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Peace Corps Names Top Volunteer-producing HBCUs

April 13, 2017 Staff 0

By Robin White Goode, blackenterprise.com There’s a certain romance about the idea of doing volunteer work in the developing world. Although much of the work is most likely grueling, it still speaks of adventure and […]

Education

Study: Black Students More Likely to Graduate if They Have One Black Teacher

April 13, 2017 Staff 0

By Madeline Will If a low-income black student has just one black teacher in elementary school, that student is significantly more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college, a new John Hopkins University […]

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87-Year-Old Woman Sees The Slave Cabin She Was Born In At The NMAAHC

April 12, 2017 Staff 0

While visiting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture, 87-year-old Isabell Meggett Lucas saw the home she was born and raised in restored. Unbeknownst to her, her tiny two-bedroom house was formerly for […]

Obituaries

Community Mourns Loss of Mrs. Bettye Sessions

April 12, 2017 Staff 0

Bettye Jean Hayes Sessions was born on January 29, 1934, in Jacksonville, Florida, to John Henry Hayes, Sr. and Willene Porter Hayes. She was the fourth of five children. She married Malcolm George Aubrey Sessions […]

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San Bernardino man shot wife in classroom then killed himself, revealed: Here’s what we know

April 12, 2017 Staff 0

By Christian Carter, blackdoctor.org What would make a man do something like this? I mean, no married or divorced person today would tell you that their relationship was without issues, right? That’s what makes this […]

National

Library Of Congress And Smithsonian Team Up To Buy Rare Photo Of Harriet Tubman

April 12, 2017 Staff 0

Source: The Washington Post / Getty With photos of Harriet Tubman being few and far between, when a rare new photo of her surfaced it was a huge deal. While most photos depict Tubman as […]

Education

Morehouse College Releases President, Removes Board Members

April 12, 2017 Staff 0

Former Morehouse College Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Davidson and the college’s former President John S. Wilson.  By Eric Stirgus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Morehouse College’s Board of Trustees announced Friday it has removed its president, embattled […]

Entertainment

Comedian Charlie Murphy Dead at 57 after Leukemia Battle

April 12, 2017 Staff 0

Charlie Murphy, the older brother of Eddie Murphy and beloved comedian whose iconic bits on “Chappelle’s Show” sealed his own celebrity status, died Wednesday after a battle with leukemia. He was 57. The Brooklyn-bred funnyman […]

Editorials

Big Brother is Now Really Watching You Thanks to Republicans

April 11, 2017 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood If you ever use the internet for anything then Big Brother is watching you.  Who is Big Brother? Well the term or concept started as a warning that appears on posters throughout […]

Editorials

Decision to Bomb Syria Was Dangerous, Deceptive

April 11, 2017 Staff 0

by Jesse Jackson Fifty-nine cruise missiles. When Donald Trump ordered the attack on Syria, he made an impetuous decision, turning his previous commitment to stay out of the Syrian civil war and focus on ISIS […]

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