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Morris Brown College Receives $100,000 from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

By Arrman Kyaw Morris Brown College has received $100,000 from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. for an endowment for scholarships and other needs to help the school’s sustainability. “Alpha Kappa Alpha is pleased to make this donation to Morris Brown College, as we continue our support of the county’s HBCUs,” said AKA International President and CEO Dr. Glenda Glover, who is also the president of Tennessee State University. AKA’s gift to Morris Brown – a historically Black college – is part of a four-year $10 million goal under the sorority’s HBCU for Life: A Call to Action initiative, a major

Howard Law Adjunct Professor and Co-Director for the Howard University Civil Rights Clinic, Tiffany Wright, Joins the White House Counsel’s Office

Courtesy of Howard University Howard University School of Law is happy to announce that Tiffany Wright, adjunct professor, and co-director for the Howard University Civil Rights Clinic, has been appointed as associate counsel to the president in the White House Counsel’s Office. Wright, a former appellate lawyer in the D.C. office of Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe LLP, will bring a breadth of exceptional talent, diverse experience, and steadfast dedication to the White House and will play a key role in supporting the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to tackling the crises facing the country and building back better. “Our nation will benefit from

National Park Service awards $16.2M to help preserve African American civil rights history

Courtesy of Benedict College Following a tour of Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, National Park Service (NPS) Director Chuck Sams announced the award of $16,247,500 in African American Civil Rights grants. Listed as a National Historic Landmark, Hinchcliffe Stadium is one of a few surviving Negro League baseball stadiums and previously received an African American Civil Rights Grant in 2018. This years’ awards will benefit 44 projects in 15 states and support the continued preservation of sites and history related to the African American struggle for equality. “The African American Civil Rights grants are critical to helping preserve and interpret a more comprehensive narrative of the people, places, and events associated

A Decade of Action: Margaret Walker Center to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of Gibbs-Green tragedy

By Jackson State University The Margaret Walker Center is pleased to announce an exhibition unveiling, wreath laying, and reception in Ayer Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, for the 52nd annual commemoration of the Gibbs-Green tragedy at Jackson State University. This event is free and open to the public. In the late hours of May 14 and into the early morning of May 15, 1970, Jackson City Police and Mississippi Highway Patrolmen marched on the Jackson State campus and fired nearly 500 rounds of ammunition in 28 seconds into Alexander Hall, a women’s dormitory. Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, a Junior political

Xavier and other HBCUs partner with IBM to establish Cybersecurity Leadership Center

Courtesy of Xavier University Xavier University and several other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) announced that they will work with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to establish virtual Cybersecurity Leadership Centers to prepare students for cybersecurity careers. This resource complements the technology and cybersecurity coursework that students already receive from Xavier’s computer science program. The other participating HBCUs in the initiative include North Carolina A&T State University, Clark Atlanta University, Morgan State University, South Carolina State University, and the Southern University System. Participant universities will have access to a customized, multi-year cybersecurity experience with IBM, including cybersecurity curricula, cloud access, and an immersive learning experience

The stories of the Class of 2022 highlight Dillard commencement

By Dillard University Dillard University has been fortunate to bring notable celebrity speakers to commencement over the years. But this year the University will introduce new celebrities–the class of 2022. The class is represented by students who have excelled through a two-year pandemic which included several major hurricanes and a myriad of personal challenges. President Walter Kimbrough collected the stories of students who agreed to have those stories told as part of his “senior shout outs.” “There are some really deep and personal stories that students have shared with me,” said Kimbrough. “And I’m like, ‘Are you sure you want me to

Virginia Union University Joins Research in Innovative Aerospace Transportation and Smart Energy Solutions

By Virginia Union University Virginia Union University (VUU), a nationally-ranked HBCU located in Richmond, Virginia, announced today the creation of its new Center for Technology and Innovation in partnership with Paragon VTOL Aerospace – a smart energy provider and hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) passenger aircraft company specializing in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) for commercial use. “We are excited to form this partnership with Paragon VTOL Aerospace to take a hands-on, innovative approach to meeting the transportation needs of our evolving world,” said Hakim J. Lucas, President and CEO of the VUU. “We have committed to this partnership with

Boeing to once again feature PVAMU paraphernalia on Starliner mission to space

Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University For the second year in a row, Boeing will be honoring over a dozen HBCUs, including Prairie View A&M University, during its CST-100 Starliner’s second Orbital Flight Test on May 19. Flags and other items from the schools will be among hundreds of pounds of cargo launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station. According to Boeing, the flight test is the last major step before the Starliner takes American astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. “Boeing has recruitment partnerships with these

Benedict College is the First College in the Nation to Sign a Memorandum of Agreement for the Veteran Health Administration Health Care Talent Academy

Courtesy of Benedict College Benedict College is the first Institution of Higher Education in the Nation to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs to participate in the Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Health Care Talent Academy (HCTA).  Benedict College scholars will participate in a dynamic and innovative learning and development program for undergraduate students interested in health careers. The MOA between the VA and Benedict College was signed by Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, President and CEO of Benedict College, and Dr. Steven L. Lieberman, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, performing the delegable duties

Howard University Acquires Extensive Collection of Gordon Parks Photographs Spanning Five Decades

By Misha Cornelius Howard University and The Gordon Parks Foundation today announced a historic acquisition of 244 photographs representing the arc of Gordon Parks’s career over five decades. The breadth of the collection—which spans Parks’s earliest photographs in the 1940s through the 1990s—makes it one of the most comprehensive resources for the study of Parks’s life and work anywhere in the world. The Gordon Parks Legacy collection, a combined gift and purchase, will be housed in the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Organized thematically by subject into 15 study sets, the photographs serve as a rich repository for the development of exhibitions and multidisciplinary curricula

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