The Delta Teacher Efficacy Campaign (DTEC) and Teachers Advocating to lead Great change (TAG) is launching a four-part series on educational equity. The program, titled Rooted in Research 2.0, is part of the Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF). “We continue to work tirelessly to eliminate equity disparities within our educational system,” said DREF President
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American inventors Marie Van Brittan Brown and Marian R. Croak have made remarkable contributions with their creations such as the home security system. Van Brittan Brown invented the first closed-circuit television security system, which served as a model for modern home security systems used today. She also is responsible for the creation of the first
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) recently awarded $300,000 to KTSU(FM), a public radio station licensed to HBCUs, and to Native Public Media. In an effort to coordinate a Covid-19 public outreach campaign, it will reach a total of 51 public radio stations. The campaign funds will go to 15 stations licensed to HBCUs, as
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Three Delaware State University students are making a difference by taking part in a national competition, the Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge, that raises awareness about Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Two graduate students, Lindsey Hyppolite and Joshua Patterson, and an undergraduate freshman, Nia Allen, are competing in the challenge. Conducted by the National Heart
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Two women who have become the faces of two great movements: Rosa Parks and Alicia Garza. One made history by refusing to give up her seat in the name of equal rights and another is making history by leading a historical movement upholding the value of Black lives. In 1913 Rosa Parks was born in
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These two remarkable women have made their mark on the fashion world. Despite the challenges they both faced, Ann Cole Lowe and Kimora Lee Simmons have proven that adversity isn’t always a disadvantage. The first African American to become a high-end fashion designer, Ann Cole Lowe designed the wedding dress of Jacqueline Kennedy. Born in
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The inspiring story of Shaw University, the first historically black college in the South, is told in “Shaw Rising.” Founded in North Carolina in 1865 by Dr. Henry Martin Tupper who served as a chaplain in the Union Army during the Civil War, the school has a tumultuous story. Durham, NC studio responsible for the
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