Breanna Edwards, Essence [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not every day one gets accepted into 31 colleges and is offered more than $900,000 in scholarships to boot. It’s definitely something worth sharing, but Kayla Willis, a senior at Westlake High School in South Fulton, Georgia still hesitated, first asking her dad if it was appropriate. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “He was […]
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Meet The First Black Woman To Earn A Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. From Nation’s Top Program | HuffPost
Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Sivels, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, is the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan, the top program in the country. “It was […]
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In Detroit, a push to use African-American history and culture to help students succeed | Chalkbeat
There are African words on the wall. Books by African-American authors in the cabinet. Posters of notable African-American scholars on the walls. But much of what makes this an African-centered classroom is what happens when teacher Welia Dawson and her students are breaking down a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] This […]
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#BlackGirlMagic: 16-Year-Old Accepted Into 9 Law Schools | NewsOne
Haley Taylor Schlitz will receive her bachelor’s degree in May.
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Women’s History Month: Reclaiming the herstories of black woman suffragists | Daily Kos
Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos Chris Capilongo. Featured Image [dropcap]Watching[/dropcap] Democratic Party women don white to attend the State of the Union address back in January in honor of the suffragists’ battle for the vote evoked mixed feelings. I felt pride as a feminist, and pain as a black woman aware of the fact that […]
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For Black Children, Attending School Is an Act of Racial Justice | The Education Trust
Kayla Patrick, The Education Trust Photographs by Wayne Miller—Magnum Photos. Featured Image [dropcap]As [/dropcap] a seemingly twisted way to ring in 2019, the Trump administration has sent a loud and clear message that it’s okay for educators and school leaders to keep Black children out of school buildings and exclude them from opportunities to learn. […]
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Notre Dame Univ. Appoints First Black Valedictorian | Essence
Jenisha Watts, Essence Katie Washington-Cole, Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] May 16, Katie Washington, a Biology major with a minor in Catholic Social Teaching, will make history at the University of Notre Dame as the institution’s first Black valedictorian delivering the school’s commencement speech. The 21-year-old Gary, Indiana, native, has maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout […]
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Meet the Principal who’s Recruiting Men of Color to Pursue Teaching Careers | Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
Currently, African American men represent just two percent of teachers in the nation and there’s even less in Illinois. Butler College Prep Principal Chris Goins is working on a solution. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “There are so many initiatives trying to recruit men of color into the classroom, but that’s after they are in college,” Goins said. […]
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Louisville Western Branch Library (1905- ) | Black Past
The Louisville Western Branch Library in Louisville, Kentucky, first opened in 1905. This library was the first public library in the nation to serve and be fully operated by black residents.
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Will Anyone Save Black Colleges? | The Atlantic
Bennett College in North Carolina needed to raise $5 million to try to save its accreditation. Meanwhile, transformational donations are going to other schools.
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