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Black Americans made strides in the job market in June, with their unemployment rate reaching its lowest level in seven years. The black unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent, the best showing since

This year’s award ceremony recognizing historically black colleges and universities will have representation from Alcorn State University. Alcorn will have five finalists in the fifth annual

Can technology be used to connect homeless individuals and families to local shelters? A team of Bowie State University students thinks it’s possible – they have developed an electronic ki

Allen University has lost two Alumni during a senseless shooting at Emanuel AME church in Charleston, SC last night. The youngest victim was Mr. Tywanza Sanders -2014 graduate of the Division of Busin

LeMoyne-Owen College Board of Trustees Chair Robert Lipscomb proudly announced Memphis, Tennessee native and 1976 LOC graduate Dr. Andrea Lewis Miller as the college’s 12th president after an ex

Courtesy of The Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-remarkable-dominique-turner-0614-20150610-story.html#page=1 Dominique Jordan Turner was born to a teenage mother from a Ch

Texas Southern University men’s athletic programs were named best in the Southwestern Athletics Conference (SWAC) for the 2014-15 season. TSU Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics, Dr. Ch

The Hall Johnson Summer Camp is held on the campus of Allen University for high school choral students. This camp places an emphasis on the music of Hall Johnson and the appropriate performance practi

Keeping the legacy of Barbara Jordan alive, Texas Southern University played host to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she received the inaugural Barbara Jordan Public-Private Leader

Allen University is pleased to announce new additions to its curriculum for the 2015-2016 academic school year in the field of computer science. 1. Full Computer Science Major2. Computer Science Maj

Vincent Leal, Chairman of the General Alumni Association of Fisk University, Inc. (G.A.A.F.U.), announced today that Charly Palmer of Atlanta, GA has been selected as the artist for G.A.A.F.U.’s

The Fisk University Board of Trustees named Patty Litton Delony, Cynthia R. McIntyre, and Rashaun Williams to the Board during its recent meetings.  Patty Litton Delony of Chicago, Illinois was

They're young, they're smart, and they're the next generation of leaders in health care. Thirty-three college students and recent graduates were accepted into the 2015 Leadership Development program a

By Kia Kokalitcheva/Fortune   Google has updated it workplace demographics data, a year after an initial report showed huge gender and racial disparities.   Acknowledging a problem

The Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law are honored to announce the presentation of the Barbara Jordan Public-Private Leadership Award to the

The life and legacy of one of Alcorn State University’s beloved alumni will be celebrated during a special memorial ceremony. University officials and family members of Alcorn’s former

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Fisk University is one of the ten Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) - Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Alcorn University, Delaware State University, Fisk Univer

Chester High has announced that Tanisha LaVerne Grant, Miss Black Pennsylvania USA 1996 and Miss Cheyney University of Pennsylvania 1995, will address graduates at Chester High School's 141st Commence

The NCAA has released its annual Academic Progress Rate scores, and once again, a few schools were not able to meet proper standards. Four schools who failed to clear the minimum APR multi-year bar o

It's our turn.... In star studded fashion The Paley Center for Media paid tribute Wednesday night to African-Americans in all facets of film, television, comedy, and journalism. The gala which took pl

First Lady, Michelle Obama, spoke to the graduating class of 2015 at Tuskegee University. First lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address to the 2015 graduates of Tuskegee University in T

Commencement Date: May 17, 8 a.m. Irwin Belk ComplexAndrew Alexander attended Ardrey Kell High School in south Charlotte, playing on the football and basketball teams. Though African American, the ath

Graduating is the pinnacle achievement in most young people’s lives. It is the culmination of several years of learning, growing and maturing into someone that is prepared to produce positive results that will serve themselves and society productively. One local family will get to experience the joy and celebrations that graduating brings four times in less than a month as the entire fami

Alcorn State University sends its deepest sympathy to the family of former Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Davey “The Wiz” Whitney Sr., who died yesterday at age 85.During his