By Alexis Clark The blue print all started in Watson Hall dormitory seven years ago. Now three TSU alum who are founders of a major national restaurant chain, has been nominated as semifinalists for the esteemed James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Restaurateur Culinary
Courtesy of John C. Smith University During a recent Mecklenburg County Commissioner meeting, Johnson C. Smith University’s Lactation and Doula Program became one of 75 local projects funded with money allocated from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The county
By Rebecca Shabad President Joe Biden said Thursday that he hopes the death of Tyre Nichols prompts action on Capitol Hill to advance police reform as he met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus at the White House. Biden and Vice
Courtesy of Morgan State University Morgan State University has received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation—the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities—to launch Black Queer…Everything (BQE), a pioneering initiative that seeks to enrich the discourse of race and racialization
By Zshekinah Collier Workers rallied outside the University System of Maryland Board of Regents meeting on Friday morning aiming to bend the ear of leaders for better wages and work conditions. There were about 100 people, some of whom were university employees,
By Brittany Bailer Justin Hansford, executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center and member of the U.N. Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, recently traveled to Geneva, Switzerland for the forum’s first annual meeting. The center recently sponsored 12 law students from
By Jessica Washington We have some bad news just in time for tax season this year. A new study published by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research found that Black Americans are at least three times more likely to be audited by the
By Andrew Skerritt Hundreds of students from California and across the West Coast converged on the Florida A&M University recruiting table at the Black College Expo in Los Angeles, on Saturday. The event was held as FAMU is seeing a record number
By Scott Neuman February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation’s bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the contributions that African Americans have made
By Adam Edelman and Rose Horowitch The College Board is set to release a revised framework Wednesday for an Advanced Placement African American studies course that was thrust into the national spotlight after Florida rejected it for allegedly having a left-wing bias. Shortly after Florida’s decision, the
