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Henry E. Hayne, secretary of state, accepted as a student at the University of South Carolina. Scores of Blacks attended the university in 1874 and 1875.
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7
1873
UWI Caribbean students feel trapped, abandoned in Jamaica
(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean students still stuck at The University of the West Indies, Mona, are anxious to get home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the
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University of the Virgin Islands (1962-- )
The University of the Virgin Islands  (UVI) is a public university located on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix, the United States Virgin Islands. It was established in 1962  In 1986 it officially became one of the 117 U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It remains the
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Source: Black Past
Mar
16
1962
Ghana coronavirus: 8297 cases; govt defends ban on football
President Akufo-Addo in his tenth address announced that whiles borders remained closed, some categories of academic institutions are allowed to resume, religious places can also reopen with strict conditions and the observance of health
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Mississippi Attorney General Supports Changing State's Confederate-Themed Flag
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, on Wednesday called for the state to change its flag, which has a Confederate symbol on
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Embry-Riddle to resume face-to-face instruction on June 30 –
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to reopen the institution’s residential campuses in Florida and Arizona for face-to-face instruction on June
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Crowne wins defamation case against fellow law professor
In a judgment handed down in the High Court in Trinidad and Tobago last Monday, Professor Julie McFarlane was ordered to pay Dr Emir Crowne TT$450,000 (J$9.68 million) at the end of a defamation suit filed in his home
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Marquette University Revokes Admission Due to Racist Social Media Post About George Floyd’s Death – Free Press of Jacksonville
Officials at Marquette University had learned of the Snapchat post last week and that the student had also used racially offensive language in other
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Aggies’ Baseball Welcomes Back Nine Seniors
The North Carolina A&T head baseball coach Ben Hall will bring back nine seniors in 2021 who had their season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in
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Catholic University Professor Suspended for Racist Tweets
Catholic University Professor Suspended for Racist Tweets About Barack Obama and Kamala
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Republican Talking Head Compares Obama HBCU Speech To 'Political Drive-By Shooting'
Republican Talking Head Compares Obama HBCU Speech To ‘Political Drive-By Barack Obama delivers remarks during the commencement ceremony at Morehouse College (Official White House Photo by Pete
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Tanzania: Masaju, Kilangi in Defence of National Interests
During his tenure as the AG, between November 6 2015 and January 31 2018, Justice Masaju engineered establishments of 21 Bills and Amendments of more than eight
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Expert talks intellectual property concerns amid COVID-19
Dr Natalie Corthésy, a lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Mona, who heads of the law faculty's intellectual property stream, is of the view that one challenge that could arise is the “ownership of employee works, where teachers are asked to deliver online classes, where to do so
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PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy launched
A centre designed to coordinate public policy and advocacy by fostering development relations between the Caribbean and Africa was launched at The University of the West Indies last
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Jodian’s mother vows to continue fight for justice
Jodian Fearon’s mother yesterday promised to write a bestseller that would document her daughter’s story, and vouched that she would continue the fight for justice for her “princess”, who died after she was reportedly denied maternal healthcare at three Corporate Area
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Couple Charged After Viral Video Captures White Woman Pointing Gun at Black Mother and Her Teen Daughter
The viral video of the encounter led to felonious assault charges against the woman and her husband and the man’s swift firing from his university job by the next
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Rice Names Quadrangle Grove to Honor Reverend William Lawson
Rice University has announced it will name part of its campus central quadrangle The Reverend William A. Lawson Grove in honor of the esteemed community leader’s contributions to the university and the city of
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Claflin University [South Carolina] (1869 - )
Claflin University, located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was founded in 1869 by Alonzo Webster (1818-1887), a Vermont minister.  Webster came to South Carolina to teach at the Baker Bible Institute in Charleston training African American ministers for the Methodist Episcopal Church (today the
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Source: Black Past
Premature baby's Covid-19 death to be investigated
The cause of death of the baby born prematurely, and said to have died of Covid-19 after a two-day struggle for survival, will be investigated, the Western Cape government said on
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University of Mississippi students Caused A Riot
University of Mississippi students and adults from Oxford, Miss., and other Southern communities rioted on the university campus. Two persons were killed and one hundred or more were wounded.
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Sep
30
1962
Selective outrage retrogressive to the African plight
Even those in Africa, well, some of them, marched in support of the rights and cries of the Black Lives Matter
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'We can get it done here': Africa's tech scene tackles coronavirus
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Coppin State University’s New President Starts Today | Afro
BALTIMORE —  A new era for Coppin State University (CSU) begins on May 26 with the start of President Dr. Anthony
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Sybil Francis hailed as social work stalwart
Late aged-care and social work advocate Sybil Francis has been described as a gentle powerhouse and a source of inspiration to hundreds of people whose lives she
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Congo-Kinshasa: Top Congolese Opposition Member Dies of COVID-19
Also Sunday, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said the country's health minister has the
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Post–Civil Rights era in African-American history
The Post–Civil Rights era in African-American history is defined as the time period in the United States since Congressional passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the 1968 Fair Housing Act, major federal legislation that ended legal segregation, gained federal
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Bolen, David Benjamin (1923- )
Outstanding college athlete and diplomat David Benjamin Bolen, the son of a postal worker, was born in the rural hamlet of Heflin, Louisiana on December 23, 1923. As a small child he discovered his superior running ability during an Easter egg hunt.  Homeschooled by his mother until his family
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Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)
May 3 – In Hernandez v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States are entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the
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