A new research brief from the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University asserts, “It can be argued that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are experiencing a renaissance in terms of their enrollment of black students.” I found this startling, since for years HBCU enrollments have trended downward. Moreover, overall enrollments are in […]
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‘Seeing doers doing’: A reflection on reshaping black philanthropy | IUPUI
Where are African American philanthropists giving their resources, and why are they donating to specific causes? What will the future of giving in the African American community look like? Bachelor’s degree student David Johnson reflects on a Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy panel event featuring six African American panelists working in various ways to […]
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Serena Williams Raises Awareness About Financial Abuse | Black Enterprise
Serena Williams is always taking a positive stance when she is not playing tennis. According to CBS News, Williams is now the national ambassador for the Allstate Foundation Purple Purse program. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “A really close friend of mine was going through a situation that wasn’t really healthy for her, wasn’t healthy for her friends, […]
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‘Speak Volumes’: Two Black Women Appointed as Judges in California, Where It Rarely Happens | Atlanta Black Star
Two of California’s largest counties are welcoming Black women to their lists of superior court judges. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Tricia Taylor and Terrie Roberts were appointed with nine other justices in the Golden State, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Oct. 25. Eight of the officials appointed are women, and all of them are Democrats filling vacancies […]
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The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right | Politico
Forty years ago, a gang of Klansmen and Nazis murdered five communists in broad daylight. America has never been the same.
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Byron Allen v. Comcast: Supreme Court Race Case Could Reshape Bias Lawsuits | The Hollywood Reporter
While the TV mogul alleges racism in Comcast’s refusal to license his niche channels, U.S. businesses worry that a win for Allen during the new high court term would increase legal costs and hurt their reputations. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When Byron Allen first launched a legal rampage back in 2015, few would have guessed he would […]
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Civil Rights, One Person and One Photo at a Time | The New York Times
The hands of the father and his young daughter wave emphatically: the two are not in agreement. The man talks. His eyes are closed; he looks pained. The child listens, but gazes at a plate of cookies on the dinner table. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The scene is not unusual: a father is telling his daughter that […]
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Making American White Again | The New Yorker
The choices made by white men, who are prepared to abandon their humanity out of fear of black men and women, suggest the true horror of lost status.
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Meet the Black Architect who designed Duke University 37 years before he could have attended it | SHOPPE BLACK
In 1902, when Julian F. Abele graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture, he was the school’s first-ever black graduate. The debonair Philadelphia-born architect went on to design hundreds of elegant public institutions, Gilded Age mansions, and huge swathes of a prestigious then-whites-only university’s campus. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Yet the fact that […]
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7 Films With Black Talent To Look Out For This November | Shadow and Act
As November approaches, we at Shadow And Act have put together a list of all the movies with Black talent in key roles that you need to check out! From a horror film like Doctor Sleep to family dramas like Waves, there is something on this list for everyone! Check them out below (in order […]
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