By Char Adams Black American women competing in the 2024 Olympics are in a massive spotlight — and so is their hair. Kendall Ellis, a 28-year-old sprinter, said she’s planning to highlight her kinky hair texture when she competes in Paris. After she qualified for the Olympics, she said, “it was one of the first things
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By Quintessa Williams Starting this fall, Morehouse College will be introducing AI teaching assistants, marking a significant development in the field of education. Dr. Muhsinah Morris, the institution’s Metaversity Director and Senior Professor in Education, is leading this initiative. The innovative technology, created in spring 2021, is the result of the collaborative efforts of faculty members Ovell Hamilton,
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By William Ketchum After months of discouraging polls and a disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden announced Sunday afternoon the decision to abandon his reelection campaign against former president Donald Trump. “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder
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By Chanel Hill College students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) who are dealing with financial hardships on campus will be getting additional support. Lincoln University is among seven colleges and universities joining Our Money Matters, a financial wellness program that will help students of color with problems like
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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, today announced $3 million in grant funding to protect and preserve 30 sites representing Black history. With more than $140 million raised since its founding in 2017, the Action Fund is the largest resource dedicated to the preservation of African American historic places. “The
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By Simone Boyd Nelson Mandela Day, celebrated on July 18, is a global observance of Mandela’s life and legacy. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Mandela’s (also known by his Xhosa clan name “Madiba”) inauguration as South Africa’s first Black president and commemorates Mandela becoming an honorary Howard University graduate during the institution’s 126th
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By Dareh Gregorian and Yamiche Alcindor Vice President Kamala Harris received President Joe Biden’s backing Sunday to take his place as the Democratic presidential nominee, an endorsement he made after announcing he is abandoning his re-election bid. Biden’s decision to bow out breaks open the nominating process — meaning Harris or any other Democrat could seek the party’s nomination. The
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By Peter Nicholas President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will end his presidential re-election campaign, bringing an abrupt and humbling conclusion to his half-century-long political career and scrambling the race for the White House just four months before Election Day. Biden, 81, could not reverse growing sentiment within his party that he was too frail to
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HBCU baseball player Randy Flores of Alabama State University was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels Baseball Club in the eighth round of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) Amateur draft on Monday, July 15, 2024. Flores was the first HBCU baseball player taken in the 2024 MLB Draft. “I am extremely proud of the
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Courtesy of Florida A&M University The president of Florida’s only public historically Black university is resigning amid backlash over the school’s apparent failure to properly vet a multi-million dollar donation from a dubious donor. Larry Robinson submitted his resignation last week and will leave Florida A&M University at a time when state officials are scrutinizing programs at the school
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