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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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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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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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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In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now frequented by fourth graders learning about the state’s history. Their efforts in Coloma, a town of around 300 people that’s located about 36 miles
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By Katherine Knott President Biden’s decision Sunday to drop his re-election bid cleared the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of the ticket. It’s not yet clear how, or how much, a President Harris might differ from Biden on higher education policy. Like most vice presidents, she’s generally been
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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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By Tammy Joyner A coalition of lawmakers, civil rights leaders, clergy, educators and students Wednesday called on the state’s education czar to rescind his decision to drop an advanced placement African American studies class from the state’s curriculum for the upcoming school year. “This decision is the latest attack in a long-running GOP assault on
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Maisha I. Handy has been named the twelfth president of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. She will assume her new role on September 3, making her the institution’s first African American and second woman president. McCormick Theological Seminary enrolls roughly 160 graduate students, 43 percent of whom are Black. Since 2000, Dr. Handy has served
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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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