All Girls Brooklyn High School First Graduating Class Receives 100% College Acceptance Rate
Written by Ashlee Banks Published on 2nd July 2021 Photo Credit: ATU Images The Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy’s (BELA) 2021 graduating class is the school’s first graduating class …
Howard University Scolds Dean Who Defended Cosby, Doesn’t Do Much Else
Written by Ryan Grenoble Published on 1st July 2021 Phylicia Rashad: ‘I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post was in no way intended to be …
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County once named for slave owner now named after a pioneering Black professor
Written by Caitlin O’Kane Published on 25th June 2021 Lulu Merle Johnson –Twitter Iowa’s Johnson County, which was originally named after Richard Mentor Johnson, a slave owner, is now named after …
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4 Brothers, Quadruplets Graduate Together From Yale University
Published on Black News on 23rd June 2021 Photo Courtesy of NAACP Now/Facebook Meet Aaron, Nick, Zach, and Nigel Wade, the 22-year old quadruplets from Liberty Township, Ohio, who …
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Tierra A. Dorsey, Central Scholarship’s first African-American president
Written by Jannette J. Witmyer Published on 25th June 2021 Tierra A. Dorsey- LinkedIn A little over two years ago, Tierra A. Dorsey found herself seated beside then president of …
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Goldsmiths to allow students suffering racial trauma to apply for deadline extensions after union campaigning
Written by Leah Mahon Published on 18th June 2021 Goldsmiths, University of London is the first higher education institution recognise racial trauma as impacting students’ work. Picture: Tolga AKMEN / …
Meet the father of Juneteenth
Published by the African-American News & Issues Newspaper on 14th June 2021 Photo credit: texasobserver.org Albert Ely Edwards is the pioneer who fought and introduced the bill to make …
School in Stratford unveils mural tribute to Marcus Rashford
Written by Jon King Published on 9th June 2021 A mural tribute to Marcus Rashford has been unveiled at a primary school in Stratford. Pupils at Gainsborough Primary …
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£180k bursary set to support more black and minority ethnic students to work in UK property industry
Written by Leah MahonPublished on 26th May 2021 The Chancerygate Foundation has launched a £180,000 bursary for disadvantaged Black and other ethnic minority students to study and gain credentials to …
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