The Media Area NAACP along with the Cheyney Campus Chapter NAACP and the Media Fellowship House will sponsor the annual NAACP Jubilee Day celebration on Sunday, February 12, 2017. The event will be held at Cheyney University from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm i ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2017 at 3:58PM
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The celebration of the legacy and impact of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) and their players continued at Super Bowl LI in Houston.
The NFL carried on the tradition of honoring Legends and historic players at the Super Bowl by recognizing Pro Football Hall of Fame players who a ...
Posted Tuesday, February 7th 2017 at 2:22PM
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The Marauders of Central State University welcomed in seventeen new players this week.
"We feel great about this initial group of signees," Central State head football coach Cedric Pearl said. "There are a number of impressive young men that we we ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2017 at 5:35PM
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Entertainment Correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant talks with director Raoul Peck whose critically acclaimed documentary "I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO" has been Oscar nominated for "BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE"
In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a 30-page let ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 11:27PM
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A Bowie State University genetics professor, who is “in search of the skeletal muscle foundation of youth,” was named a 2017 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, recognizing her research achievements and positive impacts outside of the classroom.
Dr. Tyesha Burks is part of a ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 6:34PM
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Oakwood University kicks off Black History Month tomorrow during Chapel service at 9:50 a.m. at the University Church. The program entitled "Walk With Me" is a musical narrative commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Stree ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 2:00PM
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Head women’s basketball coach Sheba Harris earned her 100th career coaching victory as the Lady Marauders of Central State University defeated the Lane College Dragons, 68-63, on Monday night.
At the end of the 1st quarter, LC took a 16-9 lead b ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 1:24PM
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ASU's Founders' Day is Friday!
- Historic Bell Ringing Ceremony at 9 a.m. in front of the ASU Library -
- Founder's Day Convocation at 10 a.m. in the ASU Dunn-Oliver Acadome -
HISTORIC BELL RINGING CEREMONY @ 9 a.m. FRIDAY
Join us at Alabama St ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 6:19PM
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The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in collaboration with Hammonds House Museum and Take on the Arts, hosts The Highwaymen: Legacy of a Landscape. This exhibition honors the artistic contribution and historical relevance of The Highwaymen an innovative ensemble of self-taught African American landsc ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 8:20PM
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CBS NEWS- Oprah Winfrey, the esteemed broadcaster, producer, actress and philanthropist, will become a special contributor to “60 Minutes,” the news magazine’s executive producer Jeff Fager announced on Tuesday.
Winfrey will make her first a ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 3:52PM
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Chen named STEM Dean
Dr. Hang Chen, associate professor and chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, was appointed Dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Chen had been serving as interim dean since ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 11:44AM
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A new book wins a national award that honors the “stories of women and those who tell them”
A Montgomery resident who is the chairwoman of Alabama State University's Department of Languages and Literatures, Dr. Jacqueline Trimble, has won a n ...
Posted Monday, January 30th 2017 at 12:24PM
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An ASU assistant professor was recently honored as a recipient of a national award that recognizes millennial “influencers.” ASU's Dr. Yvette Holmes, an assistant professor of Marketing, has distinguished herself and the University upon being awarded as one of the "Top 35 Millennial Influencers of A ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2017 at 2:11PM
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The 89th Oscars® nominations were announced this morning and "Moonlight" received the following eight (8) nods:
* Best Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali
* Cinematography - James Laxton
* Best Original Score - Nicholas Britell
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Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2017 at 12:26PM
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Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Casey Affleck in "Manchester by the Sea" Andrew Garfield in "Hacksaw Ridge"
Ryan Gosling in "La La Land"
Viggo Mortensen in ...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2017 at 4:48AM
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(CHICAGO, IL) - January 17, 2017 - Central City Productions announced today the nominees in 26 categories for the 2017 Stellar Awards. Hailed as an "epic night in gospel music," this year's Stellar Awards will return tothe Las Vegas Orleans ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2017 at 8:15PM
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A bit of Broadway that is set for a king - a Lion King - is coming as a featured attraction for Alabama State University's Feb. 3, Founders' Day Convocation; as the University is featuring as its keynote speaker, ASU alumna and acclaimed actor, Bonit ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2017 at 6:51PM
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Alabama State University now houses and edits one of the nation's most acclaimed scholarly journals of the African experience, the International Journal of Africana Studies. And, ASU's own Dr. Bertis English, professor in the Department of History an ...
Posted Thursday, January 19th 2017 at 4:34PM
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Alcorn State University President Alfred Rankins Jr. will embark on his inaugural Presidential Bus Tour, a focused effort to meet with statewide high school and junior college students, counselors and school leadership, to discuss the advantages of a ...
Posted Thursday, January 19th 2017 at 4:29PM
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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 19, 2016) — Casey Affleck, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Lucas Hedges, Taraji P. Henson, Brie Larson, Janelle Monáe, Viggo Mortensen and Octavia Spencer will be presenters at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executi ...
Posted Thursday, January 19th 2017 at 1:29PM
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Google is celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr Day with a special doodle and a homepage promotion of a curated collection of Civil Rights photography from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
http://www.google.com/?doodle=32694853&hl=en&source=sh/x/do& ...
Posted Monday, January 16th 2017 at 1:22PM
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Texas Southern University alumnus Michael Strahan, Southern University’s Aeneas Williams and Prairie View A&M’s Kenny Houston will be spotlighted as TSU brings one of America’s largest traveling exhibits to Houston. Gridiron Glory: The Best of ...
Posted Tuesday, January 10th 2017 at 1:53PM
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What a night for #blackgirlmagic. Actress Tracee Ellis Ross made history at Sunday night's Golden Globes for her "BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES MUSICAL OR COMEDY " win for her role as "Rainbow" on ABC's hit show "BLACKISH". Not since Debbie All ...
Posted Tuesday, January 10th 2017 at 7:23AM
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TSU awarded $3.3 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation. Research cooperative to address health, social inequities of Gulf Coast families.
The Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University (TSU) was rece ...
Posted Monday, January 9th 2017 at 4:54PM
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January 5, 2017: Today, Magnolia Pictures released a brand new trailer for their latest documentary I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, which was just recently shortlisted for the Oscars: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/oscars-2017-documentar ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 3:48PM
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