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Influential Puerto Rican Activist Group the Young Lords
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Court bars two varsities from reducing staff pay
Justice Byram Ongaya on Friday barred Egerton and Kisii universities from paying staff reduced salaries pending hearing and determination of a case filed by the Universities Academic Staff Union
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Atlanta Entrepreneur, Clark Atlanta University Launch Scholarship Fund For Rayshard Brooks’ Children
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, entrepreneur Aisha “Pinky” Cole —founder of the Atlanta-based restaurant Slutty Vegan—has teamed up with Clark Atlanta University for the creation of a scholarship fund for Brooks’ four
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FAMU, Cengage partnership for textbook affordability
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NCU Alumni Federation happy with contribution to mediathon
THE NCU Alumni Federation — international alumni arm of Northern Caribbean University — has said that US$300,000 and $3.6 million in pledges and donations were reported immediately after the end of the six-hour-long mediathon held last
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Obama rebukes leaders over Covid-19 response
Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald
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Chinese scientists believe new drug can stop virus - VIDEO
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Hampton Institute
Hampton University was established in 1868 as a school for blacks. Hampton University was known prior to August 1984 as Hampton Institute. The university is a private coeducational institution in Hampton, Virginia. Its undergraduate college is still known as Hampton Institute.
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Marquette University Revokes Admission Due to Racist Social Media Post About George Floyd’s Death – Free Press of Jacksonville
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TSU interim president: ‘I’ve come from behind the curtain’
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Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater
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