By Swapna Venugopal It took six days, but Barack Obama said yes. A long-awaited endorsement fromĀ former President ObamaĀ for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic partyās nominee for president finally arrived on Friday. While Harris hadĀ racked up a series of endorsementsĀ sinceĀ President
By Ray Block, Jr. For centuries, Black Americans have been battling racism and disenfranchisement ā and batting down endless so-called truths. In the process, weāve developed a powerful sixth sense for separating fact from fiction. Black people have been forced to see
By Kyra Allesandrini Barber-Scotia College is on track toĀ regain itsĀ accreditationĀ after losing it two decades ago. TheĀ HBCUĀ has been taking several steps to restore its former status, allowing it to receive student applications and allow those enrolled to apply for federal financial aid. āI
Courtesy of Morehouse College The Sixth AnnualĀ Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival will include 40 films. Among these 40, 18 films have been nominated for awards in these four categoriesāDocumentary Feature, Documentary Short, Narrative Short, and Student Film. The festival will be
By Brittany Bailer Two Howard University students have been named to the fourth cohort of theĀ Legal Defense Fund (LDF)Ā Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Howard alumĀ Dijon Stokes (B.S. ā20)Ā of Charleston, West Virginia,Ā andĀ Jordan Braithwaite, an incoming first-year law student from St. Louis, Missouri, are two
In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now frequented by fourth graders learning about the stateās history. Their efforts
By Katherine Knott President Bidenās decision Sunday to drop his re-election bidĀ cleared the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of the ticket. Itās not yet clear how, or how much, a President Harris might differ
By Quintessa Williams State officials in Maryland are developing regulations for the committeeĀ responsible for reviewing the process through which the Maryland Higher Education Commission will consider proposals for new academic programs at state universities. The committee is expected to beĀ established this fall,
By Tammy Joyner A coalition of lawmakers, civil rights leaders, clergy, educators and students Wednesday called on the stateās education czar to rescind his decision to drop an advanced placement African American studies class from the stateās curriculum for the upcoming school
Maisha I. Handy has been named the twelfth president of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. She will assume her new role on September 3, making her the institutionās first African American and second woman president. McCormick Theological Seminary enrolls roughly 160 graduate
