By J.J. McCorvey The election could be decided in Georgia’s fastest-growing and most ethnically diverse county. In Gwinnett County, a part of metro Atlanta where 58% of voters backed Joe Biden in 2020 compared with the 40% who voted for Donald Trump, both parties are
Courtesy of Lincoln University of Missouri Lincoln University of Missouri has announced the opening of enrollment for its Master of Arts in Higher Education program with a Historically Black Colleges Universities concentration. This online degree is available for both spring and fall
Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College hosted a screening of Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed, a documentary that captures Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential campaign. The film was directed by Shola Lynch, director of documentary filmmaking and Diana King Endowed Professor at Spelman and premiered
By Mia Berry Morehouse College director of athletics Harold Ellis, a former basketball standout for the Maroon Tigers, recalls making numerous phone calls to scouts and agents as a student-athlete, asking for a chance to play in the NBA. Now Morehouse basketball players
By Alex Gangitano Texas’ largest Teamsters union, Local 988, endorsed Vice President Harris before her rally in Houston on Friday. In a letter first obtained by The Hill, the union, which is based in Houston, said it surveyed more than 8,000 members
By Mia Berry Howard University alumna Sydney Satchell has had a busy month since winning a gold medal with the U.S. women’s sitting volleyball national team at the Paralympic Games in September. She attended a parade in her honor in her hometown of Windsor, Connecticut, and
South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s ship and sail his family and a dozen others
For the first time in over 30 years, the Washington Post announced on Friday its editorial board would not be making an endorsement of a candidate in a presidential election. “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Will Lewis, the newspaper’s
The University of Vermont Press has partnered with the Society for Black Military Studies to launch the Journal of Black Military Studies. The multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal will feature articles that discuss, analyze, and document the military experience in context of the Black diaspora.
Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College partnered with Spotify to host Spotify NextGen: Pass the Mic, a conversation with Clarke Peoples, Lynae Vanee (C’2016), Jaz Turner (C’2019), and Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, on the power of using your voice in the media industry. This one-day event celebrated the
