Courtesy of Drake State Community and Technical College Drake State Community and Technical College is off to a fast start in 2025, claiming two firsts in its field during the month of January. Drake State received over $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor as part of its latest round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training
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By Antonio Harvey The efforts of the Little Rock 9 (LR9), the first Black students to integrated Central High School in the early part of the civil rights movement, is well-documented in African American history. The students obtained that notoriety because of the usage of television in the 1950s. About four years after the LR9
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By Reg Chapman Making sure young people have access to a quality education has been the mission of one St. Paul woman for more than 35 years. Jo Ann Clark founded the Thinking College Early Fair and, for the past 20 years, she has taken more than 1,000 young Black students on a tour of
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By Ken Dilanian, Ryan J. Reilly and Tom Winter Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has ordered federal prosecutors in New York to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, a senior Justice Department official said Monday evening. The order is for all charges against Adams to be dismissed, and the dismissal is without prejudice, the official
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By Marlene Lenthang and Kathryn Prociv Two winter storms will bring snow, freezing rain and Arctic cold in a one-two punch to parts of the United States this week. Some 29 million people were under winter alerts across the central Plains, the Midwest, the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic on Monday morning ahead of two winter storms expected
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By April Ryan “This is only the beginning of a long fight,” according to Democratic North Carolina Congresswoman Alma Adams. She is addressing the Executive Order to pause federal loans and grants. There is an overwhelming concern in the Historically Black College and University community that many key programs focused on race and equity will
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By Stephen J. Gaither Talladega College made headlines last year when it shelved its gymnastics team – the second in HBCU history – after one season. Apparently that was the tip of the iceberg. The Alabama-based HBCU is dropping several sports due to lack of resources. Men’s volleyball, acrobatics and tumbling, men’s and women’s golf,
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By Dominic Pattern Three years ago at the Super Bowl in Los Angeles, Kendrick Lamar was the home turf newbie on the halftime show hip-hop dream team of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and 50 Cent. Today, in New Orleans, the top of his game Compton-born Pulitzer Prizer winner didn’t have to share the glory with anyone as he further solidified his
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By A.R. Shaw Harry McAlpin made history in 1944. The journalist for the “Atlanta Daily World” became the first reporter to cover the White House. Although enslaved labor was used in every aspect of White House construction in the 1700s, Black journalists were not provided credentials to the White House. However, the National Negro Publishers Association
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The Las Vegas Raiders and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) will present the inaugural Las Vegas HBCU Classic between two storied HBCU football programs, Grambling State University and Jackson State University, on October 25, 2025, at Allegiant Stadium. The landmark event will celebrate the rich legacy and culture of Historically Black Colleges and
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