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Research Shows Black Students Increasingly Choose HBCUs When Reported State-Level Hate Crimes Rise

A new paper, published by Stanford University’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, explores the relationship between Black student enrollment and state-level hate crime rates.

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Morgan State University Offers Poet Amanda Gorman Job as Poet-in-Residence

Morgan State University President Dr. David K. Wilson has offered Amanda Gorman, the poet who penned and recited a poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration, a job as the HBCU’s poet-in-residence, The Baltimore Sun reported. “Ms. Gorman, I need you as our Poet-in-Residence at the National Treasure, @MorganStateU,” Wilson tweeted after Gorman performed her original poem, […]

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Maryland Lawmakers Attempt Again to Force State to Settle HBCU Lawsuit

The Maryland General Assembly is again attempting to get the state to settle a lawsuit by its historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which claim that higher ed policy has impeded the schools and instead has given advantages to historically White schools for decades, The Baltimore Sun reported. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake ruled in […]

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Launches Scholarship for Civil Rights Lawyers-To-Be

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has launched a training program and scholarship fund for aspiring civil rights lawyers seeking to fight racism in the U.S. South. The Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP) is meant to support 50 civil rights attorneys-in-training – including full law school scholarships, summer internships, post-grad fellowships – over […]

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Dr. Tracy H. Dunn Appointed First Woman to Lead Benedict College School of Business and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Tracy H. Dunn has been appointed dean of the Benedict College Tyrone Adam Burroughs School of Business and Entrepreneurship, the first woman in the role, according to officials at the historically Black college in South Carolina. She has spent eighteen years as a faculty member at Benedict. “Over the past three years, Dr. Dunn […]

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Journalist Sam Fulwood III Appointed Communications Dean at American University

Journalist, public policy analyst and author Sam Fulwood III will be American University’s dean of the School of Communication, effective May 15, according to university officials. Fulwood’s work “addresses key issues including media influences on American life; race relations; data-driven journalism; and the intersection of media, technology, and democracy,” according to university officials. Fulwood is […]

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North Carolina HBCU Launches First Graduate Program in Its 154-Year History

An historically Black university in North Carolina, Saint Augustine’s University, has launched a graduate program for the first time in its 154-year history, announced the school Wednesday. The fully online program will offer a Master of Public Administration (MPA) designed to prepare career professionals to serve as public administrators, public managers and policy analysts who […]

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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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