(CNN) — A university president is putting his money where his mouth is.
Raymond Burse, who leads Kentucky State University as interim president, will give up $90,000 of his salary so that 24 low wage workers on campus can earn $10.25 an hour.
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Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 6:58PM
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The aspects of the Messiah that the Bible assigns to Jesus Christ can be traced back to humanity’s primitive cultures. In ”Pagan Origins of the Christian Myth,” Jackson makes note of the vegetation theory developed by Sir James George Frazer, in his ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 6:04PM
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Why is it so hard for some people to understand they tried to erase all black american, African history they did it in a way where it does not seem to be important today ''in the school system'' if they can teach our children at a young age that blac ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 5:58PM
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The "key" to understanding African and world history which all of the great lectures and books written by the senior Black scholars such as Yosef ben-Jochannan, John G. Jackson, Cheikh Anta Diop, Jacob Carruthers, Chancellor Williams, Lao Hansberry, ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 4:35PM
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Meet the next generation of African American doctors in the field of Biological Science and Engineering. Not too mention that these students are HBCU students; Morehouse College and Howard University.
The University of California, San Diego Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences (ST ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 4:06PM
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This summer I was afforded the opportunity to in intern with the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHI-HBCU). The WHI-HBCU was established in 1980 under Executive Order 12232 signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter “…to overcome the effects of discriminatory treat ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 1:44PM
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From GlobalResearch.com
August 14, 2014
The United States of America is not for black people. We know this, and then we put it out of our minds, and then something happens to remind us. Saturday, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., somethin ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 10:50AM
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A chemical that has been linked to cancer cell growth is being used by millions of Americans in toothpaste every day, it has emerged.
The company behind Colgate Total insists that triclosan, which it uses to stave off gum disease, is safe to use b ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 10:38AM
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Thu, August 14, 2014
The Alabama State University Mighty Marching Hornets Band has been selected to star in a reality television show, "Bama State Style," on the popular A&E Network. ASU Mighty Marching Hornets Director James ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 9:09AM
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BLACKS IN ANCIENT CHINA
Japanese proverb states that:... "For a Samurai to be brave, he must have a bit of Black blood"
Another group of people who joined the Olmecs were the Black Xia of China.
In China, The first evidence of advanced farming and ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 1:56AM
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Thank you to all those who helped me in shooting this video. If you did not see yourself I apologize, I could not fit everybody in. I hope that you enjoy the video. Please give me any feedback you may have in the comments below. Thanks! ...
Posted Wednesday, August 13th 2014 at 12:07PM
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KTLA.com--A 24-year-old man has died after being shot by police during an encounter in the Florence neighborhood of South Los Angeles, officials said Tuesday.
The incident began at 8:12 p.m. Monday when officers responded to a report of a shootin ...
Posted Tuesday, August 12th 2014 at 10:13PM
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Compete for the Spirit Cup
Win $10,000 For Your Favorite College
How to compete:
Step 1 - Earn points towards your college by posting college-themed photos to Instagram and Twitter with #collegecolors and your college’s official hashtag between August 1st and August 28th. Find your ha ...
Posted Tuesday, August 12th 2014 at 12:54PM
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May Those Who Place Ma'et above all other virtues do so in Strength.
its official ! see video http://youtu.be/GXybxJLi9YA ...
Posted Tuesday, August 12th 2014 at 10:37AM
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When you are searching for a career you often see advice on updating your resume, cleaning up your social profiles and preparing for an interview. Beyond these basic aspects you can do additional activities to make the job search process more efficie ...
Posted Tuesday, August 12th 2014 at 9:29AM
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What did you do before joining UnitedHealth Group?
I worked at Honeywell and then Alliant Techsystems for 15 years. I was in a number of roles ranging from Legal Counsel to Supply Chain Management to General Manager for Program Operations. As both ...
Posted Tuesday, August 12th 2014 at 9:23AM
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Miriam Sapiro
As African leaders converged on Washington earlier this week for the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, it has been refreshing to see strong bipartisan support in the Congress for something. Renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has generated significant support on ...
Posted Tuesday, August 12th 2014 at 8:59AM
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Central State was recently awarded $516,000 for training from the U.S. Air Force through Clarkson Aerospace of Houston, Texas for a 4-year period from 2014-2017, under the Research Collaboration Program of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
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Posted Monday, August 11th 2014 at 12:02PM
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Xernona Clayton, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Trumpet Awards and Psychedelic Soul and R&B singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe will be among honorees at The Lincoln University’s 3rd Annual Lion Awards at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21 at The Union ...
Posted Monday, August 11th 2014 at 9:43AM
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THIS IS BY MY GIRL ,,,,Christine Govenor ,,AND THE VIDEO IS BY HER BROTHER Ahmose LIVE IN HARLEM GOING IN ON ISLAM ,,THERE IS A BATTLE OF SCHOLARSHIP GOING ON @FACEBOOK ,THE LYONS OUT THE CAGE ,THE NILE VALLEY MOVEMENT,THE AMUNRA SCHOLARSHIP DEBATE ...
Posted Monday, August 11th 2014 at 12:55AM
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By Arthia Nixon, The Ambassador Agency for STEMBoard, LLC
Photo by Felicity Ingraham
(Nassau, The Bahamas)…The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is being positioned to lead the region in STEM careers within the next few years, now that American-based Rocket Fuel “Gives Back” and Millennium Engineer ...
Posted Sunday, August 10th 2014 at 9:28PM
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