Author: Michael McLendon
Certified personal trainer and nutrition coach Tay Sweat knows what it means to fight for his life. At age 15, he weighed 311 pounds and found himself in a constant battle with diabetes and high blood pressure. Afraid ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 4:09PM
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Couple donates graduation regalia
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Cardel Louis-Jacques and fiancée Shanicia Hanson
Shanicia Hanson was about to move in November 2016 when she discovered graduation regalia from her undergraduate days at the University of Maryland Eas ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 11:12AM
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Political analyst, attorney and activist to address new graduates
Political analyst, attorney and activist Bakari Sellers will serve as the keynote speaker for Shaw University’s 2018 Spring Commencement exercises, to be held Saturday, May 12 at ...
Posted Tuesday, April 17th 2018 at 4:33PM
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The biggest entertainer in the world just earned herself an honorary degree at every HBCU across the nation overnight.
Beyonce showed up and showed out as the headliner at Coachella in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday using a heavily HBCU ba ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 7:13PM
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Tuskegee is a powerhouse when it comes to producing greatness. It is the alma mater of famous musician Lionel Richie, radio host Tom Joyner, inventor of the Super Soaker Lonnie Johnson, and newly acclaimed author Robert Constant. Since Mr. Constant g ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 2:52PM
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Today, Beyoncé, through her BeyGOOD initiative, announces the four schools to receive the newly established Homecoming Scholars Award Program for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Universities, Xavier, Wilberforce, Tuskegee and Bethune-Cookman, are al ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 2:50PM
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By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO
AC Jordan Basketball Arena on the campus of Bowie State University was awash in in a sea of black and gold Thursday, with students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters crowding into the transformed gym of M ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 1:51PM
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The Diesel Equipment Technology program has been accredited by the Associated Equipment Distributors Foundation.
Achieving accreditation with the Illinois-based trade organization represents a step forward in building the program to meet the needs ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 1:36PM
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Forty-Spelman Bio Atlanta Science Fair 2018 five Spelman biology students volunteered and hosted nearly 500 children and their parents during the Atlanta Science Festival on Saturday, March 24. The Spelman Bio booth explored the concepts and biology ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 1:34PM
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Author: ALucas Johnson
Tennessee State University will be part of the route of the Sista Strut 3K, which seeks to raise awareness about breast cancer.
The event on Saturday, April 21, will start at 8 a.m. at the Hadley Park Bandshell and G ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 12:56PM
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The Mississippi Valley State University Department of English and Foreign Languages and J.H. White Library will continue the Zelma T. Howard Lecture Series with a poetry reading featuring renowned poet George Drew.
The event will be hosted at 2:30 ...
Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2018 at 12:45PM
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After posting the best times and distances in the NAIA, Natasha Poleon (JR/Vieux Fort, St. Lucia) wins Red River Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week and Taishia Pryce (SO/Kingston, Jamaica) wins Field Athlete of the Week for March 19-25.
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Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2018 at 12:42PM
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Photo: Students with Dr. Thomas and Ron Thomas
By James Jones
Arts and Entertainment Editor, The Maroon Tiger
President David A. Thomas, a group of faculty members and journalism students represented Morehouse Monday at a Washington D.C. deb ...
Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2018 at 12:37PM
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Florida A&M University (FAMU)’s ROTC was in the spotlight as members of the Congressional Black Caucus visited the campus and spoke with students and campus leaders.
Today, Congressional Representatives Al Lawson of Florida, Alma Adams of North ...
Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2018 at 12:34PM
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I’d like to thank Dr. Ishmell Edwards and his staff at Rust College for graciously hosting me for the night as I make my way to the National Civil Rights Center in Memphis.
http://ourwalktofreedom.com/
Ken Johnston, 51, of Amherst, Massachusett ...
Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2018 at 12:28PM
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Posted by Laurie D. Willis
In historic legislation spearheaded by Bennett College President Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, UNCF officials Dr. Michael L. Lomax and Lodriguez Murray, and U.S. representatives Ted Budd (R-District 13), Alma S. Adams ( ...
Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2018 at 12:17PM
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Emmy Award-winning director and producer Jesse Vaughan, a Richmond native and creative director of Advance Creative Service Group at Virginia State University, is among seven people who will be inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame.
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Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2018 at 10:23AM
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Distinguished author and journalist April Ryan Claflin University will be the keynote speaker for Claflin University’s 148th Commencement on Saturday, May 12 at 11 a.m. at the South Atlantic Seventh-day Adventist Convention Center, 514 Neeses Highway ...
Posted Tuesday, March 27th 2018 at 3:12PM
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In June I will have been blogging for 8 years, which is a pretty decent run for an original content blog that aims to put out useful, high quality material 48 weeks a year. One of the key success factors in blogging is trust. If you publish roughly t ...
Posted Monday, March 26th 2018 at 12:05PM
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U.S. Senators Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) today announced that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will receive a 14-percent increase in federal funding in the Senate’s omnibus spending bill, from $244.7 mill ...
Posted Friday, March 23rd 2018 at 1:44PM
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Grambling State University held its annual football Pro Day at Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium on Thursday morning in front of scouts representing 21 teams from the National Football League.
"I thought it was a good day," Grambling State hea ...
Posted Friday, March 23rd 2018 at 9:04AM
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BY Chris Hilburn-Trenkle
When Ingrid Wicker McCree was 19 years old and a sophomore at George Washington University, she decided she needed a job.
She took a job at the Charles E. Smith Center on campus, where she was an equipment manager an ...
Posted Friday, March 23rd 2018 at 8:58AM
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