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Howard University President Urges Black America to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick is urging Black America to get vaccinated in a public service announcement, according to university officials. Frederick – a practicing surgeon who has the sickle cell disease – was one of the first to get vaccinated at Howard University Hospital. “The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant […]
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Harris-Stowe State University and IBM Partner to Train Students on Technology Skills
Harris-Stowe State University has received $2 million in resources from IBM for a digital skills program that helps train students in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, data science, cybersecurity, cloud and quantum, according to a Harris-Stowe press release. This partnership is part of IBM’s work with U.S. historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) […]
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Capital Community College Receives Grant for Black Church History Project
Capital Community College received a $149,426 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create a curriculum, exhibit and lecture series about the history of the Talcott Street Church, the first Black house of worship in Hartford, Ct., the Hartford Courant reported. CCC humanities department chair Dr. Jeffrey Partridge – who is leading […]
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Why I Plan to Take the COVID Vaccine and You Should Too
I plan to get vaccinated because I want to live! I want to live because I still have a lot of life left in me. I want to live because I still have people to mentor, causes to advocate, places to see, and memories to make. I want to live because I need more time to transfer my knowledge, expertise, and passion to younger generations who can create the change to which I have devoted my life.
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Bianca Smith Named First Black Woman Coach in Professional Baseball
Bianca Smith, 29, has become the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball, being named a Boston Red Sox minor league system coach, The Seattle Medium reported. In the role, she will work with the team’s infielders at the Red Sox minor league facility in Fort Meyers, Fla., the Medium reported. Prior to the […]
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Michigan State University Launches Database of Enslaved Africans
Michigan State University has launched a record database of enslaved Africans and descendants affected by the North Atlantic Slave Trade, WDET reported. Enslaved.org – launched in December – has “archives, museums and family histories that are uniquely linked together,” WDET reported. “The interesting thing about enslaved.org is it has the capacity to link datasets to […]
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It Makes Me Wanna Holler: The Need for Self-Care for Black Soldiers on the Frontlines
For “Black soldiers on the frontlines” of the liberation struggle, if we were to be honest with ourselves, 2020 has been a year that has “made us want to holler.”
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SDSU Launches Career Preparation Program for Black Students
To prepare Black students for the transition from postsecondary education to the workforce, San Diego State University (SDSU) created the Hal Brown Career Learning and Understanding Biases (HB CLUB) program.
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TMCF Receives $5 Million to Fund Need-Based HBCU Scholarship Program
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has received $5 million from philanthropist Stephen Feinberg’s charitable foundation to fund a scholarship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black institutions (PBIs). The Stephen Feinberg Scholarship Program will give need-based scholarships to students at these institutions who are facing financial hardships. Feinberg is […]
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Thomas Stith Named President of North Carolina Community College System
Thomas Stith will be the next president of the North Carolina community college system, effective Jan. 11, The News & Observer reported. Stith previously worked as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s North Carolina district office director. He is also the co-founder of a business development consulting firm and was a senior adviser on investment, development […]
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Hampton University President Dr. William Harvey Announces Retirement, Effective June 2022
Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey has announced his retirement after 43 years, effective June 30, 2022, according to university officials. Harvey – a businessman as well – began as president in 1978. He runs Hampton like “a business for educational purposes,” according to a university press release. “The formula for any success that […]
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Anthropologist and Race Scholar Dr. Leith Mullings Dead at 75
Anthropologist Dr. Leith Patricia Mullings, whose work was on the Sojourner Syndrome, establishing the fundamental understanding of negative effects that amplified stresses of race, class and inequality have on African Americans – especially African American women – has died at the age of 75, Social Science Space reported. Mullings – former president of the American […]
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