Former South Carolina defensive back Shilo Sanders has made it official. The son of Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders is headed to Jackson State to play for his father.
Sanders, a former three-star defensive back, announced on Twi ...
Posted Wednesday, December 16th 2020 at 1:52AM
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President-Elect Joe Biden has been in the process of selecting cabinet members over the past few weeks, and while the public usually only gets to hear about the people who accepted the position, advisors to Atlanta Mayor and FAMU grad, Keisha Lance ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 11:12PM
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MacKenzie Scott just gave away over $4.1 billion dollars to remarkable and deserving institutions and organizations that do amazing work across the country and benefits greatly with their monetary gifts. If you were looking for a list of all of the H ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 9:04PM
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Hampton is the latest HBCU to join Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2 initiative designed to increase coding and creativity experiences to HBCUs. Other schools participating include Morehouse College, Tusk ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 7:50PM
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Dover, Del. – Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who has already become one of the most significant benefactors for racial equity causes, announced today that her second cycle of charitable donations had been completed, bringing her 2020 total of givin ...
Posted Tuesday, December 15th 2020 at 7:03PM
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Jasmyn Lawson is a woman for the culture. As a brand manager for Netflix’s Strong Black Lead branded initiative, she uses her influence, her voice, and her humor to create a clear space for Black culture and entertainment on the world’s largest strea ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2020 at 11:39PM
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HOUSTON, TX –December 14, 2020 – Dr. Kamala Raghavan, professor and interim department chairman for Finance and Accounting, has been elected to the Fulbright Association Board of Directors under the leadership of Executive Director Dr. John Bader. Th ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2020 at 9:25PM
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Early four dozen of the nation's top companies have joined together to fight the economic imbalance Black people face in this country. Companies like Target, Nike, Delta, Allstate, and AT&T have formed a group called OneTen and have vowed to hire and ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2020 at 9:17PM
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We all know that an HBCU education prepares you to change the world and the presence of HBCU grads on Forbes's latest list of The World's Most Powerful Women proves that.
Forbes ranked Spelman College alumna Stacey Abrams at #100. Abrams is a lawy ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2020 at 7:54PM
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An Alcornite made history in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Christy Sykes, who earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s degree in workforce education leadership from Alcorn State University, became the Claiborne County Detention ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2020 at 7:51PM
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DOVER – Today, JPMorgan Chase announced it has selected Delaware State University for a two-year, $1 million investment to participate in its Advancing Black Pathways (ABP) initiative.
ABP builds on the firm’s existing efforts to help black America ...
Posted Sunday, December 13th 2020 at 3:58PM
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Alcorn State University President Felecia M. Nave, Ph.D., was invited by House Agriculture Committee Chair Stacey E. Plaskett to testify and answer questions in a virtual public hearing before the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Rese ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2020 at 2:14PM
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Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, the highest ranking female in the U.S. Armed Forces, paid Delaware State University a visit on Dec.8 to speak to a group of its Aviation students
Gen. Van Ovost – the only current female four-star general in the U.S. ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2020 at 5:21PM
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard, distinguished professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University, has been awarded the 2020 Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement award by the United Nations Environment Pr ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2020 at 5:09PM
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