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Driving While Black
A recent traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike raises new questions about racial profiling on the busy thoroughfare.
August 13, 2023
New Jersey Turnpike Sign
African-American
Scholars Consider the Relationship Between Academia and Hip-Hop
Activists and scholars call on institutions to do a better job in integrating hip-hop into their curriculum.
August 11, 2023
Panelists at the hip-hop conference at Howard University.
African-American
Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Music enthusiasts gathered at Howard University on Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
August 10, 2023
Panelists gathered at Hip-Hop conference at Howard University. (from left to right) Reggie Peters, Director of Marketing & Visitor Services, Universal Hip Hop Museum, Raina Simone, Performing Artist, June Ambrose, stylist, costume designer, & Creative Director of Women's Basketball for Puma, Red Summer National Hip Hop Museum, Lance Pope, Universal Hip Hop Museum and ASCAP, Manny Faces, host of Hip Hop Can Save America and Lenny Santiago, Senior Vice President at RocNation.
African-American
UNCF to Launch Nationwide Walk for Education Fundraising Campaign
UNCF will be kicking off a nationwide Walk for Education fundraising campaign Aug. 12.
August 10, 2023
Maurice Jenkins
African-American
Grinnell College to Launch African Diaspora Studies Department
Grinnell College is launching a Department of African Diaspora Studies.
August 9, 2023
Grinnell College
African-American
Remembering Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023)
The well-known legal scholar and activist passed away on Friday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
August 6, 2023
Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
African-American
National Urban League Convenes Annual Conference in Houston
The National Urban League Convention featured panels and workshops dedicated to resources for small businesses, social justice reform, financial empowerment for women, and attacks on DEI initiatives.
July 29, 2023
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial with Mayors Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Sylvester Turner of Houston, Karen Bass of Los Angeles and Eric Adams of New York City.
African-American
College Board Disputes Florida Claims of Similar Language in African American Studies Course
The College Board rejected claims that parts of the state's new, embattled history standards align with an AP African American Studies course the state banned earlier this year.
July 28, 2023
Gov. Ron DeSantis
African-American
Massasoit Community College to Become First Massachusetts Two-Year School to Offer Black Studies Degree
Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Massachusetts, will begin offering a Black Studies degree
July 28, 2023
Massasoit Cc
African-American
Gallaudet University Honors Black Deaf Students and Black Teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes
Gallaudet University, a school for deaf and hard of hearing students, honored Saturday the 24 Black deaf students and four Black teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes, which operated on the school campus from 1952-1954.
July 24, 2023
Gallaudet University
Social Justice
Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora
Dartmouth College has launched the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life (IBICL), a research center focused on the study of the Black diaspora.
July 21, 2023
Dr. Shontay Delalue is senior vice president and senior diversity officer at Dartmouth College.
African-American
Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III, Appointed President and CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III, will become president and CEO of social justice organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
July 17, 2023
Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III
Social Justice
New Scholarship Program Established for Descendants Of Jesuit And Catholic Slaveholding
A new scholarship program aims to provide educational advancement opportunities to descendants of Jesuit and Catholic slaveholding.
July 7, 2023
Joseph Stewart standing in front of Isaac Hawkins Hall at Georgetown University, named after his ancestor.
African-American
Grandmothering While Black
In her new book, Pittman dissects the romanticization and pathologizing of Black grandmothers’ caring labor.
June 20, 2023
Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman
African-American
Morgan State to Become First HBCU Marching Band in International D-Day Normandy Parade
Morgan State University’s marching band, the Magnificent Marching Machine, will be the first from a HBCU to participate in the international D-Day Normandy Parade.
June 5, 2023
Morgan State University’s Magnificent Marching Machine plans to fundraise to cover costs associated with the band’s appearance in the international D-Day Normandy Parade in Normandy, France, on June 6, 2024.
African-American
Clark Atlanta University and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Launch Institute, to Host Convening
Clark Atlanta University and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation have launched the NCBCP TWD Jr. Institute.
May 30, 2023
Clark Atlanta University
African-American
Northwestern University to Rename African American Studies Department
Northwestern University’s African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies.
May 12, 2023
Northwestern University
Best Practices
Education Leaders and Researchers Discuss Strategies to Better Recruit and Retain Educators of Color
Education leaders and researchers discussed ways to recruit and retain Black males to the teaching profession.
May 10, 2023
Sharif El-Mekki
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