More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities reported bomb threats Tuesday, marking the second consecutive day of threats at HBCUs nationwide and prompting calls for federal law enforcement to investigate amid campus lockdowns.
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Posted Tuesday, February 1st 2022 at 6:37PM
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For 76 years, UNCF (the United Negro College Fund) has invested in better futures for students, communities and the nation by working with its member historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to provide students with the college education ...
Posted Saturday, August 28th 2021 at 11:16AM
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UNCF Virtual Walk For Education Fundraiser.
The UNCF Virtual Walk for Education is a nationwide initiative to raise the critical funds UNCF needs to fulfill our mission of support to our member HBCUs and to help students pursue their educational ...
Posted Friday, August 20th 2021 at 8:46PM
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Kamala Harris becoming Vice-President Elect is now a defining moment of pride for historically black colleges and universities - and how those institutions foster Black excellence in this country. And it brings the spotlight to three Black women prou ...
Posted Sunday, November 8th 2020 at 5:18PM
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Elijah Precciely started something new this week: college. The 11-year-old just started his undergraduate career at Southern University in Louisiana.
The physics major spoke to a local TV station, WBRZ about how college is treating him so far. ht ...
Posted Sunday, January 20th 2019 at 4:41PM
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Elliot F. Gerson, American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, today announced the names of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars representing the United States. Congratulations to all 32 scholars and here are four African American students who were ...
Posted Sunday, November 18th 2018 at 7:00PM
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A group of students from a historically black university have filed a lawsuit alleging a southeast Texas county is suppressing the voting rights of its black residents. Read more: http://www.africanamericanreports.com/2018/10/hbcu-students-sue-texas- ...
Posted Wednesday, October 24th 2018 at 9:40PM
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Please support and donate! If you can’t walk with the team please donate $5 or $10 to help our black youth go to college!
Join us at the 1st Annual UNCF New Jersey Walk/Run for Education in partnership with The KAT Team Foundation as we raise mo ...
Posted Thursday, September 20th 2018 at 4:15AM
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Texas police officer found guilty in the death of 15 year old Jordan Edwards
On Tuesday, a Dallas County jury convicted the former Balch Springs police officer of murder for shooting Jordan Edwards an unarmed 15-year-old as he left a party with hi ...
Posted Wednesday, August 29th 2018 at 2:44PM
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Even a Lebron hater like myself has no choice but to give accolades to the man for opening up the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio. But apparently, there are those cynics among us who while they give credit for the opening of the school question James ...
Posted Wednesday, August 1st 2018 at 9:52PM
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When Mareena Robinson Snowden walked across the commencement stage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) on June 8th, she became the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the storied university.
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Posted Sunday, July 22nd 2018 at 4:06PM
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A team led by Tuskegee University researchers have developed a new way to detect the most aggressive and fatal form of breast cancer.
The university and researchers hope the new method may hold the potential for earlier detection and more informed ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2018 at 7:55AM
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With the backdrop of the positive response to his pardon of Alice Johnson and the National Anthem controversy in which National Football League players are protesting police brutality and racism, President Trump in his tone-deaf way has made an offer ...
Posted Saturday, June 9th 2018 at 8:30AM
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James Shaw, a 29-year-old man credited with saving numerous lives Sunday morning after he disarmed a man who opened fire on an Antioch Waffle House said he was just trying to stay alive. http://www.africanamericanreports.com/2018/04/james-shaw-29-yea ...
Posted Sunday, April 22nd 2018 at 2:22PM
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Throughout history, the Black Press has been the best friend that Black celebrities, athletes and politicians have ever had. The Black Press often covers Black public figures from the very start of their careers, before they’re “discovered” by ...
Posted Wednesday, November 22nd 2017 at 6:54PM
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Some guest just don't follow the rules. UNLV (University Nevada Las Vegas) paid HBCU Howard University $600,000 to show up and get beat up in Las Vegas, but the Howard Bison (1-0) had other historical ideas. http://www.africanamericanreports.com/ ...
Posted Monday, September 4th 2017 at 10:08AM
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday declined to say whether the Trump administration would continue with a plan to depict Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Read more: http://www.africanamericanreports.com/2017/09/treasury-secretary-mnuchi ...
Posted Friday, September 1st 2017 at 10:47PM
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During her commencement speech at Bethune-Cookman University Education Secretary Betsy DeVos learned that although her money may have bought her a cabinet position in Trump's administration, it can't buy her the respect that she seems to think she de ...
Posted Wednesday, May 10th 2017 at 4:32PM
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The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled a Jackie Robinson Statue at the Left Field Reserve Plaza the first in Dodger Stadium history on the 70th anniversary of Robinson breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947 prior to a Major League ...
Posted Sunday, April 16th 2017 at 9:00AM
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'Hidden Figure' Katherine Johnson to Deliver Hampton University Commencement Address
Hampton University is pleased to announce that Katherine G. Johnson, one of the leading inspirations behind the Hollywood feature film Hidden Figures, will serve ...
Posted Thursday, April 13th 2017 at 7:48AM
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Please share, this is sad that so many children are missing in one city.
There are several missing black youth in the Washington D.C. Area. Here is a listing of 13 of them. Any info please call Washington Metropolitan Police Department@ 202-727-90 ...
Posted Sunday, March 26th 2017 at 10:08AM
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Please share, this is sad that so many children are missing in one city.
There are several missing black youth in the Washington D.C. Area. Here is a listing of 13 of them. Any info please call Washington Metropolitan Police Department@ 202-727-90 ...
Posted Sunday, March 26th 2017 at 10:06AM
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Black fathers, you are important to your child's education.
To my fellow black fathers out there you are vital to your child/children's education in ways you may not even know. ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2017 at 9:34AM
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