February 10, 2025 - Page 2

Fisk University’s Morgan Price’s First Reaction to Joining HBCU Unearthed as 19-Year-Old Gymnast Makes NCAA History

By Ujwal Matoo It’s been 41 years since the first NCAA women’s gymnastics championship took place. And this new HBSU team is already making its mark. Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, made history last year by launching its gymnastics program, and last Friday, it became the first HBCU gymnastics team to compete at the NCAA

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President Of One Of America’s Oldest Historic Black Colleges Builds Bridges In Sacramento

By Stephen Magagnini Dr. Donzell Lee, president of Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, made a pilgrimage to Sacramento on Jan. 27 to promote Black education and partnerships with California colleges in a time of great political uncertainty. He was hosted by Dr. Alan Rowe, a veteran Sacramento educator who has pioneered relationships between local schools

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Trump is reversing the Justice Department’s civil rights policies

By Chloe Atkins and Daniel Barnes Donald Trump kicked off his second presidential term with dozens of executive orders, many of which focus on hot-button culture war issues, from transgender and abortion rights to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The job of enforcing the administration’s position on those issues will largely fall to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights

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