HBCU Graduate Launches DuBlase Whiskey in 32 States Across the U.S., Offering a New Small Batch Whiskey Just in Time for Summer 2021
FAMU alumni and black entrepreneur launches online and in select retail stores in 32 states across the U.S. with t ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2021 at 4:35PM
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On May 21st, Mark A. Malveaux and his wife, Dawn, will be gifting $1,000,000 to Southern University, their undergraduate alma mater. The gift will support academic scholarships to talented business students and general programming in the College of B ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2021 at 1:56PM
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Edward Waters College (EWC) announced today that it will establish the A. Philip Randolph Institute for Law, Race, Social Justice and Economic Policy in the coming months pursuant to a multi-year six figure grant from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund. The ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2021 at 1:44PM
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It's a sad day for the comedy community and comedy fans all over the world. Trailblazing comedian, actor, and writer Paul Mooney passed away this morning at the age of 79. Mooney was known for his outspoken, witty, and blunt comedy that covered every ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 3:25PM
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SOURCE: Brian Howard of FAMU News
The Florida Senate recently confirmed seven members of the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees (FAMU BOT). Of those, five trustees are FAMU alumni, and for the first time in the BOT’s current configuration, a ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 3:06PM
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Fisk University announced today the single largest gift from a Nashville family since Fisk’s inception in 1866. The $2.5 million gift from Amy and Frank Garrison will be utilized for both the establishment of an Endowed Chair in recognition of Diane ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 3:03PM
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Adults today often agonize over their financial situation and how it is negatively impacting their lives. How did they get there? How did their credit score plummet and how do they climb out of the hole they have dug for themselves? Does it really ta ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:58PM
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Battelle is expanding its long-standing commitment to increasing diversity and fostering inclusion within Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers by investing $200,000 over two years to provide students from Bowie State University an ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:54PM
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Margaret Nyamumbo has made history as the first Black entrepreneur to have her coffee brand, Kahawa 1893, sold in Trader Joe's grocery stores across the country. As a third-generation coffee farmer from Kenya, she knew firsthand the injustices women ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:42PM
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As graduation caps and gowns are donned this year, some students unfortunately find their needs outstrip their abilities to walk the stage and collect their diplomas with unpaid debt preventing some from being able to finish the last mile—just before ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:39PM
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Target, a longstanding donor and partner of UNCF, will make higher education more affordable this fall for 1,000 first-year Black students at more than a dozen public and private historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) through need-based ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:35PM
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UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the nation's leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement, today announced a new initiative designed to help students who left college before graduating to re-enroll in a network ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:32PM
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Megan Faux, The Teaching Goddess, Founder and Executive Director of The 25 Dream Campaign, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation has launched a new initiative – monthly grants for kids. It’s called The 25 Dreams Source of Light Grant, specifically for yo ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:25PM
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In addition to Clark Atlanta University graduates receiving their degrees on Saturday, May 15th, they were also the first to hear the announcement of a $3 million gift to the university to fund entrepreneurial programming. CAU President, Dr. George T ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 2:06PM
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In its inaugural year, the HBCU World Series presented by the Hank Aaron Sports Academy is a matchup that will feature two HBCU baseball conference champions in the NCAA Division I classification; the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) pitted aga ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2021 at 10:41PM
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