By Amber Dodd In February 2022, the University announced a $2 million gift from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation to the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to support the digitization of the center’s “Black Press Archives,” a collection of Black newspapers donated to Howard by the National Newspapers Publishing Association (NNPA). Now, one year later, Brandon Nightingale,
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Courtesy of Spelman College Following its debut at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2021, the group exhibition “Black American Portraits” travels to Atlanta’s Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Co-curated by Spelman College Museum of Fine Art’s Executive Director, Liz Andrews, and Tate’s Britton Family Curator-at-Large, Christine Y. Kim (both formerly of
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By Stephanie Holland The NAACP Image Awards honor artists in TV, film, music, literature, news and activism. Obviously, all of those categories won’t fit in a two-hour televised ceremony. Leading into the live show on Feb. 25, there are four virtual events hosted by actor Khleo Thomas (Shameless). What makes the Image Awards so important is that
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By D. Thompson Vice President Kamala Harris chose Bowie State University as the site to announce a new initiative that will reduce primary mortgage insurance (PMI) for FHA loans by 40 percent to enable more individuals to qualify and afford to become homeowners versus renting. The program begins on March 20 and is expected to
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By Christina Compere-Minor Florida A&M University (FAMU) has secured a $1.5 million grant through NASA’s new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity. The award, part of nearly $12 million in funding announced by NASA, will enable students and faculty at FAMU and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to
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By Terry Gross For 94 years, the Academy Awards have ostensibly celebrated the best of cinema, but the Oscars have frequently been mired in controversy. In 2017, the wrong film was announced as the year’s best picture, and in 2022, Will Smith infamously slapped presenter Chris Rock — before going on to accept the award for best actor. The 2023
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Courtesy Virginia State University Research by Virginia State University Psychology Professor Dr. Samuel West (pictured) has identified social isolation as the most critical external indicator leading up to mass shootings. The analysis of 177 mass shooters suggests that social isolation is an ideal candidate for acquaintances and communities of would-be shooters to intervene. Dr. West led the
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