Several scholarships are available for Alcorn State University students looking for financial assistance as they pursue their degrees.
Mississippi community college graduates, along with first, second, and third-generation Alcorn students, may b ...
Posted Friday, August 14th 2020 at 2:09PM
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Delaware State University is mourning the passing of Courtney Stevenson, who had been the institution’s oldest living graduate. Mrs. Stevenson – who passed away on Aug. 5 at Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover where she was hospitalized for almost the ...
Posted Tuesday, August 11th 2020 at 7:22PM
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A Nashville magistrate signed an order of protection against Fisk University President Dr. Kevin Rome, Sr. after a man claimed he met Rome via the gay dating app Grindr and testified Rome had drugged him, threatened to kill him and destroyed his apar ...
Posted Tuesday, August 11th 2020 at 2:55PM
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DOVER, Del.Delaware State University is mourning the passing of Courtney Stevenson, who had been the institution’s oldest living graduate. Mrs. Stevenson – who passed away on Aug. 5 at Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover where she was hospitalized for ...
Posted Tuesday, August 11th 2020 at 2:46PM
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Nia DaCosta
Deadline reveals that Marvel Studios has reportedly chosen Nia DaCosta to direct Captain Marvel 2. "Candyman director Nia DaCosta will direct Marvel’s sequel to its $1 billion dollar-grossing Captain Marvel. With the news, DaCosta beco ...
Posted Tuesday, August 11th 2020 at 12:29AM
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Kristi L. Jackson is the co-owner of one of very few Black-owned trucking companies based in Houston, Texas. It's called October Fourth Holdings LLC, and with her partner, Kevin Muhammad, they provide daily freight logistics and transportation nation ...
Posted Monday, August 10th 2020 at 2:34AM
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Alpha Political Action Committee (ALPHA PAC) recently announced its formation along with an initial slate of endorsed candidates ahead of the November, 2020 election. ALPHA PAC was independently formed by members of Alpha Phi Alp ...
Posted Friday, August 7th 2020 at 12:46PM
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ATLANTA, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In March of 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, James Oliver, Jr. decided to start a foundation to empower Black parents who are entrepreneurs, or ParentPreneurs, to be the best parent and entrepreneur possib ...
Posted Friday, August 7th 2020 at 3:38AM
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While this may not be HBCU related news, as an AFrican American male, I had to share this appalling decision by the Louisiana court system to keep a man in jail with a life sentence for such a petty crime.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has voted 5 – ...
Posted Thursday, August 6th 2020 at 11:13PM
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At a time when whole industries have shifted online in response to the coronavirus, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are deepening their coding education through a partnership with Apple. The tech giant recently expanded ties with ...
Posted Thursday, August 6th 2020 at 11:01PM
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2Chainz, from Atlanta, and also an HBCU product (Alabama State University) has teamed up with Lil' Wayne to drop a new single with an HBCU themed image on the cover.
The Atlanta-born rapper, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, attended Alabama State ...
Posted Thursday, August 6th 2020 at 10:22PM
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Brenda Allen, the previously-ousted president of Lincoln University, has received unanimous support of the school’s board of trustees to be reinstated to her position.
The Oxford, Chester County, college’s board authorized its lawyers in a public ...
Posted Thursday, August 6th 2020 at 8:21PM
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The team owners of the NBA have committed to collectively donating $300 million to a charity advocating for civil rights, a move aligned with the goals of the Black Lives Matter protests and dialogue that took center stage following the police killin ...
Posted Thursday, August 6th 2020 at 2:51PM
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For all the tough news out there in the world lately, we’re happy to have some good news to share. U.S. News recently finished its 2020 Best Colleges assessment, a premier ranking of universities across the United States. As part of this assessment, they performed a specific analysis of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), with the private women's university Spelman College topping the list. ...
Posted Wednesday, August 5th 2020 at 10:27PM
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