By Joe Hernandez News anchor Don Lemon is out at CNN, the cable network announced Monday. “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” the news outlet said in a tweet. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in
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By Hazel Scott Bet on yourself. When you believe in yourself and your ability to succeed, nothing can stop you.” — Tracey Edmonds, CEO and President of Edmonds Entertainment and the Founder and Editor of AlrightNow.com The entertainment mogul delivered those words during Alabama State University’s virtual 2023 Honors Day Convocation on Friday, April 21.
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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University Three North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students and a recent graduate are participating in paid spring semester internships with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as part of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) internship program. Faith Baldwin, Carmen
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By Maria Puente Harry Belafonte, the “King of Calypso” who became one of America’s endearing and enduring civil rights activists into his 10th decade, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday at his home in New York of congestive heart failure, representative Paula Witt said in a statement Tuesday. Belafonte will be remembered as one of the most popular
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Courtesy of Bowie State University The 5th Annual Social Justice Alliance Symposium on Pursuing Racial and Social Justice in Sports will be held on Friday, April 28, at Bowie State University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center to honor the legacy of 1st Lt. Richard Collins III and bring more attention to social justice issues confronting college and
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By Angela Johnson Across the country, there have been continuous efforts to ban books from libraries and schools that deal with issues of race and sexuality. And it’s no coincidence that many of those books were written by authors that identify as LGBTQ or Black. But as conservatives push to keep people from reading these
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By Jenna Craig In a historic moment for Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp announced the institution has been selected as the first Historically Black College/University to lead a $40 million University Transportation Center. This achievement paves the way for PVAMU to become a key player in transportation research and innovation in
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