Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State University has received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation—the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities—to launch Black Queer…Everything (BQE), a pioneering initiative that seeks to enrich the discourse of race and racialization nationwide with a specialized focus on the interplay of racialized blackness in relationship
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By Zshekinah Collier Workers rallied outside the University System of Maryland Board of Regents meeting on Friday morning aiming to bend the ear of leaders for better wages and work conditions. There were about 100 people, some of whom were university employees, who even marched into the meeting that was in progress to garner the
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By Brittany Bailer Justin Hansford, executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center and member of the U.N. Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, recently traveled to Geneva, Switzerland for the forum’s first annual meeting. The center recently sponsored 12 law students from Hansford’s Movement Lawyering Clinic to go on the trip and present their semester-long research before
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By Jessica Washington We have some bad news just in time for tax season this year. A new study published by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research found that Black Americans are at least three times more likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). You’re probably wondering why the IRS is coming for
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By Andrew Skerritt Hundreds of students from California and across the West Coast converged on the Florida A&M University recruiting table at the Black College Expo in Los Angeles, on Saturday. The event was held as FAMU is seeing a record number of applications from first-time-in-college students. “It’s impressive to see the number of students
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By Scott Neuman February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation’s bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the contributions that African Americans have made and to recognize their sacrifices. Here are three things to know about Black
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By Adam Edelman and Rose Horowitch The College Board is set to release a revised framework Wednesday for an Advanced Placement African American studies course that was thrust into the national spotlight after Florida rejected it for allegedly having a left-wing bias. Shortly after Florida’s decision, the College Board, a nonprofit that oversees the AP program, announced that it would
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By Emmanuel Freeman The Las Vegas Strip, with its posh hotels and unlimited attractions, is always a top destination for tourists. The next time you plan your trip, check-in, or have fine dining at the popular location, a Tennessee State University graduate could be your customer service representative. That’s because two recent TSU grads are
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By Joel McCord For years, the study of environmental sciences has taken place in an overwhelmingly white world. While African Americans make up about 13% of the U.S. population, they receive fewer than 3% of environmental science degrees annually, according to a 2020 Data USA study. Now, officials at Morgan State University, a historically Black
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Courtesy of John C. Smith University While some faculty and students spent their winter break home with family celebrating the holidays, Criminology major Alexis Lawson ’23 flew to Hawaii with Dr. Anita Bledsoe-Gardner, professor of Criminology, to present collaborative research at the International Academic Forum (IAFOR[BSD1]) Conference. “This was more than an academic trip,” said
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