JBHE Staff, JBHE – The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education UNITED STATES – CIRCA 1939: African American Evicted sharecropper, New Madrid County, Missouri (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images). Featured Image [dropcap]Saint[/dropcap] Elmo Brady, the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry, has been honored by the American Chemical Society with a National Historical Chemical […]
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Tina Turner Says She Gets’ Emotional’ Talking About Abusive Ex-Husband Ike Turner: He ‘Was Very Good To Me’ Initially | Essence
In a recent interview with Gayle King, the iconic singer opened up about her marriage to Turner and losing her son to suicide.
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Biden plummets, Harris vaults to second in major poll | Politico
The California senator slid into second place in a new national poll from CNN, with Joe Biden still leading.
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‘Your Heritage Is Taken Away’: The Closing of 3 Historically Black Colleges | The New York Times
Wadzanai Mhute, The New York Times Sonya Perdue Bolton, far left, who was in the marching band at Saint Paul’s College, in 1983. Featured Image [dropcap]Since[/dropcap] the 1930s, the women of Bennett College, one of the nation’s two historically black colleges for women, have dressed in white and sung their “Preference Song” over an annual […]
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Mexico Returns 81 Migrants to Haiti Amid US Pressure | VOA News
Associated Press, VOA News Mainly Haitian along with some African migrants wait in men’s and women’s lines to request documents giving them temporary legal status in Mexico, outside the Siglo XXI detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, June 12, 2019. AP. Featured Image [dropcap]MEXICO[/dropcap] CITY – Mexican immigration officials say they have returned 81 migrants to […]
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The Legacy of Denver’s Forced School Busing Era | 5280
Forty-five years ago, DPS was ordered to desegregate schools. Did it work?
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Five Years After Kidnapping, Nigeria’s Chibok School Girls Fade From the International Scene | Council of Foreign Relations
John Campbell, Council of Foreign Relations Zainabu Mala, mother of Kabu, one of the abducted girls, holds a picture of her daughter on April 12, 2019, in Chibok. Audu Ali Marte/AFP via Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female students gathered in Chibok to sit for high school examinations. The […]
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Marcus Samuelsson Is Fighting For A More Diverse, Creative Food Scene | Uproxx
Marcus Samuelsson is a lion of the modern food scene. This doesn’t simply come from his incredible string of successes in the kitchen (Aquavit, Red Rooster, Streetbird Rotisserie), his high-visibility TV projects (he’s a judge on Chopped and hosts No Passport Required on PBS), or even his Beard-Award winning writing (he’s authored New American Table, […]
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Ernie Barnes: the overlooked legacy of the athlete turned celebrity artist | The Guardian
The work of the football player who became a painter is finally being celebrated, from his Olympics artwork to his Marvin Gaye album cover
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Bank of America Launches $5 Billion Home Loan Assistance Program | BlackPressUSA
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, BlackPressUSA [dropcap]NNPA[/dropcap] NEWSWIRE — The new Bank of America program includes down payment and closing cost assistance; innovative low down payment mortgages; grants that can be applied to non-recurring closing costs; a national network of lending professionals; easy-to-understand financial education tools; strategic partnerships with real estate professionals; and a […]
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