Harvard University’s first African-American graduate was recently honored, joining the list of luminaries whose likenesses grace the walls of the campus’ Annenberg Hall
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Being Black at America’s Elite Public High Schools
Martin Luther King Day in January—a day set aside to honor a man who fought against racial injustice—two black students at Boston Latin School (BLS) launched a social-media campaign to expose the racially hostile school climate they say exists at America’s first and oldest existing public school.
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State Replaces Cell With Classroom In New Effort To Reduce Recidivism
Inmates are trading bars for books in a new program designed to ease their reentry into civilian life.
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Are African-Americans Locked Out? State of Black America Report
The National Urban League’s 2016 State of Black America Report, ‘Locked Out: Education, Jobs, & Justice,’ which was released on Tuesday.
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The Brotherhood of Moses the Black
When Karl Berry walked into an Orthodox Church for the first time in 1983, he saw icons of black saints.
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Pell Funds Aimed At Low-Income High School Students
Thousands of low-income students in nearly two dozen states will soon be able to get federal grants to take college courses for credit while still in high school, part of a program the Obama administration plans to begin this summer.
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A Girl Like Me: African-American Youngster Sets Out To Find 1,000 Relatable Books
A lack of diversity in children’s books sparked a journey for one 11-year-old African-American reader in the United States. She set out to find 1,000 ‘black girl books’. After an outpouring of support, she’s exceeded that goal.
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U.S. Department of Education Received Over 10,000 Civil Rights Complaints in 2015, Working to Address Racial Disparities in School Discipline
An overwhelming amount of investigations into civil rights complaints during the 2015 fiscal year has prompted the U.S. Department of Education to address the wide racial disparities in school discipline.
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Scared to Compete: The Dumbing Down of Black Men
“What is wrong with African-American males? Why are we fighting against receiving an education? Many of them just sit in my class totally disinterested, even when I am talking about African-Americans. What is wrong with them?”
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Howard University Offers Rebates to Students Who Graduate On Time
Howard University last year offered a large carrot to its students to encourage them to graduate on time.
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