Dillard University outranks others in black physics grads
Dillard University campus on Gentilly Blvd in New Orleans. PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press One of the smallest historically …
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Ben Carson says poverty is a state of mind that can change
Ben Carson PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA Associated Press WASHINGTON – Housing Secretary Ben Carson says poverty is a “state of mind.” In a radio interview …
Miss Black Texas 2016 says she was wrongfully arrested
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMERCE, Texas – An East Texas police chief is on leave pending investigation after he was accused of wrongfully arresting Miss …
Black Wall Street
Blacks being taken to the Brady Theater during the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. PHOTO COURTESY OF COMMUNIQUE NEW ENGLAND By DAPHNE TAYLOR The History: “Greenwood” …
White Maryland student to appear in stabbing of black man
Sean Christopher Urbanski, The Alleged Killer, left, and Richard Collins III, right. PHOTOS COURTESY OF COED.COM By JESSICA GRESKO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press COLLEGE …
Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Part II
Attorney Fred Gray PHOTO COURTESY OF INSIDER By JAY REEVES Associated Press [Editor’s Note: Part I covered the 1932 actions of medical workers in the …
Harvard’s Traci Green victorious
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com BOSTON, Mass. – Making history is not new to Traci Green. Ten years ago, she became the …
Puerto Rico seeks court’s help to save public pension system
Gov. Ricardo Rossello PHOTO COURTESY OF SLICE OF MIT By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico is seeking help from …
Week in Review
Stephen Colbert PHOTO COURTESY OF FLIPBOARD FCC: NO PUNISHMENT FOR LATE-NIGHT HOST OVER COLBERT’S TRUMP JOKE NEW YORK – There will be no fine for …
Archaeologists seek downed WWII Tuskegee Airman’s plane
The Tuskegee Airmen flew missions in Europe during WWII. Airman Capt. Lawrence Dickson, with the 332nd Fighter Group of the 100th Fighter Squadron crashed on …