By Tressia J. Amacher
I know that most of us have very busy lives, but I beg each of you to take just a few short moments of your time to read this. Wherever you are... whatever you are doing, please, press your 'pause' button and give me your und ...
Posted Thursday, March 13th 2008 at 5:01PM
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From basketball superstar to emerging actor, Rick Fox keeps his eye on
the prize and his ego in check to score big every time.
Rick Fox is not afraid to fail and views every bump in the road as an opportunity to grow, so for this very reason, he ...
Posted Thursday, March 13th 2008 at 7:27AM
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Columbus, OH - February signifies the annual celebration of Black History Month, an occasion to recognize African American people and organizations making a difference in society past and present. Lee Moss Media’s BlackHistory.com has identified the most prominent corporate supporters of Black ...
Posted Wednesday, March 12th 2008 at 7:46AM
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By Leroy Mikell
Black College Wire
The 10th Annual National HBCU Newspaper Conference in Baltimore ended with a much-anticipated awards banquet. A few months earlier, students from the nation's HBCUs submitted their best work to a panel of judges ...
Posted Wednesday, March 5th 2008 at 10:42AM
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“If there were not HBCUs,’ they would have to be invented.”
There are 110 historically black colleges in the United States today, including public and private, two-year and four-year institutions, medical schools and community colleges.
The Higher Education Act of 1965 de ...
Posted Monday, March 3rd 2008 at 2:36PM
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Black college football stars past and present gathered at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Atlanta, Georgia for the 34th Annual SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Football Banquet on February 16, 2008. The upscale event, appropriately themed “Creating and Celebrating Legends”, recogniz ...
Posted Friday, February 29th 2008 at 10:59AM
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President Bush's 2009 education budget proposal would slash $85 million in funds earmarked for historically black colleges and universities, reports Amanda Lehmert of North Carolina-based news-record.com.
The budget proposal essentially cancels an increase for those
schools ...
Posted Wednesday, February 27th 2008 at 12:06PM
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Smoking Weed on Campus?
By Josh King
Black College Wire
Pictured:
Josh King
Herb being smoked in front of the Florida A&M University café was the last thing I expected on my way to buy a No. 2 with a coke.
The cloud of smoke c ...
Posted Wednesday, February 27th 2008 at 10:22AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KFC KICKS OFF MAJOR CULTURAL INITIATIVES FOR 2008
(Louisville, KY, February 20, 2008)- Kentucky Fried Chicken's (KFC) Pride 360° community-based initiative kicks off it's second year. The whole program is geared to inspir ...
Posted Tuesday, February 26th 2008 at 3:34PM
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Fred DeLuca was nothing more than a kid from "The Projects", looking for a way to pay his college tuition when he opened up a sandwich store in Bridgeport, Connecticut. At the time, he could not even afford the $25 lawyer's fee he needed to sign the ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2008 at 9:56AM
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CHARLOTTE (February 20, 2008) --- Charlotte organizers are excited about the 63rd Annual Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament happening February 25 - March 1. The weeklong tournament brings quality basketball and countless activities to the ...
Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2008 at 10:10AM
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Joshua Felder, 23, thought that once his long-distance girlfriend, Kirby Mullins, 20, got to Hampton University their relationship would have a chance to ...
Posted Wednesday, February 13th 2008 at 2:35PM
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Students, faculty and staff lined all four walls in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union to hear world-renowned poet and activist Nikki Giovanni share her insight on issues ranging from black history to civic responsibility to noted figures like Tupac Shakur.
Giovanni visited Southern as a part of the lecture series ...
Posted Wednesday, February 6th 2008 at 11:42AM
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CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Players of the Week
Week Ending January 27, 2008
Men's Player of the Week
Anthony Hilliard, ECSU, Jr., Guard, 6-3, 205, Fayetteville, NC GP
Top Performance vs. SPC 1/24/08 FG
Hilliard poste ...
Posted Tuesday, January 29th 2008 at 3:30PM
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas--The Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture (TIPHC), housed at Prairie View A&M University is pleased to announce that the TIPHC documentary “Forever Free: African-American Legislators of Texas 1967- 2007, ...
Posted Tuesday, January 29th 2008 at 10:06AM
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The main character in the movie "The Great Debaters," is the father of Arthur Tolson, a Southern University history professor.
The film, based on a true story chronicling the life of Melvin Tolson as a debate coach, was released last month on Christmas Day.
The setting is in the 1930s and most of the ...
Posted Monday, January 28th 2008 at 1:25PM
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Alltel Wireless, America’s largest network, and world renowned poet Dr. Maya Angelou are teaming up to celebrate Black History Month with the fourth annual “Words of Wisdom” essay contest. Students at participating Histori ...
Posted Monday, January 28th 2008 at 1:14PM
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First Prize: $100 cash BET gift bag
Second Prize: $50 cash BET gift bag
Third Prize: BET gift bag
During Black History Month, we celebrate the achievements of Black Americans by honoring the brightest, the most talented, the most ambiti ...
Posted Friday, January 25th 2008 at 1:16PM
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Donates $1 Million to Howard University
Contribution Caps Emotional Day of Tributes During AKA's Centennial Celebration
Caption: Alpha Kappa Alpha's international president, Barbara A. McKinzie (far right) presents a $1 mil ...
Posted Thursday, January 24th 2008 at 8:15AM
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Path to Broadway Goes Through North Carolina A&T
By Aasiya Townsell
Black College Wire
The ongoing success of North Carolina A&T's theater program can be felt in Paul Robeson Little Theatre, Harrison Auditorium and on Broadway, where graduates a ...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 11:05AM
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Howard Students 'Ba-Rack' the Vote in S.C.
By Aleesa Mann
Black College Wire
After beginning the year with a trip to South Carolina to support Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, the Howard chapter of Students for Barack Obama headed into the heat of ...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 11:00AM
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Huntsville, Ala. ---- Alabama A&M University Choir Director Horace W. Carney is a man on a mission.
When he is not busy preparing his world-famous choir for one of its several appearances around the region, teaching music courses, or shouldering ...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 10:58AM
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NEWS January 23, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jerome Saintjones
AAMU Represented Well in Ebony’s Young “Top 30”
Pictured: Chauncee Lundy
Huntsvi ...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 10:49AM
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Howard's Geoff Pope Fulfills His NFL Dream
Twenty-three years old and recruited for the NFL from Howard University, Geoff Pope said he has already attained his "greatest goal."
Standing at 6-feet and weighing ...
Posted Tuesday, January 15th 2008 at 9:03AM
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