A Supreme Court case found that the University of Michigan was using race in admissions the wrong way. Then the state stepped in, and minority enrollments dropped.
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Day First Woman to Earn Computer Science Ph.D. at N.C. A&T | North Carolina A&T University
Day, received her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Winston-Salem State University, where Elva Jones, one of the first black women to earn a doctorate in computer science, mentored her.
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How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet | Fast Company
Artificial Intelligence will rule the jobs of the future, so learning how to work with it will be key. But the skills needed might not be what you expect.
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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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Howard University Students Rebuild, Mentor in Puerto Rico for Alternative Spring Break | Black Press USA
HBCU students with Howard University’s Alternative Spring Break program help to rebuild La Hermosa Church in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm, ravaged the island affecting the lives of millions of Americans.
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