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President Biden Releases Funding Proposal For HBCUs, Shifts Pressure On Congress To Act
The proposed funding amount has received a lot of support in the HBCU community over the last two days. Leaders from prominent Black and HBCU centered organizations are applauding President Biden for his commitment to HBCUs.
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HBCU Wipes Away Tuition Fees For Enrollees Attending During the Spring Semester of 2022
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: The Daily Press Hampton University will utilize coronavirus relief to settle any overdue bills owed to the institution by undergraduate students. Many historically Black schools and institutions, like Virginia State University and Virginia Union University, have
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Source: Your Black World
How Police Strip Searching a Young Black Girl Makes Black Women Feel
When Metropolitan police strip-searched a 15-year old Black girl dubbed as "Child Q," they violated her privacy in a way Black women are familiar with. Rarely given the grace or womanly…
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Pittsburgh’s performing arts students can unmask, broader mandate remains | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource The Pittsburgh Public Schools [PPS] board decided on Wednesday to allow its performing arts students to remove their masks while performing, the same policy the district has for its athletics programs. Dance students will still be required to wear masks during rehearsals, except
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Morehouse College Students Earn Top Honors at 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, America's Premier HBCU Academic Competition
Morehouse College emerges as the champion of the 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) after more than 150 games of head-to-head competition.
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Tuskegee U. Becomes First HBCU to Win First-Place in National Homebuilders Contest
The Birmingham Times Tuskegee University’s National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Chapter made history as the first HBCU to win first place in the Four-Year College Production Home Builder category. Forty-five teams representing universities, community colleges, high schools, and
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Source: The Birmingham Times
A new way to pick the best school for your child | New Pittsburgh Courier
Different types of data can influence how parents select schools for their children. Viktorcvetkovic/E+ via Getty Images by David M. Houston, George Mason University When parents look for information to help them choose a good elementary or secondary school for their child, they often turn to
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13 years, $10bn processed. How has Paga evolved over the years?
Founded 13 years ago to digitise payments for Nigerians, Paga has since grown into a fintech giant offering not only consumer-focused mobile payments but also a host of B2B payments and infrastructure services.
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Institute Of Black Wealth Teams Up With Florida Memorial University To Advance Black Economic Mobility
Florida Memorial University and the Institute of Black Wealth have teamed up to create an initiative aimed at closing the racial wealth gap.
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OCCUR to Host Series on Money Management in Honor of Financial Literacy Month in April | Post News Group
Starting April 5, 2022, OCCUR will present the Second Annual Virtual Financial Management Training Series, sponsored by Union Bank and instructed by Jasper Smith, financial management expert, educator and author of “The
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Three Black Entrepreneurs Receive $10k As Part Of An AT&T Initiative
Entrepreneur Lori Harvey and Youtube sensation Terrell Grice presented three Black HBCU students with $10,000 as part of the AT&T Dream In Black Initiative
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STUDY: COVID-19 Has Disproportionately Forced Students of Color to Abandon Collegiate Careers
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: iStock According to a recent analysis by UC Los Angeles' Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, the COVID-19 scourge drove students of color to forsake their postsecondary education objectives. As per the 2020 Household Pulse Survey conducted by the US Census
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Source: Your Black World
Greene Co. Democratic Executive Committeeholds political forum
The Greene County Executive Committee held a political forum on Thursday, April 7, 2022 in the gymnasium of the Robert H. Young Community Center (old Carver School). The forum was open to all candidates in the Democratic primary election on May 24, 2022 for local offices in Greene County. The
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WTF? Ukraine Requests Aid From Africa After Fleeing African Immigrants Were Just Treated Badly By Ukrainian Police
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Nicolas Remene A meeting with the African Union, according to his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, has been sought by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Macky Sall. When asked about a chat he had with Zelenskyy on the same day, Sall, who has
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Source: Your Black World
Federal judge rules against group fighting construction of Obama Presidential Center
A lawsuit filed by Protect Our Parks and other individuals against the city of Chicago, Chicago Park District, the Obama The post Federal judge rules against group fighting construction of Obama Presidential Center  appeared first on TheGrio.
