Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) generate $14.8 billion in economic impact annually, according to a stunning new report by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
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Marc Lamont Hill launches coffee shop, bookstore in Philly | The Philadelphia Tribune
Marc Lamont Hill, a noted author, social commentator and professor, has made a foray into entrepreneurship by opening a new coffee shop and bookstore in Philadelphia.
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Black Business Matter: Historic Washington Neighborhood Anacostia Getting its First (Black) Bookstore in Two Decades | Atlanta Black Star
MahoganyBooks is challenging this historic neighborhood to write a new chapter in community education and service by setting up shop in the four-year-old Anacostia Arts Center at 1231 Good Hope Road.
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Betty Williams, Retired Baltimore Educator, Dies at 94 | AFRO
Betty Williams, a veteran Baltimore City Public Schools teacher and administrator and a literary scholar, died recently after a brief illness. She was 94.
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New list highlights nation’s most affordable HBCUs | New York Amsterdam News
Black college database The Hundred-Seven has published a list of public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that are recognized for their affordability.
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The Black Renaissance Is Real: HBCUs See Record Growth in 2017 | The Root
Last week I went to Howard University’s homecoming, and like Deon Cole, Chance the Rapper and Malia Obama at the 2012 inauguration, I was reminded that once you see the bands stomping, the music playing and the quad popping, you know that nobody throws a party like an HBCU.
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Nine HBCU’s Celebrate150 Years of Black Excellence | AFRO
HBCUs are generally known for their “flavor” and Black history. Black colleges not only throw the best social and cultural events but produce many public figures, scholars, politicians and many more workers who graduated from these institutions and have contributed to society.
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Black students on Oxbridge: ‘we need to change the narrative’ | The Guardian
Students who have made it to Oxford and Cambridge say more can be done to help others follow in their footsteps
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Remembering, Learning and Loving What Pan-African Activist Walter Rodney Did for Black People | Atlanta Black Star
Walter Anthony Rodney was an intellectual, a teacher, and an activist during the 1960s and 1970s; his life and work hold major importance for those of us who care about social justice and Black liberation today.
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A Museum Goes Beyond Its Walls to Teach Prince George’s County’s Rich History | Washington City Paper
Through its education efforts and programming, the Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center strives to be a pillar in its community.
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