HBCU recruitment tour awards over $9 million in scholarships
More than $9 million in scholarships were awarded at the annual Historically Black CollegeUniversity and Hispanic Serving Institution (HBCU/HSI) Recruitment in West Palm Beach. STOCK …
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Meet the 2018 Black Tech Week Host Committee
Black Tech Week 2018 happens Feb. 6 through 10 at various locations throughout Miami. The minority centric, ecosystem-building festival has, since its inception in 2014, …
NASA bumps African American woman astronaut off space station
Astronaut Jeanette Epps PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has bumped an astronaut off an upcoming …
Chicago’s south and west side areas lack access to pharmacies
City of Chicago’s minority communities are in a pharmacy desert. STOCK PHOTO CHICAGO – Public health experts say neighborhoods in Chicago’s south and west sides …
History teacher’s comic aims to defy black youth stereotypes
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By CHRIS HENRY Kitsap Sun BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) – JD Sweet still has the folder of napkins and scraps of paper …
Mary McLeod Bethune statue poised to replace Confederate General Smith
CAPITOL HONOR: A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of what is now Bethune Cookman University, is on its way to the nation’s capitol. PHOTO …
Poverty, segregation persist in US minority schools, report says
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos PHOTO COURTESY OF FLAG FAMILY LAW By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON – Too often, low-income, black and Latino students …
Beans, Rice & Gumbo exhibit celebrates Black History
The Historic Ali Cultural Arts center is celebrating Black History Month with several PHOTO COURTESY OF ADEWALE ADENLE POMPANO BEACH, Fla. The Historic Ali Cultural …
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Nation’s excitement rises – Winfrey is courted to run for President PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) …
African American unemployment hit record low in December
STOCK PHOTO By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – Years of steady hiring and economic growth have delivered a cumulative benefit for at least …