July 2024 - Page 3

Black Americans aren’t buying election-year falsehoods.

By Ray Block, Jr. For centuries, Black Americans have been battling racism and disenfranchisement — and batting down endless so-called truths. In the process, we’ve developed a powerful sixth sense for separating fact from fiction. Black people have been forced to see the country for what it is, and we have learned to watch our

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NC HBCU Barber-Scotia College Applying To Regain Accreditation It Lost 2 Decades Ago

By Kyra Allesandrini Barber-Scotia College is on track to regain its accreditation after losing it two decades ago. The HBCU has been taking several steps to restore its former status, allowing it to receive student applications and allow those enrolled to apply for federal financial aid. “I always want to make sure that people know that Barber-Scotia is authorized by

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The Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival Announces Official Selections

Courtesy of Morehouse College The Sixth Annual Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival will include 40 films. Among these 40, 18 films have been nominated for awards in these four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Narrative Short, and Student Film. The festival will be held at Morehouse College on September 17 – 21, 2024.  This year’s festival

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Two Howard University Bison Named to Fourth Cohort of Marshall-Motley Scholarship Program

By Brittany Bailer Two Howard University students have been named to the fourth cohort of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Howard alum Dijon Stokes (B.S. ‘20) of Charleston, West Virginia, and Jordan Braithwaite, an incoming first-year law student from St. Louis, Missouri, are two of this year’s 10 scholars.  In exchange for a full law school scholarship

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Maryland Officials Developing Advisory Board To Address HBCU Concerns

By Quintessa Williams State officials in Maryland are developing regulations for the committee responsible for reviewing the process through which the Maryland Higher Education Commission will consider proposals for new academic programs at state universities. The committee is expected to be established this fall, and one of its initial tasks will be to determine the number of

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Livingstone College Receives 7th $1M Donation From Anonymous Donor

Courtesy of Livingstone College Livingstone College in North Carolina received another $1 million donation. It’s the seventh donation of this amount to be given in just seven months by an anonymous donor. It marks the most significant monetary gift received by the HBCU in its history, according to Black Enterprise. The first donation was made during the school’s fall 2023

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