The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, today announced $3 million in grant funding to protect and preserve 30 sites representing Black history. With more than $140 million raised since its founding in 2017, the Action Fund is
By Simone Boyd Nelson Mandela Day, celebrated on July 18, is a global observance of Mandela’s life and legacy. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Mandela’s (also known by his Xhosa clan name “Madiba”) inauguration as South Africa’s first Black president
By Dareh Gregorian and Yamiche Alcindor Vice President Kamala Harris received President Joe Biden’s backing Sunday to take his place as the Democratic presidential nominee, an endorsement he made after announcing he is abandoning his re-election bid. Biden’s decision to bow out breaks open the nominating process
By Peter Nicholas President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will end his presidential re-election campaign, bringing an abrupt and humbling conclusion to his half-century-long political career and scrambling the race for the White House just four months before Election Day. Biden, 81, could
HBCU baseball player Randy Flores of Alabama State University was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels Baseball Club in the eighth round of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) Amateur draft on Monday, July 15, 2024. Flores was the first HBCU baseball
Courtesy of Florida A&M University The president of Florida’s only public historically Black university is resigning amid backlash over the school’s apparent failure to properly vet a multi-million dollar donation from a dubious donor. Larry Robinson submitted his resignation last week and will leave Florida A&M
Courtesy of St. Augustine’s University An HBCU coaching legend is now getting a stretch of highway named after him in the capital of North Carolina. George Williams, legendary head coach of the prolific Saint Augustine’s University track and field program, will have
by Adam Wren A new kind of Republican Party is revealing itself at its national convention. All the markers of a MAGA jamboree are on display, from hulking Donald Trump iconography inside the convention hall to rhinestone Trump cowboy hats and red
By Carl Hulse President Biden has become more receptive in the last several days to hearing arguments about why he should drop his re-election bid, Democrats briefed on his conversations said on Wednesday, after his party’s two top leaders in Congress privately
By Monica Lewis Sydney Satchell (B.A. ’14) is weeks away from heading to Paris where she will compete for gold as a member of the Team USA’s Sitting Volleyball team from August 28 through September 8. “This is really the equivalent of
