AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWS & ISSUES — Historian and educator Merline Pitre was born on April 10, 1943 in Opelousas, Louisiana to Robert and Florence Pitre. Pitre graduated...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There’s an issue with sustaining Black-owned businesses,” Outgoing 22nd National Iota Phi Lambda President Stephanie Dilworth said. “On June 1, our organizational will...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — The winning students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Youth from six inner-city schools gathered at Los Angeles Trade-Tech College May 18 for the second annual Emerging Leaders Youth Summit as a...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Last Thursday, over 1,000 Metro Nashville Public School teachers called in sick and descended on the courthouse in a march to protest of the...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — As Wisconsin looks to establish a new correctional system for youth, it is incumbent upon us to act with great urgency to respond to...
The Hannah Project and partners are hosting the Marin City Freedom School: Summer CASA 2019. Programming will run June 24-August 2, 2019 and is open to...
THE AFRO — Started in 2017, the Apprenticeship D.C. initiative was designed to offer viable alternative career pathways to traditional four-year colleges. An apprenticeship can run from one...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Morehouse’s graduating class is 400 strong. Smith’s graduation gift is one that will allow graduates of one of the most storied all-male historically...
Dr. Joel Tolbert, Sr., loving husband to Carol Lee Tolbert, former Oakland School Board member, and Founder of Civic Pride, Inc. passed from this life on...
Holy Names University (HNU) commencement speaker Paul Cobb challenged the graduating class to “Just Serve” the community by organizing themselves into a postgraduate network to strategize...
Richard Watson ‘holds down the bass’ beforeheading off to Berklee School of Music Vocal Rush, a five-time national champion a cappella ensemble based out of Oakland...
God on Wall Street In an overwhelming move towards racial justice, the undergraduate student body at Georgetown University voted to pay reparations to the descendants of...
Blue Shield of California and the American Heart Association (AHA) recently hosted their second annual “Make Time For Health” festival, a three – year program that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Robert Schaffer, Public Education Director of Fair Test says, "Schools do not need the SAT or ACT – with or without 'adversity scores'...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — A California principal is suspended amid backlash over a photo showing a few teachers posing and smiling with a noose — an...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — This semester, 20 students from Purdue University Northwest’s Advanced Public Relations class joined the ranks of their alumni and worked as public relations coordinators...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — Two Dallas ISD schools are among the 2019 Best High Schools top 20 list according to rankings by U.S. News & World...
I’ve been a part of a number of different groups at Berkeley. When I first got here, I joined the Muslim Student Association and Students for...
Orlando Gray, Oakland High School girls basketball head coach, has won California Coach of the Year from both CalHi Sports and MaxPreps. “It was pretty special...
As the 2018-19 Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) academic year winds down in the wake of an historic teachers’ strike, Oakland educators, students, and their supporters...
Thousands of students, families and educators came together at Acts Full Gospel Church Monday evening for the 18th Annual African American Honor Roll Celebration. The event...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — Last month, The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) in partnership with Hennessy & Co., introduced the Hennessy Fellows Program. The new initiative...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…once I received the MC Lyte #EducateOURMen Scholarship to Dillard, I knew that I was destined to have a fulfilling college experience that...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Metro Nashville Public Schools’ (MNPS) teachers across Nashville have organized a “Day of Action” that includes rallies and a march on Thursday, May...