate academic milestone for the more than 500 graduates inside the Lee E. Williams Athletic & Assembly Center on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.  The keynote speaker was award-winning journalist Roland S. Martin, who is the host and managing editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered, the first

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Howard University Dean Named One of Next Avenue’s 10 “Influencers in Aging” in Honor of 10th Anniversary

By Brittany Bailer Sandra Crewe, PhD, dean of the Howard University School of Social Work has been included on Next Avenue’s 2022 “Influencers in Aging” list. Next Avenue is the national news and community destination for older adults that is part of the PBS system. The 2022 “Influencers in Aging” list recognizes remarkable people bringing

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Lanier Leads New Era In Alumni Giving At Morris College

Courtesy of Morris College No one has ever questioned the love Ericson Lanier has for his alma mater. And he’s showing it in a way that he hopes will motivate other graduates of Morris College, a historically black college striving to sustain and enhance its legacy of academic excellence. Lanier, who graduated in 1989 from

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Advocates say increasing Black teachers should be a national concern

By Char Adams Ashley Reeves, an Indiana school teacher, dreamed of getting her teaching license but could not afford the high price of certification. She settled for a renewable teaching permit, which allows educators to work for one year, to teach at George and Veronica Phalen Leadership Academy, a kindergarten through eighth grade school in Indianapolis.

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FILE PHOTO: Attorney Ben Crump speaks during a news conference outside the Glynn County Courthouse while Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan are tried over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

Ben Crump Receives Honorary Degree, Dr. Stephen Broughton Recognized as Trustee Emeritus at Friday Commencement

By Wil Heheman On Friday, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) hosted its 166th commencement exercises. One hundred sixty-six graduates received bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the five schools: School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences; School of Arts and Sciences; School of Business and Management; School of Education; and University College. Two graduates

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