Mattel’s Barbie line created an Inspiring Women series of dolls, celebrating distinguished women. Most recently added to the line up is suffragist, activist, and journalist Ida B. Wells. Born into slavery, Wells was an educator, a journalist, an anti-lynching activist and a NAACP co-founder. Owner of the The Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper, she […]
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Warm weather will be here before we know it and, with it comes outdoor festivities. Black Film Festivals are taking place all over the nation; here’s what you need to know. Kicking off the season is the San Diego Black Film Festival. Initially planned for in-person festivities, because of the Omicron Variant, they’ve decided to […]
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Being Black and nerdy hasn’t always been so glamorous. But, HBCUs have been instrumental in changing that narrative. There is a whole community of Black Geeks and Nerds who have found safe spaces on HBCU campuses, where intellect is the norm. So, it should come as no surprise that they created an event for other […]
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It’s no secret that “classic season” is one of the most anticipated traditions in the HBCU experience. From The Florida Classic to the Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Alabama, current students and alumni from all over anticipate the fellowship and pageantry from the end of on season to the beginning of the next. Now there […]
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Oakwood University, the only Seventh-Day Adventist HBCU reached another milestone. They celebrated 125 years of “delivering service to God and humanity.” Once a slave plantation, Oakwood Industrial School in Huntsville, Alabama, opened in 1896 with 16 students. The Seventh-day Adventist Church founded the school to educate freed African-American slaves. Oakwood went through a number of […]
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities are not strangers to changing with the times. So, adjusting to the challenges that COVID-19 creates is just par for the course. Still, the physical and mental health and well being of the students, faculty and staff is always in the forefront. The most recent COVID surge forced many campuses […]
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When the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design re-opens this year, it will be the Motor City’s only HBCU. It’ll be the only HBCU in Michigan. Wait a minute; are we getting a new HBCU? Not exactly. Let me back up. The former Lewis College of Business, founded by Violet T. Lewis in Indianapolis […]
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