Writer, educator and Trenton-native Maurice “Raheem” Mander has dedicated the past two decades of his life marrying his love for history, creativity and his hometown of Trenton, NJ into a comic book titled ‘Surian Seed:HBCU Superheroes.’ The comic, and soon to be animated film, follows a group of superhuman Trentonians that graduated from HBCU’s (historically
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TMCF applauds President Trump’s signing of the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of Results for Students Act (HBCU PARTNERS Act) into law. “We thank President Trump for signing this important legislation and extend our appreciation to the White House Initiatives on HBCUs for its effort to work with us to champion a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Actor and singer Tyrese Gibson has announced that he and his wife Samantha have split after four years. Gibson shared the news on his verified Instagram account Tuesday. In a caption on a photo showing Gibson kissing his wife on the cheek he wrote that the couple had “decided to
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN The US set two more devastating Covid-19 records as it counted down the hours to the end of what has been a calamitous year for the nation. On Tuesday, it recorded more than 3,700 new deaths linked to the virus, a chilling new high. The US also reported the most Covid-19
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Metro Nashville Police Department Officer Tyler Luellen was the first to arrive on Second Avenue North in on Christmas morning to a call of shots fired. When he arrived, he didn’t hear any shots. As he was investigating, Officer Brenna Hosey arrived to back him up. “As soon as she got
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN For months, a group of protesters in Alabama has been fighting for the removal of a Confederate flag and a Confederate monument that sit in front of the Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville. Last week, protest organizer Unique Morgan Dunston stepped up the group’s demonstration efforts by adding a visual display
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By Kevin Liptak, Kate Bennett, Tami Luhby, Kaitlan Collins, Jason Hoffman, Phil Mattingly and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government shutdown that was set to begin on Tuesday, and extending billions of dollars in coronavirus aid to
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By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, CNN Life wasn’t easy for Patricia, even before the pandemic hit. She struggled with mental health issues after fleeing an abusive relationship, moving herself and her children into an east London flat with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. For the past few years, Patricia held down a job as
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By Jonny Hallam, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Sarah Dean, CNN Ugandan presidential opposition candidate Bobi Wine said one of his bodyguards was run over and killed Sunday by a military police truck, while taking a journalist to the hospital. “I regret to announce the murder of my security team member Francis Senteza Kalibala aka Frank. He
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, founder of the 1980s hip-hop group Whodini, died Wednesday at 56, according to a statement released by his family. In the statement confirming his death, daughter Jonnelle Fletcher called him “a most endeared, generous, and sincere soul.” “John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher was a beloved man, the life partner to
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