School Name: Benedict College Location: Columbia, South Carolina Year Founded: 1873 Number of Students: 3,137 undergraduate students Specialty Programs: Child and Family Development Greek Life: • Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Inc. • Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Omega Psi […]
School Name: Bennett College Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Year Founded: 1873 Number of Students: 780 undergraduate students Specialty Programs: Womanist Religious Studies and Global Studies Greek Life: • Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Inc. Alumni: Yvonne J. Johnson (first black mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina), Dr. Dorothy L. […]
Author Richard Wright (pictured) and his writings have left an indelible mark on the historical landscape of African-American literature. Crafting his words in the fiction and non-fiction worlds, Wright’s legacy as an author who tackled controversial topics, such as race and poverty, from the Black perspective with unflinching honesty remains significant to this day. On […]
School Name: Bethune Cookman University Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Year Founded: 1904 Number of Students: 3,577 undergraduate/graduate students Specialty Programs: Music Technology and Gerontology Greek Life: • Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Inc. • Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Omega […]
Tami Roman (pictured), has been keeping a low profile since her appearance in last season’s reality TV series “Basketball Wives” (BBW) placed her in the national spotlight. Now the always belligerent actress has reportedly settled 9-year child support battle with ex-husband former NBA star Kenny Anderson (pictured below) over their two daughters, according to TMZ. SEE ALSO: […]
Griselda Blanco, (pictured) known to the world as the “Cocaine Godmother,” was gunned down by two assassins on motorcycles in Colombia, the Miami Herald reports. SEE ALSO: Steve Harvey Talks About His Struggles Blanco was leaving a butcher shop in Medellin, her hometown, when two gunmen on motorcycles pulled up and fired several shots into […]
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]
Chuck Norris and his wife, Gena O’Kelley want the 30-million Evangelical Christians who skipped the voting booth four years ago to awaken from their political slumber and save us from four more years of President Barack Obama as commander-in-chief. What better way to send a tingle (non-sexual, naturally) up the leg of the overtly religious than by invoking […]
Omarosa Stallworth (pictured left), who is best known for her villainous ways on TV reality shows, became a life-saver this past July, when she performed emergency CPR on fiance actor Michael Clarke Duncan (pictured) after he passed out during a cardiac arrest. Stallworth, who is mourning the recent loss of Duncan, now says he was the love of her […]
At least five firefighters have been been put on administrative leave after being accused of sexually assaulting and drugging strippers at their fire station in Nashville, Tenn., NewsChannel 5 WTVF-TV reports. SEE ALSO: Steve Harvey Talks About His Struggles Those men are Capt. James Overton (pictured), engineer Kerry Sales, and firefighters Darrin Bell, Quincy Corbitt […]
