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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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Campus Backlash After Leaders of Black Colleges Meet With Trump – The New York Times
It was a scalding message, painted on a university campus sidewalk this week: “Welcome to the Trump plantation. Overseer: Wayne A. I. Frederick.”
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HBCUs maintain funding they already had in Trump’s proposed budget – The Philadelphia Tribune
President Donald Trump released his 2018 budget for America on Thursday, and HBCUs will maintain the level of funding they have been given before — in the amount of $492 million.
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HBCUs Graduate More Poor Black Students Than White Colleges – NPR
“HBCUs remain at the forefront of opening doors that had previously been closed to so many…”
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More choice and less quality: The NAACP hold hearing on the state of education – Michigan Chronicle
In the fifth of seven public hearings, the NAACP Task Force, the Detroit branch of the NAACP and the Michigan State Conference held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the state of quality education.
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Morehouse out-going president still passionate on HBCUs – The Philadelphia Tribune
Morehouse College President John S. Wilson expressed surprise by the school’s Board of Trustees decision earlier this month not to ratify his contract, and thus bring his tenure at the all-male HBCU in Atlanta to an end on June 30.
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Talladega College band will perform at inauguration, school’s president says – New York Amsterdam News
The marching band of a small historically black college in Alabama will participate in the 58th Presidential Inaugural Parade, the school’s president announced Thursday.
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And it don’t stop: Morris Brown College homecoming 2016
The celebration at the embattled HBCU shows the school’s spirit is alive and well.
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Morris Brown College is surviving, hoping to thrive again
Alumni, friends, administration doing what they can until accreditation can be restored
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