By Savannah Tribune Morris Brown College (MBC) President, Dr. Kevin James, was the featured guest at a Victory Celebration Reception in Savannah on May 26, 2023. The event was held at Carver State Bank’s Skidaway Road Branch. The tone for the uplifting evening was set by AME Savannah Central District Presiding Elder Billy G. McFadden
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By Curtis Bunn Jheam Johnson had just settled into his seat on a bus in Washington, D.C., that was about to embark on a 15-hour ride to Jacksonville, Florida, when he heard that a mass shooting had taken place five minutes from his home. The invigorating spirit he felt having just attended the 60th anniversary of the
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By Sequoia Carrillo, Cory Turner A new repayment program opens today to more than 20 million student loan borrowers, with payments based on their income and family size. The Biden administration announced the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program earlier this summer, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn their proposed loan cancellation program. “We refuse
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By Mitch Dudek Dr. Helene D. Gayle is stepping down as CEO of The Chicago Community Trust, one of the city’s oldest and largest philanthropic institutions, to become president of Spelman College in Atlanta. Gayle, who led Chicago Community Trust for five years, plans to step down in June to take her new post. Her
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Courtesy of Morehouse College The faculty from the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership led 16 scholars on a transformative study abroad experience in South Africa. Nine Oprah Winfrey scholars participated in the Oprah Winfrey South Africa Leadership Program, while seven Social Justice and SMASH scholars participated in the South Africa Social Justice Experience. These exciting study abroad programs included visits
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By Emily Olson Six decades ago, an estimated 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation’s capital. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech that day, on August 28, 1963, has since emerged as a paramount symbol of the push for racial
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Florida school district officials apologized Thursday for an elementary school assembly in which Black students were singled out for a presentation on low test scores. Officials at Flagler County’s school district in northeastern Florida said at a news conference that the assembly at Bunnell Elementary School was a “horrible, horrific mistake” that shouldn’t have happened,
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By Jacob Lev and Homero De la Fuente The landscape of college sports continues its drastic change. The Pac-12 Conference is down to only four schools remaining as the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and the University of Utah announced Friday they are leaving to join the Big 12 Conference. “We are thrilled to welcome Arizona, Arizona
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Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) students and faculty are now more equipped than ever to find solutions to real-world problems. The university completed almost $11 million in grant funding in fiscal year 2023, an 85 percent jump from the previous fiscal year, thanks to an increased focus on research. “I am
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By Shauneen Miranda A number of historically Black colleges and universities are seeing an increase in Black students applying and enrolling after years of decline. “The percentage of Black students enrolled at HBCUs fell from 18 percent in 1976 to 8 percent in 2014 and then increased to 9 percent in 2020,” according to the National Center
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