Courtesy of Johnson C. Smith University Congresswoman Alma Adams and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) held the second of four “Focus on Food” meetings at Johnson C. Smith University on Thursday, June 29, 2023. “I’d like to extend a special welcome to Congresswoman Alma Adams, the godmother of HBCUs and an honorary Golden Bull in her
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By Donna Bradby The Common Thread Theatre Collective, a joint venture between North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Davidson College, will present “How to Make an American Son,” a new play by Christopher Oscar Peña and directed by Holly Nañes. The hard-hitting drama explores what happens when the American Dream collides with the
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By E.R. Shipp Chief Justice John Roberts has convinced himself the United States has reached the Promised Land, while those of us focused on social justice are still climbing the rough side of the mountain. Viewing the world from his differently focused glasses, he has declared over a 10-year period that there is no longer
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Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Thanks to the internet, just about everything is at our fingertips—information, opportunities and connections. But what if you can’t access the internet? That’s where the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative steps in. Its goal is to bring high-speed internet to everyone in America. Earlier this year, the National Telecommunications and
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By Emmanuel Freeman Tennessee State University is looking for hundreds of Amazon employees to enroll this fall! TSU and Amazon have partnered to provide the company’s hourly employees an opportunity to take college courses as a part of the Career Choice tuition assistance program. Career Choice is Amazon’s $1.2 billion commitment to upskill more than
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Courtesy of Lane College Lane College will commemorate the many contributions of mathematician and college president Dr. Wesley Cornelious McClure during a building renaming ceremony at 12 noon CST on Thursday, March 9th. The renaming ceremony will be held in the Lane science and business building at 335 Middleton Street in Jackson near the corner
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Before starting college, Taylor Mohead had never been outside her hometown of Houston. Now, the recent Tuskegee University graduate is trekking around trees in Hazel Green, Alabama, in fire gear and sweltering heat. The U.S. Forest Service intern is among 20 students from historically Black colleges or universities who are participating in a prescribed burn
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