From Thurgood Marshall to Oprah Winfrey, the nation’s historically black colleges and universities have educated generations of African American pioneers and professionals — doctors, lawyers, scientists, ministers, writers and thinkers.
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At Harvard, Students Host Inaugural Black Commencement Ceremony – Press Release
For the first time in recent history, Harvard University Black students (including those with African, African-American, Afro European, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-South American ancestry) will host their own, individual commencement ceremony, officials said.
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Trump suggests financing for historically black colleges may be unconstitutional – Politico
President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he may not implement a 25-year-old federal program that helps historically black colleges finance construction projects on their campuses, suggesting that it may run afoul of the Constitution.
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How Does Race Affect a Student’s Math Education? – The Atlantic
A new paper examines the ways “whiteness” reproduces racial advantages and disadvantages.
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Beyoncé Announces a Scholarship Program for Female College Students to Mark Lemonade’s One-Year Anniversary – Slate
Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album Lemonade has brought the star no shortage of accolades, including two Grammys and a Peabody, and now the queen is ready to give back.
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“I shall have him to dine as often as I please” – The time when Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House – The Vintage News
Many African-Americans were invited to the White House before 1901, but none of them was invited to dine with the President until Theodore Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House.
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Teaching Black Power at an HBCU and the Journey to Undo the Miseducation – Atlanta Black Star
This semester, at a historically Black college, I taught a course on African liberation movements that, in part, examined how such activism in Africa influenced Black Power across the globe.
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Having Just One Black Teacher Can Keep Black Kids In School – NPR
How important is it to have a role model? A new working paper puts some numbers to that question.
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Questioning the Role of Contemporary Black Fraternities and Sororities in the Black Community – Atlanta Black Star
They have existed among us for more than a century. They emerged at a time when there was a particular need for unity, affirmation and self-determination given the dominant society’s denial of the inherent value of our community.
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Ferguson, Missouri, Declines to Elect First Black Mayor – NBC News
Voters in Ferguson, Missouri, re-elected Mayor James Knowles III on Tuesday in the first election since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.
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