By John X. Miller
@xman1955
February 28, 2019
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are nearing the end of their 13-year run in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The tournaments will be h ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2019 at 9:01PM
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Posted Thursday, February 28th 2019 at 6:46PM
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The excellency our Honorable Morehouse Alum, Spike Lee shares
through art is impressionable and admired by us all.
His taste displayed in the messages he tells through cinema is
classic and timeless.
When we see him on the big screen he plays his character so
naturally. The casts he and hi ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2019 at 5:55PM
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Mary Peake
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mary Jackson
William Howard Taft
Barack H. Obama
Jerome Holland
George H.W. Bush
Samuel Chapman Armstrong
William R. Harvey
Eleven exquisitely sculpted figures of m ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2019 at 4:44PM
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Do you know when and where the first HBCU was established? Black colleges have played an important role in the education, empowerment, and success of African-American students, from the missionaries that taught runaway slaves to the trade schools that were founded in the early 20th century. Some HBC ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2019 at 3:59PM
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., (AKA) in partnership with the Educational Advancement Foundation, has pledged an endowment in the amount of $100,000 to SC State University as a part of the AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund initiative.
On Feb. 28, SC State ...
Posted Wednesday, February 27th 2019 at 9:34AM
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The 91st Annual Academy Awards, hosted on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, was full of applause-worthy moments.
It was a big night for Black Panther, earning Marvel Studios its first recognition by the Academy.
Even more significant, the night commem ...
Posted Monday, February 25th 2019 at 6:16PM
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Photo: Spike Lee accepts the Adapted Screenplay award for ‘BlacKkKlansman’ onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Spike Lee is one of the m ...
Posted Monday, February 25th 2019 at 5:58PM
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BRONNER BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY SHOW
The Nation's Largest & Best Multi-Cultural Beauty Show
NEW ORLEANS | MARCH 30TH - APRIL 1ST, 2019
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130
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Posted Monday, February 25th 2019 at 3:48PM
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For the past several years, the NHL has made an effort to attract a new, diverse fan base with one lofty promise: Hockey is for everyone.
The slogan started as a unity building initiative each February but is now supposed to be a year-round guiding principle for the league. But too often it’s bee ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2019 at 11:38AM
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Legendary music entertainment cruise, sailing April 7-14, 2019 on Carnival Magic supports students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Janet Jackson, Maxwell, Charlie Wilson, Fantasia, KEM, and more will headline 2019 performances, which also include artists from R&B, Soul, In ...
Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2019 at 6:53PM
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In honor of Black History Month, Anirvan Chatterjee has gathered images and historical anecdotes to remind Americans about the shared history between South Asian and Black communities in this country.blackdesisecrethistory.org
Most Americans kno ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 3:08PM
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Mississippi State University Libraries, in partnership with Tuskegee University and the MSU-based Southern Literary Trail, is presenting an exhibition celebrating the work of acclaimed African-American photographer P.H. Polk. Polk's work depicts ea ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 1:55PM
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In advance of Presidents Day, a U.S. history quiz was written by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Some 41,000 Americans took it, with dismal results.
Even in the state with the best performance, Vermont, only 53 percent of the re ...
Posted Monday, February 18th 2019 at 10:09AM
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The University of the Virgin Islands has become the first historically Black college or university to provide its students with free tuition.
After Hurricane Maria in 2017, the student retention rate at the university fell significantly. This new program was introduced by Lieutenant Governor and ...
Posted Sunday, February 17th 2019 at 1:58AM
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