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Howard University Doctors Praised by the Medical Community

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WASHINGTON -- More than 20 of doctors from Howard University Hospital and the Howard University Faculty Practice Plan have been named by their peers...

Hampton University Flight Team Offers a $99 Chance to Become a Pilot

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The Hampton University Flight Team, the Air Pirates, is holding a raffle to benefit the team’s efforts to attend the National Intercollegiate Flying Association...

JCSU forum part of Democratic convention

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Hollywood and Washington intersected at Johnson C. Smith University on Tuesday to encourage young adults to become politically active. Political leaders joined Emmy Award-winner Alfre...

What’s Buzzing? 5 things to know for Monday

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1. Barack Obama, Hassan Rouhani hold first talk between US, Iran leaders in decades On his way to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New...

TMCF’s Leader, Johnny C. Taylor Announces “Important” New Alliance With University of Phoenix

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On Thursday, Nov. 13 the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) announced what can be a big push towards getting more students attending a public...

HBCU Students Conspiracy

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Who you think we are, what you think we want, what you think we do, what you think we learn, what we really do,...

Toni Morrison Cancels Plans to Write a Memoir

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Novelist Toni Morrison tells fans in Ohio she canceled plans to write a memoir because "there's a point at which your life is not...

R.I.P Shannon Washington – Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball Player

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Florida A&M University (FAMU) is mourning the loss of Shannon Washington, a student and women’s basketball player. “Our hearts and prayers go out to Shannon’s...

History Maker: 1st Female NFL Referee from the MEAC

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Ms. Shannon Eastin, a referee from the HBCU’s MEAC, is making history as the first female to referee in an NFL game when she...

Greenfield speaks at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities CADE Summer Meeting

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Dr. Derek Greenfield, director of Diversity and Equity Engagement at Alcorn State University, served as a keynote speaker today at the Association of Public...

Michelle Obama urges North Carolina A&T grads to seek change

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The historic action that four North Carolina college students took that led to desegregation at lunch counters more than half a century ago shows...

Clinton, Holder honor civil rights icon Medgar Evers 50 years after his assassination

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A week before the 50th anniversary of the civil rights icon’s death, former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder joined other dignitaries at...

Johnson C. Smith Students Prepare for Democratic National Convention

Charlotte is stepping into the spotlight and taking center stage as the Democratic National Convention approaches. Now one group of students from Johnson C. Smith...

Justice Antonin Scalia: Voting Rights Act is a “perpetuation of racial entitlement”

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There's some controversy over the new cover of the NAACP's quarterly journal The CRISIS that depicts Justice Antonin Scalia with a Confederate bandana. The cover...

TSU Receives $600,000 Scholarship Donation from Late Alumna’s Estate

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Tennessee State University graduate Vernice Marie Taylor Gray died nearly nine years ago, but not before makings plans to ensure that students in need...

Lane College reflects on past, recalls perseverance & 129 years of existence celebrated on...

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Lane College held its annual Founder’s Day Convocation on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Each year on the first Sunday in March, Lane faculty, staff,...

UAPB to welcome its first Fulbright Assistant

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The School of Business and Management at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will welcome the university’s first Fulbright Foreign Language Teacher...

Alabama A&M lawsuit against research institute set for trial

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A lawsuit filed by Alabama A&M University last year against the Alabama A&M Research Institute has been set for trial. Madison County Circuit Court Judge...