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PROFESSION: Politician Former city council member and mayor of Washington DC. Elected first chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Also attended Lemoyne-Owen College.

PROFESSION: Executive "Was Executive Editor of Ebony Magazine. Also worked as city editor for JET magazine. Wrote several books. Helped research for the movie ""Amistad""." Also attended Atla

PROFESSION: Professional Sports Player Played with the Houston Oilers for 16 years. 2003 inducted Hall of Fame defensive end.

PROFESSION: Educator "One of 17 children, founded Bethune-Cookman College in 1904 which was originally called Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls. Served as President of the Natio

PROFESSION: Politician Attorney and US House Representative from Georgia. Served in the Army. He is an Eagle Scout and 32nd degree Mason and Shriner.

PROFESSION: Pioneer Renowned for his studies in slavery and former Chair of Yale University's African American Studies Program. Author and publisher. Also attended Howard University.

PROFESSION: Professional Sports Player 1989 Hall of Fame cornerback.Played in 4 Super Bowls and 5 Pro Bowls. 57 interceptions in his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

PROFESSION: Civil Rights Activist Helped found a civil rights group that led a sit-in movement intended to desegregate Atlanta lunch counters while at Morehouse.Served as a Georgia Representative and

PROFESSION: Professional Sports Player "Olympic Gold medalist in 1960 and former world record holder in the long jump. Broke Jesse Owens 25 year old record, only to be broken by Bob Beamon's world rec

PROFESSION: TV Personality Longtime CBS news correspondant on 60 Minutes. He joined the 60 Minutes broadcast during the 1981-82 season. He also anchors and reports hour-long specials. Bradley's c

PROFESSION: Civil Rights Activist Served in the Army for WW II. Did his graduated work at Atlanta University. Became a minister in Montgomery, AL. Involved in the Montgomery bus boycott. Helped form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and eventually was made President of the organizat

PROFESSION: Musical Artist Taught elementary school for seven years before becoming a renowned gospel singer. Occasionally did modeling work.

DENMARK, SC – RBC Liberty Insurance Corporation today announced a $2 million donation to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Under the insurance company’s Healthy Communities Initiative, the donatio

Denmark, SC –Voorhees College held its 109th Fall Convocation on Thursday September 15 at 10:00 a.m. in the Leonard E. Dawson Health and Human Resources Center with Mr. Al-Tony Gilmore as the featured

The National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has posted their 2005-2006 schedule for college fairs. Venues include: Atlanta, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Birmingham, Chicago, Cincin

Clark Atlanta University officials announced today that the university will extend offers of full-time enrollment to 60 undergraduate students from Xavier and Dillard Universities as “special registra

The University of Missouri - St. Louis is waiving tuition for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. For more information, contact UM - St. Louis at http://www.umsl.edu/ or call (314) 516-5451.

According to MSN Money, HBCUs ranked in the top 10 least expensive private institutions of higher education. 1.) National Hispanic University -- San Jose, Calif. 2.)* Arkansas Baptist College --

Knoxville College will start the fall semester with a new president. Barbara Hatton was fired after being in charge for eight years. Campus security officers say she didn't want to leave Monday whe

Gardena, Calif. (August 16, 2005) - Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) along with The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) awarded ten (10) high school seniors a total of $100,000 in scholarships as part of

Thanks to all who participated in the 2005 HBCUconnect.com Cruise Giveaway. The contest was a success. Also, congratulations to all of our finalists who made it to the final round ... BUT ... we can o

Ladies and gentlemen, we have narrowed the list of contestants in our 2005 HBCUConnect.com Cruise Giveaway Contest to a paltry list of 10. That's right. Ten lucky finalists have made it to the final r

It can't be stopped. It's inevitable!

I wonder why she doesn't get any sleep?