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FedEx Pledges $5 Million to Four HBCUs

A handful of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – three in Mississippi and one in Tennessee – are each receiving $1 million from shipping company FedEx to prepare students for the workforce, WLBT reported. Tennessee State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University and LeMoyne-Owen College will each get $1 million, with another […]

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Baylor University Faculty Senate Passes Resolution Supporting LGBTQ+ Student Group

Baylor University’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution 26 to 9 to approve the LGBTQ+ support group Gamma Alpha Upsilon as an officially chartered student organization, Baylor Lariat reported. This resolution asks the school administration to allow the group to be an official organization. “This is not a policy vote or governance vote. It is our […]

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Student Activists Protest Against Sexual Assault on Campuses

College students across the U.S. staged socially distanced protests this week against sexual assault on campuses, such as Boston University and Minnesota State University, CBS News reported.

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Women in Sports Leadership: A Q&A with Chevonne Mansfield, Interim Athletics Director, Florida Memorial University

Q&A with Chevonne Mansfield, Interim Athletics Director, Florida Memorial University

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Overlooked Accomplishments of African American Athletes Receive New Attention

Major League Baseball (MLB) is promoting seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 to Major League status, in a move MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred calls “long overdue recognition.”

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Virginia Public Universities May Have to Pay Reparations to Descendants of Enslaved People Who Worked on Campuses

Under a Virginia bill passed by the state House last week, Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Military Institute and the College of William and Mary may have to pay reparations to the descendants of enslaved people who helped build the schools, The Hill reported. Per the proposal, which passed […]

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Declines in Community College Enrollment Among Blacks Will Have Long-Term Consequences

Community colleges throughout the U.S. have experienced dramatic decreases in enrollment among students of color since the pandemic began.

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Maryland Senate Unanimously Passes $577 Million HBCU Settlement Proposal, Sends Bill to House

The Maryland Senate has unanimously passed a bill calling for a $577 million legal settlement for a 2006 lawsuit involving the state’s four HBCUs, WBOC reported. Last year, the legislation was passed by the General Assembly but was vetoed by Gov. Larry Hogan, citing fiscal issues with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the complaint, Maryland […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan

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Tulane Law Review Gets First Black Editor-in-Chief

Tulane Law School student Antonio Milton has become the first Black editor-in-chief of the Tulane Law Review. The student-run publication is one of the most renowned legal journals in the U.S. Milton, who is interested in commercial and civil litigation, is part of Tulane’s 3+3 program, which allows undergraduate students to start law school in […]

ODU Settles with Justice Department on Discrimination and Retaliation Investigation

The Justice Department has settled with Old Dominion University (ODU) to resolve its investigation into a complaint that the school discriminated and retaliated against a graduate student based on disability and her related request for reasonable modifications of policy, according to Justice Department officials. Findings state that the complainant was punished for requesting acknowledgement of […]

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Famed Attorney Speaks at UK’s Annual Men of Color Symposium

Encouraging individuals to have other people at the table who do not think like themselves and have different lifestyles were some of the points attorney Ben Crump made as the keynote speaker at the second annual University of Kentucky’s Men of Color Symposium on Friday.

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Morehouse College Offers Online Program for Adult Learners to Complete Degrees

Morehouse College is launching an online bachelor’s degree completion program this summer for adult learners who already have some college experience, The Washington Post reported. Morehouse Online will start with three offerings, including business administration – that will offer degrees to men with credits from other schools and former Morehouse students who left before degree completion. Partnering […]

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