Atlanta’s Mayor Keisha Bottoms to speak at FMU commencement
Mayor Keisha Bottoms PHOTO COURTESY OF KEISHALANCEBOTTOMS.COM The second woman and the sixtieth mayor of the city of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, will receive an …
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NORTHWESTERN MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAJOR BLACK PROTEST EVANSTON, Ill.(AP) – Northwestern University is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a major protest by African American …
From boys to doctors
GOOD MEDICINE: Dr. Chris Miller works with young boys at Wiley Elementary School in Greensboro, North Carolina inspiring them to become medical doctors. PHOTO COURTESY …
Steakhouse treat becomes a lesson in life’s manners
MANNERS MATTER: Laurenzo Haynes, co-founder of Young Men of Excellence Program at Tradewinds Middle School, oversees his students dining at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in West …
University of Southern Mississippi awards posthumous degree to man who sought to integrate
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) _ The University of Southern Mississippi will award a posthumous honorary degree to a black U.S. Army veteran who was rejected when …
Assistant Principal of the Year honored
PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER Derek Negron of Carol City Middle School was named the 2018 Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Assistant Principal of the Year. …
New report: Blacks suspended, expelled more than white peers
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) _ Black students are suspended from school, expelled and referred to law enforcement …
Judge moving along Florida school shooting case
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ A judge sought Friday to get things moving …
Week in review
FATHER CLAIMS “INCOMPETENCE” LED TO PARKLAND SCHOOL SHOOTING COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — A father whose daughter died in the Florida high school massacre said …
Morgan State, Wharton announces partnership
Photo Courtesy of Morgan State University STAFF REPORT PHILADELPHIA – Morgan State University’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management announces it has entered …