HBCUs are more than colleges. They are places where history, identity, and culture come alive. However, in a fast-changing world, one question remains: Are HBCUs still preserving Black culture? Walk onto an HBCU campus during homecoming, and you will hear the sound
Opinion by Lindsay M. Chervinsky Every year on Presidents Day, the country celebrates our past leaders. In recent years, however, many Americans have begun to question whether we have crossed the line between remembering and worshipping. If the past four years have taught us anything, we’ve learned that presidents are far from perfect, but they
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Let’s face it: Even as more people get vaccinated against Covid-19, everyone but small children will still need to wear a face mask for the foreseeable future. Sure, everyone is tired of wearing them. But as studies have shown, and as Dr. Anthony Fauci has pointed out many times, masks are
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Opinion by Michelle Duster Editor’s note: Michelle Duster is an educator, public historian, and author of several books including “Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells” (Atria/One Signal Publishers). The views expressed here are the author’s own. The mob action that took place at the US Capitol two
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Opinion by Roxanne Jones Editor’s note: Roxanne Jones, a founding editor of ESPN Magazine and former vice president at ESPN, has been a producer, reporter and editor at the New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones is co-author of “Say it Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete.” She talks politics, sports
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Opinion by Rick C. Wade for CNN Business Perspectives Editor’s note: Rick C. Wade is senior vice president of strategic alliances and outreach at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he leads the Chamber’s Equality of Opportunity Initiative. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Far too often, the opportunity to obtain an
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Opinion by Bakari Sellers Editor’s note: Bakari Sellers is a former Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and a CNN commentator. He is the author of the book “My Vanishing Country” and an attorney at Strom Law. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. America
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I tried to blow off Deion Sanders’ much ballyhooed hiring at Jackson State.After all, he’s not the first former professional player to coach at an HBCU, and while there have been some successes, there have been flops as well. For every Doug Williams at Grambling State or Sam Washington at North Carolina A&T success story, you
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It took less than one day after Kamala Harris was announced as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee for a racist and baseless “birther” conspiracy theory to start circulating among her critics. The morning after Joe Biden named Harris as his running mate, making her the first black woman and the first Asian American to join a major party’s presidential ticket,
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