By Cyrena Allen More than 125 elementary, middle and high school students from throughout Leon County spent hours on the Florida A&M University (FAMU) campus with an impressive group of mentors at the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The girls and young women at the âColor in STEMâ event at Jake Gaither
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By D. Thompson The Tower Road Bus Documentary chronicles how integrating the Prince Georgeâs County Schools through forced busing impacted and changed the lives of students, teachers, and a principal who all received their undergraduate or graduate degrees from Bowie State. The film brings focus to the events that occurred 50 years ago surrounding school
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By Sara Weissman Some students and faculty members at historically Black Atlanta colleges and universities are speaking out against plans to build an 85-acre, $90Â million police training facility nearby in forested land owned by the city. The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, nicknamed âCop Cityâ by its critics, was approved by the Atlanta Council in
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By Nicole Chavez  The College Board released Wednesday the official framework of a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier denounced for imposing a âpolitical agenda.â In recent months, the multidisciplinary course has been praised by academics and historians, all while becoming a target for lawmakers aiming to restrict
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By Claretta Bellamy According to a new report, Black college students face two distinct barriers when it comes to finishing their education: discrimination and managing too many responsibilities. Black students reported facing barriers that prevent them from completing their undergraduate studies in six years or less, regardless of the type of certificate or degree program,
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Courtesy of Benedict College Benedict College announced the school received $2,893,457 in funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the implementation of a pilot program titled Connecting Minority Communities and Innovations Initiative. The initial program implementation will span over a two-year period. Since the onset of COVID-19, the landscape of higher education in the
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By Kalyn Womack Elementary school students in Florida were sent home with permission slips to learn the lyrics to James Weldon Johnsonâs âLift Every Voice and Sing,â according to ClickOrlando. The slip opened some conversation not only about the drama surrounding Floridaâs anti-critical race theory legislation but also about why CRT regulations have been narrowly tailored to exile Black history. A Marion County Schools spokesperson
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By Hayya Shah In an ongoing effort to create enduring pipelines of diverse science talent and differentiated research, Amazon today announced a collaboration with Howard University, a historically Black college or university (HBCU) located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1867, Howard is a research university comprised of 14 schools and colleges. As part of the collaboration, which will
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By Leslie Kay Jones As a student growing up in Florida, I vividly recall my International Baccalaureate English teacher inviting students to read âTheir Eyes Were Watching Godâ in their best voice impressions of a formerly enslaved Black woman. She smirked as they giggled out phrases like âde nigger woman is de mule uh de
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By Claretta Bellamy Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs will make history Sunday when two Black quarterbacks face each other in a Super Bowl for the first time. If Hurts leads his team to victory, he will be the fourth Black quarterback to do so, following Washingtonâs Doug Williams
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