THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Paulette Patterson Dilworth, PhD, is the vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Alabama...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Though we face unprecedented challenges and threats to the safety and well-being of America’s children, we refuse to go backwards. No matter who...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Assemblymember Tony Thurmond is the projected winner of the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction election.
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — In August, YWCA Greater Charleston welcomed Cristina Turcu, previously with the United Nations Development Program in Moldova, to a four-month international fellowship at...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that one year after the launch of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund the organization...
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE — Higher education is something most students seeking a brighter future strive for, with their parents’ desire to see their child succeed.
SPEAKING OUT WEEKLY NEWS — The rampant re-segregation of American public schools poses a greater threat to the trajectory of America’s progress than terrorism, nuclear proliferation,...
THE AFRO — Morgan State University (MSU) President David Wilson today announced that the senior senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, will be the keynote speaker for the University’s...
TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — NASHVILLE, TN - Academic growth, funding, and prejudice were part of serious talk on Jefferson Street when The Tennessee Tribune presented “The State...
The 14 semifinalists will compete before an all-star panel of judges that includes jazz pianists Monty Alexander, Joanne Brackeen, Cyrus Chestnut, Herbie Hancock, Jason Moran, Danilo...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Named for the African American twin brothers Ronald and Donald Frieson UT alumni from Memphis who gave a million dollar gift to...
OAKLAND POST — On Oct. 26, over 150 community members gathered at the First Unitarian Church of Oakland to celebrate men and women who have come...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), in partnership with the Houston Forward Times, recently announced that the city of Houston will serve...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — A lot of scholarship money goes unused because officials are not able to match the student to the college and the college...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Community members have raised more than $84,000 for a Los Angeles-area teacher captured on video punching a student who had repeatedly called...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Pictures, which were posted on the Middleton School District Facebook page but have since been deleted, showed the group dressed up as...
OAKLAND POST — California’s five statewide 2018 Teachers of the Year publicly endorse Assemblymember Tony Thurmond for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Mike Espy, the first African-American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi since Reconstruction, a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and now a practicing...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — No stranger to politics, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean plans to immediately seek to improve the expectations for students and help them...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “For us, it’s not enough to say, “we made it”. We want to help others do it too. It’s our way of giving...
THE AFRO — After graduating college at Florida A&M University, Jordan returned to those same mentoring programs and neighborhood community centers he participated in and visited...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Grambling State University has been approved to offer the state’s first Bachelor of Science degree in cybersecurity. The University of Louisiana System Board...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — The Board of Trustees of Clark Atlanta University accepted the resignation of President Ronald A. Johnson, effective December 7, 2018
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Both young women come from the same high school, Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet, in Nashville.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Thank you, Kevin Hart, for lifting up and helping us laugh and hopefully impact change on this issue that impacts, harms...
