By Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University announced it will become a community center for Coding and Creativity as part of Appleās Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State Universityās HBCU C2. The teaching and learning initiative is designed to empower Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to expand technology and creativity experiences within their institutions
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, David Robinson has been in Arizona for the last three months searching for his 24-year-old son, Daniel Robinson, who went missing after leaving a work site in the desert in his Jeep Renegade on June 23. Robinson, who lives in South Carolina, hired an independent investigator and assembled a volunteer search
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By Fisk University Newsroom, The Americana Music Association will present musical pioneers The Mavericks, Kebā Moā Trina Shoemaker, Carla Thomas, and the Fisk Jubilee SingersĀ® with Lifetime Achievement Awards during the Associationās 20th Annual Americana Honors & Awards show on Wednesday, September 22 at the Ryman Auditorium. The Fisk Jubilee SingersĀ® will be presented with
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By Morehouse College, ATLANTAāThe Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival (MCHRFF) returns Sept. 23-25 for the third year with TV and film industry experts leading several online, on-demand workshops and roundtable sessions as well as in-person, post-screening discussions at The Plaza Theatre. Programming includes sessions on developing authenticity as an actor, character development for writers,
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, The Washington National Cathedral announced Thursday it has commissioned renowned Black artist Kerry James Marshall to create “racial-justice themed windows” that will replace two stained-glass windowsĀ the church removed in 2017 that memorialized Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The church has also tapped celebrated poet Elizabeth Alexander, who was
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By Mirna Alsharif and Liam Reilly A southern Pennsylvania school board has reversed its decision to ban anti-racism books and resources. The Central York school boardĀ unanimously approved the reinstatement ofĀ a list of anti-racism books and resources, effective immediately, spokeswoman Julie Randall Romig confirmed to CNN. The reversal comes a week after a student protest and
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BY:Ā TAMARA E. HOLMES (B.A. ā94) When Kamala Harris shattered the political glass ceiling to ascend to the vice presidency, the swell of Bison pride reached a fever pitch heard across the nation. Howard is used to experiencing #BisonPride for many of its notable alumni across the public sphere ā Thurgood Marshall, Toni Morrison, Vernon Jordan,
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By Emmanuel Freeman, A recent report shows that Tennessee is ranked 7th in the nation with the number of COVID-19 cases, which is a drop from number 1 and a 21 percent decrease compared to a week ago. According to the weekly State Profile Report for Tennessee released Sept. 14, the state also fell to
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By Carma Hassan and Devon M. Sayers, The Rev. Jesse Jackson was discharged from a rehabilitation facility Wednesday following an earlier diagnosis of Covid-19. Jackson was being treated at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago after he and wife Jacqueline Jackson wereĀ hospitalized for Covid-19Ā in August. The couple were released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago
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By Emma Tucker and Christina Carrega, A group of former and current Black women officers filed a class action lawsuit against the Washington, DC police on Wednesday claiming racial and sexual discrimination, a hostile workplace and a culture of intimidation. The 10 women say that while on the job at theĀ Metropolitan Police DepartmentĀ (MPD) they were
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