By Ida Domingo, ABC 13 News
Sunday night’s BET Awards was not only a big night for Sean “Diddy” Combs but also for Howard University in D.C. Continue reading Diddy pledges $1M to Howard University in speech accepting BET lifetime achievement award
By Ida Domingo, ABC 13 News
Sunday night’s BET Awards was not only a big night for Sean “Diddy” Combs but also for Howard University in D.C. Continue reading Diddy pledges $1M to Howard University in speech accepting BET lifetime achievement award
By Yahoo! News
Five HBCU students and recent graduates are surely feeling happy after Grammy-winning producer Pharrell Williams surprised them by paying off their student loans. Continue reading Happy indeed: Watch Pharrell Williams surprise students by paying off their loan debt
By TMZ
Travis Scott is making sure hundreds of Black college students walk across the commencement stage with their diploma … with a seven-figure donation. Continue reading TRAVIS SCOTT DONATES $1 MILLION TO BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS … To Ensure They Graduate
By ABC 7
A performing arts center at Compton High School that’s being built with the help of music mogul Dr. Dre is one step closer to becoming a reality. Continue reading Dr. Dre helps break ground on new Compton High School performing arts center
By Zoe Sottile, CNN
Nike has released a special pair of “Mambacita Sweet 16” shoes to honor Gianna “Gigi” Bryant on what would have been her 16th birthday. Continue reading Nike releases ‘Mambacita Sweet 16’ shoe to honor Gianna Bryant on her birthday
Too often Black men are seen as threatening. Over the generations, whether they are boys like Emmett Till, Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin, or adults like Philando Castille, Eric Garner or George Floyd, or the thousands of victims of lynching in the 19th and 20th centuries, their deaths were made to seem justified by a fear based solely on their race. Continue reading How Black Men Changed the World
IOScholarships is the first of its kind scholarship and financial education platform for minority and underrepresented STEM students. The technology has been designed with a streamlined user-friendly interface Continue reading Scholarship Connoisseur Encourages Students to Apply for STEM Scholarships and Internship Opportunities Now
One of the best ways to get inspired is to examine the stories of courage and strength of others. Continue reading 16 Black women who shaped history
By Clayton Davis, Variety
Jennifer Hudson’s name is already written in the Academy Awards history books. At 25, she became the youngest Black woman to ever win an acting Oscar for her turn as Effie White in “Dreamgirls” (2006). Continue reading How Jennifer Hudson and ‘Respect’ Could Set a Record for Black Women at the Oscars
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By Kyra Miles, NPR
It’s a common perception that white, evangelical families are the most likely to homeschool their children. Continue reading More Black families are homeschooling their children, citing the pandemic and racism
The University of Oxford has made history by appointing Patricia Kingori to a full professorship, making the sociologist the youngest Black woman ever to receive tenure at Oxford or Cambridge. Continue reading The youngest Black female professor ever to be tenured at Oxford was born in Kenya