The change may be the biggest help to low-income students of color, who are disproportionately likely to have been convicted of a crime.
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Three HBCU graduates bring craft beer bar to Harlem | The Undefeated
Harlem Hops to become the first beer bar in Harlem owned 100 percent by African-Americans
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Alabama HBCU Apologizes 58 Years After Expelling 9 Students for Sit-In Protest | Atlanta Black Star
“What happened to these individuals, these students and the faculty, in my mind, is a crime.”
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Black higher education after the Civil War | The Weekly Challenger
In “From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans,” initially published in 1947, John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., examined the history of Negro education during and after the Reconstruction era.
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HBCUs Are Producing a New Generation of Young Women | AFRO
Today, public HBCUs continue to produce talent for the 21st Century with a disproportionate number being young women.
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Google.org Matches Beyonce’s $100,000 Scholarship Donation to HBCU Students | The Network Journal
The 22-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter launched the Formation Scholars awards, through BeyGOOD, her charitable arm, last year when she awarded four students from Howard University, Parsons School of Design, Berklee College of Music and Spelman College $25,000…
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Ruth Simmons on the future of HBCUs | The Philadelphia Tribune
As a teacher, as an educator, I would say these times are especially fertile for teaching the skills that are needed in a world in which there are many types of people, many perspectives and so forth.
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College scholarships for African-American students | New York Amsterdam News
As students begin filling out their college applications, families are looking for ways to pay for higher education. Here are some scholarships for African-American students with upcoming deadlines.
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HBCU Contributions Highlighted in New Documentary | AFRO
“Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities”
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Explore 150 years of Hampton University history in new exhibit | Daily Press
Artifacts displaying the skills learned and the work done by students at what is now Hampton University will be on display at the historically black university’s museum beginning Friday.
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