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Education
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Big Money Moves: Delaware State University Becomes First HBCU to Acquire Another School on Its Own
The school announced its plans to acquire Wesley College last year.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC-Chapel Hill Position for Job at Howard U Along With Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hannah-Jones has found herself a home that truly embodies Blackness in education. She’s where she needs to be and the HBCU world is better for it.
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Massachusetts School District Suspends School Police Program After Cops Were Called on 6-Year-Old
I never understand the logic behind calling the police on a very young child. I canāt imagine looking at a 6-year-old and going āFuck, Iām in danger.ā Apparently, officials at a school in Somerville, Mass., didnāt feel the same way, and after an incident where the police were called on a 6-year-old Black and Latino…
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Howard University's College of Fine Arts Is Now Named After Chadwick Boseman
Howard University has announced an amazing tribute to one of its most notable alumniāthe late beloved actor Chadwick Boseman. According to the Washington Post, Howard University announced on Wednesday that it will be naming its newly established College of Fine Arts after Boseman, who graduated from the HBCU in 2000. Boseman died in August 2020…
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Ava DuVernay Receives Honorary Doctorate from Yaleāand Yes, Her Mom Is Now Calling Her 'Dr. DuVernay'
Acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay once helmed a film about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.āand now she can add a similar honorific to her name. Esteemed Ivy League institution Yale University recently named this yearās honorary doctorate degree recipients and Ava is one of them! The award-winning director (Selma, 13th, When They See Us) has now…
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President of the 2nd Largest Teachers' Union in Favor of Schools Returning to In-Person Learning
One of the continually controversial aspects of the pandemic has been how we should handle a return to in-person learning. For well over a year now, school has primarily been conducted in either a virtual classroom or a hybrid in-person/virtual environment. The head of the second largest teacherās union in the country has called for…
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Florida School District Drops Tamir Rice-Inspired Novel After Police Union Labels It 'Propaganda'
How dare we tell children anything close to the truth about race in America? Thatās the takeaway after a Florida school districtāthe second-largest in the stateāsuspended Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodesā award-winning young adult novel Ghost Boys from a fifth-grade curriculum after a local police union complained it was anti-police āpropaganda.ā A partial synopsis of the…
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Not a Single Player Taken in the 2021 NFL Draft Played for an HBCU. How Did That Happen?
The 2021 NFL Draft has come and gone. Yet despite the fact that nearly 260 players transitioned from college students to professional athletes throughout the course of that evening, there wasnāt a single one who was drafted from an HBCU. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Not a single one. Division III standout Quinn Meinerz got snatched up…
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Grambling University's Brown Girls Do Conference Addresses the Absence of Gymnastics Programs at HBCUs
In its efforts to increase exposure and access to gymnastics among girls and women of color, Grambling State University is collaborating with the Doug Williams Center and Ruston Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau to deliver the latest installment of the Brown Girls Do Gymnastics Conference. Scheduled from July 23-25, the conference will provide mentorship from…
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All Atlanta-Based HBCUs to Require Students Be Fully Vaccinated Before Returning to On-Campus Learning
As access to the coronavirus vaccine increases nationwide, colleges and universities have grappled with whether they should mandate students be fully vaccinated before they return to campus. A group of HBCUs in Atlanta announced on Monday that all students who intend to return to on-campus learning must be fully vaccinated. AJC reports that The Atlanta…