By Sara Weissman Students at the Lincoln University Law Enforcement Training Academy gathered on Wednesday for a class discussion about a policing incident in nearby Columbia, Mo. Two officers are under investigation after a video surfaced showing one of them beating a
By Sholnn Z. Freeman Howard University’s Jami Ramberan, Emmy-Award winning director and associate professor of film and television in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, is earning more and more accolades for “My Asian” a lyrical short film currently on the festival circuit and earning recognition during Asian American, Native
Henry Fambrough had a musical homecoming of sorts Friday at “Hitsville U.S.A.” Fambrough, one of the founding members of the iconic R&B group The Spinners, took a tour of Motown’s Studio A in Detroit as part of a ceremony that included the
By Jessica Washington The fight for reparations has been heating up in statehouses and city halls nationwide. And now, Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.) wants to bring that fight to Congress. The Missouri Congresswoman is introducing the Reparations Now Resolution, urging Congress to provide at least $14 trillion in reparations to
By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) placed third, earning $250,000 in the 2023 Goldman Sachs Market Madness: HBCU Possibilities Program. The five-person FAMU team included Destiny Felton, junior business administration student from Miami; John Stokes, a health science pre-physical therapy student
Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University will host the fifth annual BOND Academy education conference from May 19-21 drawing education professionals from all levels to address the nationwide lack of male educators of color in the classroom. According to the
By Lydian Bernhardt In the 1960s, Albert Alston came to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, graduated with a degree in agricultural education and went on to become an agriculture teacher at Northern Nash High School.
By Bruce C.T. Wright Underscoring the urgency for voting rights reform, the latest in a series of Black women nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed to the federal court is being hailed as a major win in the fight to protect
By Kathy Casteel A Lincoln University agroforestry researcher has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a highly productive alley cropping system for demonstration and research that will aid small farmers in Missouri. Sougata Bardhan, an assistant professor of natural
By Amber Dodd During the Charter Day festivities, President Wayne A.I. Frederick began his traditional address to the attending members, but paused to speak to a special member of Howard’s faculty and staff. Frederick surprised the Howard University School of Law’s dean
