By Lexx Thornton A federal grand jury indicted the leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in Oklahoma City over allegations that millions of dollars in grant funds were improperly spent on international trips, groceries, and personal real estate, prosecutors announced Thursday. Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, was indicted earlier this month on 20 counts
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Written By Lexx Thornton Ray McKinnie, Ph.D., administrator for Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, has earned another accolade in recognition of more than 40 years as an educator and leader in his field. McKinnie received the George Washington Carver
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By Lexx Thornton April Curley arrived at Google in 2014 with a clear mission: recruit talented Black students from college campuses across the country. But within months of starting her new role, she said that the tech giant began steering her toward lower-level positions and paying her less than her white peers. By 2020, she
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Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun has been selected as the keynote speaker for Elizabeth City State University’s 181st commencement ceremony, the university announced this week. Adamolekun, a rising leader in the restaurant and business industries, will address the class of 228 graduates as they celebrate one of the most significant milestones of their academic journeys. His appearance is expected
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First-of-its-Kind Effort Will Expand Access to High-Quality K-12 Education City Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced a fund to support the creation of new public charter schools in partnership with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). City Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies are committing $10 million each, marking one of the largest coordinated efforts to foster
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Five people have been indicted in connection with the hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson, bringing his family and the Baton Rouge community a step closer to justice nearly a year after the tragic incident. Wilson died earlier this year during an off-campus fraternity ritual while attempting to pledge Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., a loss that
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To cap off two of the best individual seasons in HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) football, South Carolina State and Prairie View A&M will meet in this year’s Celebration Bowl. The Celebration Bowl is the only traditional Bowl game at the FCS level, which has a true national championship tournament. That is not the
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MacKenzie Scott’s latest annual disclosure confirms what higher education leaders across the country have been seeing all year: her financial support of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) has reached an unprecedented scale. In a year-end update published on her website, Scott reported donating $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025 alone, bringing her total giving
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By Zoë Richards The House approved a measure Thursday to reinstate collective bargaining rights to federal workers, a step toward restoring labor union protections for nearly 1 million federal employees. The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to nullify an executive order from President Donald Trump this term. Twenty Republicans
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U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, on Wednesday voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2026, FY26, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA. “Rep. Sewell previously opposed the House bill after Republicans inserted divisive, partisan amendments and rubber stamped a massive expansion of presidential power,” Sewell’s release shared. Sewell and her Democratic colleagues successfully removed the vast
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