By Larry J. Sanders Howard University announced today a historic $175 million gift from the Bloomberg Philanthropiesâ Greenwood Initiative as part of a larger $600 million commitment to the nationâs four historically Black medical schools. Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine will each receive a gift of $175
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By Angela Johnson In the late 1980s and early 1990s, A Different World, The Cosby Show spinoff series about life on a fictional Black college campus was must-see TV in Black households all across the country. It was the first time we got to see an all-Black cast in a college setting and it made
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By Sarah Fortinsky Acclaimed comedian Roy Wood Jr. will host the U.S. version of âHave I Got News for You,â the long-running U.K. comedy series, CNN announced Thursday. The 10-episode limited series, set to premiere Sept. 14, will air Saturdays at 9 p.m. Eastern on the 24-hour news network. Episodes will be available to stream
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By Kathryn Palmer The largest donation Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ever received is âfraudulentâ and the donorâs valuation of the gift was âbaseless,â according to a third-party investigation by Pennsylvania-based law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. The 176-page report the firm released this week confirms months of widespread skepticism that donor Gregory Gerami is an impostor:
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By Priscilla Alvarez In the moments after President Joe Biden pulled out of the 2024 race, a scramble unfolded as officials raced to reframe the Democratic National Convention around a new candidate: Vice President Kamala Harris. Officials quickly moved to tailor the Chicago convention to Harris with only four weeks, in part drawing from the 2008 convention when
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By Yamiche Alcindor and Summer Concepcion Several prominent Democratic figures are set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. President Joe Biden, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been confirmed as speakers at the convention. Obama and the
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Courtesy of Vanderbilt University The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University has recently digitized a collection of papers from Rev. James M. Lawson, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and advocate for nonviolent activism. Housed in the librariesâ Special Collections and University Archives, the collection was originally donated in 2013. Now, the collection can
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By Niquel Terry Ellis Jotaka Eaddy was sitting on her parentsâ porch in South Carolina on Sunday afternoon when she got a text from an activist friend with a link to President Joe Bidenâs letter announcing he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Eaddy said she started texting in a group chat with other Black
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Courtesy of North Carolina Central University The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that it has awarded a $21,000 grant to Durham, NC HBCU North Carolina Central University (NCCU), while USTA Southern added $12,000 and USTA North Carolina contributed $5,000. The national USTA grant is part of the US Open Legacy Initiative, created in celebration
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By Amber D. Dodd Howard University will receive $175 million in support of the endowment of the College of Medicine. Howard University President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., will attend Bloomberg Philanthropiesâ announcement in New York City Tuesday morning, as he called the endowment a âunreservedly transformational giftâ for the University. âEndowment support has traditionally been an
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