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ANALYSIS: Why Nigeria, other African countries must beware of hybrid warfare
The recent Mali case shows that countries undergoing transition or conflict mediation are susceptible to hybrid threats. The post ANALYSIS: Why Nigeria, other African countries must beware of hybrid warfare appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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WATCH: Kweyol To Be Fully Adopted In Saint Lucia Schools - St. Lucia Times News
Saint Lucia is one step closer to fully integrating the Kweyol Language into the education system as Education officials and stakeholders meet to discuss and assess the Language Education Policy and Plan. Danielle Du Bois has more in this report. Source: Ministry of Education
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The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Makes School Even Less Safe for Black Students
A new survey found that only 50% of Black LGBTQ high school students find school to be an affirming space — and that was before Florida’s legislation came along.  by Maya Pottiger As appeared in Word In Black In her Intro to Black LGBTQ Studies class at Howard University, Dr. Jennifer
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Bennett Middle College Students add STEAM to the art of quilting
The Greensboro (N.C.) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated collaborated with Greensboro fabric artist Andrena Coleman and 23 seniors in the Middle College at Bennett to design a decorative quilt exhibiting artwork created by the high school seniors focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, the
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New Orleans School Board Lifts A 1922 Jazz Ban
The New Orleans school board agreed to reverse a century-old ban on jazz dancing and playing jazz music in schools.
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Price-fixing lawsuit against Haiti’s ex-presidents, money transfer and phone companies revived - Garland Journal
The Haitian TimesBy Sam Bojarski NEW YORK – A 2018 lawsuit alleging that former Haitian President Michel Martelly and his successors conspired to fix the price of phone calls and
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COVID-19: Millions Of Children Worldwide Missing Out On Education - St. Lucia Times News
Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405 million school children worlwide from a full return to the classroom, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). And as 23 countries have yet to fully re-open
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Lone Star College Foundation StarGala raises funds for scholarships - African American News and Issues
PHOTO: LSC 2022 StarGala BY: LSC HOUSTON (April 14, 2022) – Lone Star College Foundation raised nearly $440,000 during StarGala 2022, its annual signature event. “It’s been three years since we were able to gather in person due to the pandemic,” said Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., LSC Chancellor. “I am
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Want Student Loan Forgiveness? Talk To The President
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Philly school renamed after Black educator Fanny Jackson Coppin, replacing Andrew Jackson's moniker
A Philadelphia school named after a slavery-supporting president has gotten a new moniker. As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the The post Philly school renamed after Black educator Fanny Jackson Coppin, replacing Andrew Jackson's moniker appeared first on TheGrio.
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Newswire: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to the Supreme Court
By vote of 53 to 47, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday as the first Black women on the court, but only Republican Sen. Mitt Romney (R., Utah) joined Democrats celebrating her high honor as other Republic Senators fled the senate floor. Judge
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101-Year-Old Man From West Virginia Finally Earns High School Diploma
Merrill Pittman Cooper, earns his high school diploma at 101-years old. He dropped out of school for financial reasons in 1938. It's never too late!
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Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires’ history of sexual harassment | New Pittsburgh Courier
Sexual harassment affects almost one out of every two college students. Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images by Susan Fortney, Texas A&M University and Theresa Morris, Texas A&M University When three graduate students sued Harvard University in early 2022 for sexual harassment
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University of Florida Police Department under fire after racial discrimination complaints 
Two people associated with the University of Florida Police Department have filed complaints against the college alleging racial discrimination. According The post University of Florida Police Department under fire after racial discrimination complaints  appeared first on TheGrio.
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Newswire : Biden signs Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Bill into law
President Joe Biden on Tuesday, March 29, signed into law the Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022, which makes lynching a federal hate
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