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My HBCU: More Than Just an Alma Mater,…

An HBCU graduate muses on the importance of return.
12.12.17
Glamour's 'The Girl Project' Hosts Rally On International Day Of The Girl - Inside
Black Teen Named First National Youth Poet Laureate

Amanda Gorman is named the first national youth poet laureate. The award recognizes a teen poet who demonstrates literary talent…
11.06.17
2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards Presented by American Airlines And Jaguar Land Rover - Show
Ava DuVernay, John Legend Win Smithsonian Awards

Ava DuVernay, Marley Dias, and John Legend received American Ingenuity Awards from Smithsonian Magazine.
11.05.17
Woodward Avenue, downtown Detroit
$5 Million Initiative Created For Detroit’s Black Developers

A $5 million initiative created by Capital Impact Partners will help Black real estate developers rebuild Detroit.
11.05.17
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Google Grant Will Expose Black Youth To Tech

Google granted the Hidden Genius Project $1 million to develop a stronger Black male presence in tech.
11.05.17
Portrait confident male college student in anatomy laboratory classroom
WATCH: Morehouse Student Raps About Cell Division

Julien Turner, a Morehouse College student, created a viral rendition of Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO TourLlif3” for his biology class.
11.04.17
Detroit Cityscapes and City Views
Detroit’s Motown Museum To Undergo Expansion

Motown Museum has launched a $50 million fundraising campaign to renovate the space, expand community programming, and create more jobs.
11.04.17
2017 Rutgers University Commencement
Rutgers Renames Parts Of Campus After Former Slaves

Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey renamed areas of its campus to pay homage to former slaves.
10.31.18
African middle class couple in the kitchen
Black Entrepreneurs Teach Millennials Healthy Eating

Claude Tellis and Kareem Cook hope to end treatable disease-related deaths among Blacks through clean and healthy eating.
11.02.17
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Chicago Schools Teach Kindergarteners Stocks

Chicago's Ariel Community Academy is prepping its students to invest in stocks by the time they reach the fourth grade.
10.30.17
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 - Day 2
Black Woman Co-Founder Nets $48 Million For Pizza…

Julia Collins, a Black female entrepreneur, garnered $48M for her robotic pizza startup Zume.
10.30.17
Scientist Looking into the Microscope
NCCU Receives $16.3M To Fight Racial Health Disparities

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded North Carolina Central University a $16.3 million grant for research…
10.29.17
George Washington University Space Policy Institute Holds Humans To Mars Summit
Former Black NASA Chief Charles Bolden Honored

Charles Bolden Jr., a former NASA chief, was awarded the 2017 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
10.23.17
Record Powerball Jackpot
Man Finds $24 Million Lottery Ticket

A New Jersey man raked in $24 million after finding a lottery ticket in one of his old shirts.
10.15.17
Willie Mays And The World Series Trophy Visit New York City
Harlem Street Renamed After Willie Mays

New York City honored Willie Mays, one of the greatest baseball players of all time, during a street renaming ceremony…
10.02.17
On September 12, 2017; many of those arrested in Durham had...
Philadelphia Unveils Statue Of Black Union Army Hero

While confederate monuments are being protested across the nation, Philadelphia erects its own monument to Black Civil War hero Octavius…
09.29.17
New England Patriots v Houston Texans
Watch: Deshaun Watson Donates First NFL Paycheck

Houston Texans rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson donates his first NFL paycheck to three cafeteria employees who suffered flood damage from Hurricane Harvey.
09.28.17
ABC's Coverage Of The 89th Annual Academy Awards
NASA Names New Lab For 'Hidden Figures' Woman

NASA's new research center is named for a Black woman who was the focus of the blockbuster Hollywood film "Hidden…
09.26.17
Looking Through Books at the Library
First-Ever Black Children’s Book To Be Honored

The United States Postal Service will debut four new stamps that pay homage to Ezra Jack Keats’ 1962 children’s book…
09.26.17
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The Facts On The Every Student Succeeds Act…

Signed into law by President Obama in 2015, ESSA seeks to provide quality education for all of America’s children. Find…
03.15.18
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