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Judgement Yard, Jamaica - Scratchylus is the father of 8 year old rising star Empress Reggae who was recently featured for her poetry as a part of Irie FM's 2012 Marcus Garvey Earthstrong Celebration.

The founder and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman will bring to remembrance the great legacy of Alcorn State University as she delivers the keynote address at the 2013 Heritage

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Alcorn’s Myrlie Evers has accepted President Barack Obama’s invitation to deliver the invocation at his public inauguration on January 21. Evers, a champion for civil rights and the wife of civil righ

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) today made a new appointment to their governing structure. President, Dr. Billy C. Hawkins of Talladega College was appointed to the Board of Directors.

Talladega College will celebrate their spring semester Opening Convocation, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, on Thursday, January 24, 2013. The scheduled speaker for the event is Congresswoma

Capital One has approximately 3,000 open positions across the company with a large hiring need in Texas, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York. If you are looking to start a new career in 2013, then look a little closer at Capital One. Capital One, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, is a divers

Community activist, historian, and former assistant principal, Mrs. Enid Pinkney won a major national award along with 22 other recipients in Washington state last month. Mrs. Pinkney, a 1953 Talladega College graduate won the Peter H. Brink Award for Individual Achievement in Historic Preservati

The Allstate Corporation announced that Kermit R. Crawford, Walgreen Co. president of pharmacy, health and wellness, has been elected to its board of directors, effective January 30, 2013. Crawford's

Texas Southern University Student Regent, Juan A. Sorto, has been selected as a finalist for the Houston Texans Community Quarterback Award. The Houston Texans partner with the United Way of Greater

Gratitude is at the heart of every season. And at Alcorn, gratitude and hope has been spread throughout the communities of Lorman, Natchez and Vicksburg. As Alcorn continues its tradition of holiday g

Alcorn President, M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve as the Grand Orator for The Most Worshipful Stringer Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliated, Jurisd

The men of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at Virginia State University donate their time to raise six million dollars to help benefit students. Please click here to donate: https://online.vsu.edu

by Ronald Roach In an initiative to create schools exemplifying 21st century innovation, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), a leading HBCU advocacy and support organization, and its member

$25,000 Verizon Foundation Grant to Support Bowie State’s Sustainability Initiatives Bowie State University will launch an advocacy campaign to engage students, faculty and staff in a series of i

A Sophomore from the Rio Grande Valley has taken Texas Southern Golf to another level. Kassandra Rivera played her way to a top 10 national ranking in NCAA Division I women’s golf. Rivera’s 71.63

Alcorn State University was recently approved to charter a chapter of Golden Key International Honour Society. Golden Key is the world’s largest collegiate honor society with more than 400 chapters at

Bowie State University students will soon receive training needed to enter the high-demand cybersecurity field and help close the nation’s workforce gap, thanks to a $453,000 grant from the National N

The Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) will broadcast plenty of exciting HBCU basketball games. The broadcasts will be national on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and on local stations across the country.

When the 508 Southern students walk across the graduation stage Friday, ready to start new chapters in their lives, among them will be a young man hailed by the school as academic prodigy. Polite S

Alcorn President M. Christopher Brown II has released two books, “Educating African American Males: Contexts for Consideration, Possibilities for Practice” and “African American Males and Education: R

Every year, at Xavier University of Louisiana, the fraternities and sororities have a neophyte show where all the new initiates are revealed to the rest of the student body. This is a video displayin

The Gulf Coast and Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced the All-Conference team for the 2012 season on Thursday. Jose Luis Rodriquez, Soloman Mensah and Rafael Mattos each received a

Bowie State University (BSU) will launch a campaign to educate students, faculty and alumni about the importance of energy management and gain their support for a campus-wide initiative to reduce ener

Five Lincoln University(PA) students from the Greater Philadelphia area were awarded scholarships from the Ducky Birts Foundation at a Thursday morning ceremony held at the University’s International