By Bilal G. Morris The residents of Jackson are still struggling with proper access to water. Over the holiday weekend, Jackson mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba declared a local state of emergency due to the city’s low to no water pressure in certain
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By Tonya Dixon North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Alisa Taliaferro, Ed.D. recently received the prestigious 2022 Ed-Fi Alliance Educator Interoperability Leader of the Year Award. The award is one from seven community award categories including Lifetime Achievement, Partner, Technical Contributor,
By Kevin Childs A $2 million gift from philanthropists Joanne and William Conway to the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences – the largest the college has received in its existence – will support three new faculty positions and scholarships for nursing students at the
By Andrew Skerritt The Florida A&M University School of Business and Industry’s (SBI) Interdisciplinary Center for Creativity and Innovation (ICCI) has partnered with the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to create and enhance the entrepreneurial mindset at FAMU and in the surrounding Southside community.
By John Burnett On a cool spring day, Fredrika Newton — the widow of Black Panther co-founder, Huey P. Newton — stands next to a bronze bust of her late husband. It’s situated in a wide, landscaped median in the west end
Courtesy of South Carolina State University  U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called on South Carolina State University students to register to vote and have their voices heard in the American democracy. “To all the students here today I’m saying, there
By Katie Kamin A former women’s basketball coach at South Carolina State University has gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars from South Carolina’s Insurance Reserve Fund after she sued the school and its former athletic director earlier this year. In the lawsuit
Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University and Stackwell, the digital investment platform designed to eliminate the racial wealth gap, today announced the launch of a new student investment program that will provide funded investment accounts and financial investment education to every member of
By Brandee Sanders From Ava DuVernay to Nadia Hallgren, Black women have used filmmaking as a vessel to reclaim their narratives and magnify societal truths. Thanks to a generous donation Spelman College will be able to empower the next generation of storytellers. The Atlanta-based HBCU received
Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development (CIED) is pleased to announce that four student teams from Clark Atlanta University have been chosen as campus-round winners for the Blackstone Launchpad Ideas Competition. The competition had four categories
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